Overcoming four home runs, the Reds edged the Phillies, 7-6. The Reds trailed, 5-4, when Johnny Bench reached second in the sixth on a two-out throwing error by Mike Schmidt. Ron Oester and Cesar Geronimo walked to fill the bases and Dave Collins then stroked a two-run single to put the Reds ahead. Collins' blow extended his hitting streak to 15 games. The Reds picked up their final tally in the seventh on a double by Junior Kennedy and single by George Foster. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 7, Philadelphia Phillies 6
Game Played on Tuesday, May       20, 1980 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Reds         2  0  2    0  0  2    1  0  0  -   7 10  0
Phillies     2  2  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   6 12  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Collins cf            4   1   1   2     1   0   .324      Rose 1b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .266
Kennedy 2b            5   2   4   0     0   0   .310      McBride rf            5   1   1   1     0   2   .305
Griffey rf            5   2   1   2     0   0   .280      Schmidt 3b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .283
  Mejias rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .306      Luzinski lf           4   2   3   2     0   0   .261
Foster lf             5   0   2   1     0   0   .258      Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .214
Driessen 1b           3   0   1   2     0   0   .243      Maddox cf             4   1   3   0     0   0   .250
Knight 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Bowa ss               2   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Bench c               4   1   0   0     0   0   .208        Aviles ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Oester ss             3   1   1   0     1   0   .231        Gross ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Leibrandt p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .188        J. Vukovich ss      0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Moskau p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Trillo 2b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .385
  Geronimo ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .268      Ruthven p             1   0   0   1     0   1   .286
  Soto p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Saucier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Noles p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .667
                                                            G. Vukovich ph      1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
                                                            McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Unser ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .381
                                                            Smith pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .375

Totals               36   7  10   7     3   1             Totals               36   6  12   6     0   8

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 25,202
Left on Base: Reds 6, Phillies 5
DP: Reds 1, Phillies 1
Errors: Schmidt, Bowa
Doubles: Oester (2), Kennedy 2 (7), Maddox 2 (8)
Triples: Trillo (3), Maddox (1)
Home Runs: Schmidt (10), Luzinski 2 (10), McBride (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Bowa (2), Ruthven (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Driessen (3)
GIDP: Oester (1), McBride (4)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leibrandt               2     6   5   5   0   0   3  11   3.50
Moskau W(2-0)           3     0   0   0   0   3   0   9   3.21
Soto                    2.2   5   1   1   0   4   1  13   4.56
Bair SV(3)              1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   2.79
Totals                  9    12   6   6   0   8   4  38

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven L(4-3)          6.1   9   7   5   3   1   0  31   4.86
Saucier                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.18
Noles                   0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.12
McGraw                  2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.35
Totals                  9    10   7   5   3   1   0  40

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Steve Fields, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


REDS 1ST: Collins walked; Kennedy singled to center [Collins to
third]; Griffey forced Kennedy (second to shortstop) [Collins
scored]; Foster singled to right [Griffey to third]; Driessen
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Griffey scored]; Knight forced
Foster (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Rose singled to center; McBride grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Rose out at second];
Schmidt homered; Luzinski homered; Boone flied out to left; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 2.

REDS 2ND: Bench grounded out (third to first); Oester doubled to
left; Leibrandt was called out on strikes; Collins grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox doubled to left; Bowa out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Maddox to third]; Trillo tripled to
center [Maddox scored]; Ruthven out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Trillo scored]; Rose flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Phillies 4.

REDS 3RD: Kennedy doubled to center; Griffey singled to right
[Kennedy scored, Griffey to second (on throw to home)]; Foster
grounded out (second to first) [Griffey to third]; Driessen
grounded out (second to shortstop to first) [Griffey scored];
Knight flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4,
Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 3RD: McBride homered; MOSKAU REPLACED LEIBRANDT
(PITCHING); Schmidt flied out to left; Luzinski made an out to
shortstop; Boone struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4,
Phillies 5.

REDS 4TH: Bench reached on an error by Bowa; Oester grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bench out at
second]; Moskau grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 4TH: Maddox flied out to right; Bowa lined to
shortstop; Trillo lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4,
Phillies 5.

REDS 5TH: Collins grounded out (second to first); Kennedy
singled to center; Griffey flied out to center; Foster forced
Kennedy (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4,
Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 5TH: Ruthven struck out; Rose flied out to left;
McBride struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Phillies 5.

REDS 6TH: Driessen grounded out (first unassisted); Knight
grounded out (third to first); Bench reached on an error by
Schmidt [Bench to second]; Oester was walked intentionally;
GERONIMO BATTED FOR MOSKAU; Geronimo walked [Bench to third,
Oester to second]; Collins singled to center [Bench scored
(unearned), Oester scored (unearned), Geronimo out at third
(center to first)]; Pete Rose followed Cesar Geronimo to 2B
and tagged Geronimo when he rounded 2B too far; 2 R (0 ER),
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 6TH: SOTO REPLACED GERONIMO (PITCHING); Schmidt popped
to catcher in foul territory; Luzinski singled to left; Boone
struck out; Maddox doubled to left [Luzinski to third]; Bowa
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 6, Phillies 5.

REDS 7TH: AVILES REPLACED BOWA (PLAYING SS); Kennedy doubled to
left; Griffey grounded out (second to first) [Kennedy to third];
Foster singled to center [Kennedy scored]; SAUCIER REPLACED
RUTHVEN (PITCHING); Driessen singled to center [Foster to
second]; NOLES REPLACED SAUCIER (PITCHING); Knight flied out to
right [Foster to third]; Bench grounded out (pitcher to first);
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 7, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 7TH: Trillo struck out; G. VUKOVICH BATTED FOR NOLES;
G. Vukovich singled to right; Rose popped to shortstop; McBride
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7, Phillies 5.

REDS 8TH: MCGRAW REPLACED G. VUKOVICH (PITCHING); Oester
grounded out (shortstop to first); Soto grounded out (third to
first); Collins flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
7, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: Schmidt struck out; Luzinski homered; Boone
grounded out (third to first); Maddox tripled to right; GROSS
BATTED FOR AVILES; BAIR REPLACED SOTO (PITCHING); Gross grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7,
Phillies 6.

REDS 9TH: J. VUKOVICH REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING SS); Kennedy
popped to third in foul territory; Griffey flied out to left;
Foster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7,
Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 9TH: MEJIAS REPLACED GRIFFEY (PLAYING RF); Trillo lined
to shortstop; UNSER BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Unser singled to right;
SMITH RAN FOR UNSER; Rose grounded out (pitcher to first) [Smith
to second]; McBride struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7,
Phillies 6.