Paced by George Foster, who went 4-for-5 and drove in two runs, the Reds routed the Cardinals, 8-1. The Reds kayoed St. Louis starter Jim Kaat in the first inning on a single by Ron Oester, RBI double by Dave Concepcion, run-scoring triple by Foster, RBI single by Johnny Bench and singles by Dan Driessen and Ray Knight. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 8, St. Louis Cardinals 1
Game Played on Monday, September 1, 1980 (Day game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds         4  2  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   8 18  0
Cardinals    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Collins cf            4   1   2   0     0   1   .296      Oberkfell 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .301
  Mejias cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .260      Scott cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .228
Oester 2b             4   2   1   0     1   1   .283      Hernandez 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .319
Concepcion ss         5   1   2   2     0   0   .257      Simmons c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .301
Foster lf             5   2   4   2     0   0   .274      Hendrick rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .325
Bench c               4   1   2   2     0   0   .265      Iorg lf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .312
  Correll c           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Reitz 3b              3   1   2   1     0   0   .271
Driessen 1b           5   0   3   0     0   0   .278      Ramsey ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Knight 3b             5   1   3   1     0   0   .268      Kaat p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .129
Householder rf        5   0   1   1     0   3   .222        Urrea p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .182
Price p               5   0   0   0     0   1   .100        Swisher ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Martin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
                                                            Littlefield p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               43   8  18   8     1   7             Totals               30   1   5   1     2   3

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance:  9,761
Left on Base: Reds 10, Cardinals 4
DP: Reds 2, Cardinals 2
Doubles: Concepcion (25), Knight 2 (34), Foster (17), Driessen (31), Reitz (30), Scott (13)
Triples: Foster (4)
Home Runs: Reitz (6)
Stolen Bases: Collins (63)
GIDP: Price (1), Oberkfell (8), Hendrick (12)
Hit by Pitch: Collins (3,by Urrea)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Price W(5-2)            9     5   1   1   2   3   1  32   3.38
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   3   1  32

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat L(5-7)             0.1   6   4   4   0   0   0   7
Urrea                   4.2   7   3   3   1   6   0  22   3.78
Martin                  3     4   1   1   0   1   0  12   1.64
Littlefield             1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.89
Totals                  9    18   8   8   1   7   0  45

Hit by Pitch: Urrea (2)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Andy Olsen


REDS 1ST: 1:33 rain delay before start of game; Collins
popped to first in foul territory; Oester singled to left;
Concepcion doubled to left [Oester scored]; Foster tripled to
right [Concepcion scored]; Bench singled to left [Foster
scored]; Driessen singled to center [Bench to third]; Knight
singled to left [Bench scored, Driessen to second]; URREA
REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Householder was called out on strikes;
Price struck out; 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Oberkfell grounded out (third to first); Scott
walked; Hernandez was called out on strikes; Simmons struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Cardinals 0.

REDS 2ND: Collins was hit by a pitch; Collins stole second;
Oester walked; Concepcion singled to left [Collins scored,
Oester to third]; Foster singled to left [Oester scored,
Concepcion to second]; Bench hit into a double play (center to
third) [Concepcion out at third]; Driessen flied out to left; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Hendrick struck out; Iorg grounded out (second to
first); Reitz homered; Ramsey grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Cardinals 1.

REDS 3RD: Knight doubled to left; Householder was called out on
strikes; Price grounded out (second to first) [Knight to third];
Collins was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
6, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Urrea singled to shortstop; Oberkfell grounded
into a double play (first unassisted) [Urrea out at second];
Scott flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 6, Cardinals 1.

REDS 4TH: Oester grounded out (first unassisted); Concepcion
grounded out (third to first); Foster doubled to left; Bench
singled to left [Foster scored]; Driessen singled to right
[Bench to second]; Knight flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 7, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 4TH: Hernandez flied out to right; Simmons popped to
shortstop; Hendrick popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 7, Cardinals 1.

REDS 5TH: Householder struck out; Price flied out to right;
Collins singled to right; Oester struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 7, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 5TH: Iorg lined to first; Reitz doubled to center;
Ramsey flied out to center; SWISHER BATTED FOR URREA; Swisher
singled to center [Reitz to third]; Oberkfell flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 7, Cardinals 1.

REDS 6TH: MARTIN REPLACED SWISHER (PITCHING); Concepcion flied
out to left; Foster singled to right; Bench popped to second;
Driessen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 7, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 6TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); Hernandez
flied out to right; Simmons grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Cardinals 1.

REDS 7TH: Knight doubled to left; Householder singled to left
[Knight scored]; On a bunt Price grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to second) [Householder out at second];
Collins singled to left; Oester grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 8, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: MEJIAS REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING CF); CORRELL
REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); Hendrick grounded out (third to
first); Iorg flied out to left; Reitz flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 8, Cardinals 1.

REDS 8TH: Concepcion flied out to left; Foster popped to first
in foul territory; Correll struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 8, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 8TH: Ramsey grounded out (third to first); SMITH
BATTED FOR MARTIN; Smith flied out to center; Oberkfell grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 8, Cardinals
1.

REDS 9TH: LITTLEFIELD REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Driessen
doubled to right; Knight popped to second; Householder grounded
out (second to first) [Driessen to third]; Price grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 8, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 9TH: Scott doubled to left; Hernandez popped to
second; Simmons walked; Hendrick grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Simmons out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 8, Cardinals 1.