Blasting off with five runs in the first inning, the Giants outslugged the Reds, 12-7. Darrell Evans led the attack with three hits, including a homer, four runs scored and two RBIs. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 12, Cincinnati Reds 7
Game Played on Wednesday, September 16, 1981 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Reds         0  0  0    4  1  0    2  0  0  -   7 12  0
Giants       5  1  0    3  0  2    1  0  x  -  12 15  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Householder rf        4   0   1   2     1   0   .222      Herndon lf            4   2   2   0     1   0   .287
Griffey cf            5   0   1   0     0   2   .311      Bergman 1b            5   1   1   1     0   1   .264
Concepcion ss         5   1   1   0     0   0   .320      Clark rf              4   3   2   2     1   1   .256
Foster lf             4   2   1   0     1   0   .287      Evans 3b              3   4   3   2     2   0   .252
Driessen 1b           5   2   3   2     0   1   .232      Leonard cf            5   1   2   2     0   0   .272
Knight 3b             4   1   2   0     1   0   .264      May c                 4   0   2   2     1   0   .309
Nolan c               4   0   1   1     0   0   .302      Smith 2b              3   1   0   1     2   1   .186
Oester 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .252      LeMaster ss           5   0   2   1     0   0   .264
Soto p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .068      Rowland p             1   0   1   1     0   0  1.000
  LaCoss p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Breining p          3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Barranca ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Minton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Edelen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Fiala ph            1   1   1   1     0   0   .250
  Moskau p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Milner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Combe p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .229
  Brown p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   7  12   6     3   5             Totals               37  12  15  12     7   4

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance:  4,168
Left on Base: Reds 8, Giants 8
DP: Reds 0, Giants 0
Doubles: Householder (1), Clark (17), Leonard 2 (6), May (14), Herndon (15), Bergman (9)
Home Runs: Driessen (7), Evans (12), Clark (16)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Soto L(8-9)             0.1   3   4   4   2   1   0   6   3.79
LaCoss                  0.2   2   1   1   1   0   0   4   6.38
Edelen                  2     1   1   1   0   0   1   7   8.84
Moskau                  2     5   3   3   2   1   0  12   4.10
Combe                   2     4   3   3   2   1   1  12   7.88
Brown                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.72
Totals                  8    15  12  12   7   4   2  44

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rowland                 3.2   7   4   4   1   2   0  19   5.19
Breining W(4-2)         3.1   4   3   3   1   1   1  15   3.10
Minton                  2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   3.15
Totals                  9    12   7   7   3   5   1  42

Wild Pitches: Breining (3)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Randy Marsh


REDS 1ST: Householder grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey
singled to right; Concepcion grounded out (second to first)
[Griffey to second]; Foster flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon walked; Bergman struck out; Clark doubled to
left [Herndon scored]; Evans walked; Leonard doubled to left
[Clark scored, Evans scored]; May doubled to left [Leonard
scored]; LACOSS REPLACED SOTO (PITCHING); Smith walked; LeMaster
singled to center [May out at home (center to catcher), Smith to
second]; Rowland singled to right [Smith scored, LeMaster to
third]; Herndon grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 5.

REDS 2ND: Driessen was called out on strikes; Knight walked;
Nolan flied out to center; Oester singled to left [Knight to
second]; BARRANCA BATTED FOR LACOSS; Barranca forced Oester
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 5.

GIANTS 2ND: EDELEN REPLACED BARRANCA (PITCHING); Bergman
grounded out (shortstop to first); Clark popped to second; Evans
homered; Leonard grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 6.

REDS 3RD: Householder grounded out (first to pitcher); Griffey
grounded out (pitcher to first); Concepcion flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 6.

GIANTS 3RD: May grounded out (second to first); Smith flied out
to center; LeMaster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Giants 6.

REDS 4TH: Foster singled to left; Driessen singled to right
[Foster to second]; Knight singled to third [Foster to third,
Driessen to second]; Nolan popped to first; Oester struck out;
FIALA BATTED FOR EDELEN; On a bunt Fiala singled to pitcher
[Foster scored, Driessen to third, Knight to second];
Householder doubled to right [Driessen scored, Knight scored,
Fiala to third]; BREINING REPLACED ROWLAND (PITCHING); Breining
threw a wild pitch [Fiala scored, Householder to third]; Griffey
grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4,
Giants 6.

GIANTS 4TH: MOSKAU REPLACED FIALA (PITCHING); Breining grounded
out (pitcher to first); Herndon doubled to left; Bergman doubled
to right [Herndon scored]; Clark struck out; Evans singled to
right [Bergman scored]; Leonard doubled to right [Evans to
third]; May was walked intentionally; Smith walked [Evans
scored, Leonard to third, May to second]; LeMaster popped to
first; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 4, Giants 9.

REDS 5TH: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Foster
walked; Driessen flied out to center; Knight singled to left
[Foster to second]; Nolan singled to left [Foster scored, Knight
to second]; Oester grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 9.

GIANTS 5TH: Breining grounded out (first to pitcher); Herndon
singled to center; Herndon was picked off first (pitcher to
first); Bergman made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 5, Giants 9.

REDS 6TH: MILNER BATTED FOR MOSKAU; Milner grounded out (second
to first); Householder grounded out (shortstop to first);
Griffey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
5, Giants 9.

GIANTS 6TH: COMBE REPLACED MILNER (PITCHING); Clark walked;
Evans walked [Clark to second]; Leonard flied out to center
[Clark to third]; May singled to center [Clark scored, Evans to
third]; Smith popped to third; LeMaster singled to third [Evans
scored, May to second]; Breining struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 5, Giants 11.

REDS 7TH: Concepcion singled to center; Foster popped to third
in foul territory; Driessen homered [Concepcion scored]; Knight
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nolan grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Giants 11.

GIANTS 7TH: Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Bergman
flied out to left; Clark homered; Evans singled to right;
Leonard grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 7, Giants 12.

REDS 8TH: MINTON REPLACED BREINING (PITCHING); Oester grounded
out (second to first); BIITTNER BATTED FOR COMBE; Biittner
struck out; Householder walked; Griffey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7, Giants 12.

GIANTS 8TH: BROWN REPLACED BIITTNER (PITCHING); May flied out to
right; Smith struck out; LeMaster grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Giants 12.

REDS 9TH: Concepcion flied out to right; Foster flied out to
center; Driessen singled to center; Knight grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7, Giants 12.