Combining on a five-hitter, Bruce Berenyi and Tom Hume pitched the Reds to a 2-0 blanking of the Braves. The Reds tallied in the fifth inning when Ron Oester drew a leadoff walk, took second on a sacrifice by Berenyi and Paul Householder then walloped a home run. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 2, Atlanta Braves 0
Game Played on Saturday, September 26, 1981 (Day game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  0
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Householder rf        4   1   1   2     0   1   .259      Butler cf             3   0   0   0     2   1   .240
Griffey cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .315      Washington rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .288
Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   0   .309        Asselstine ph,rf    3   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Foster lf             2   0   0   0     2   1   .293      Linares lf            3   0   1   0     1   1   .279
Bench 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .342      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .275
Nolan c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .314      Horner 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .263
  O'Berry c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .162      Pocoroba c            2   0   1   0     2   1   .186
Knight 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .256        Hall pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Oester 2b             2   1   0   0     1   0   .260        Sinatro c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
Berenyi p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .200      Hubbard 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .237
  Hume p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Runge ss              2   0   1   0     1   0   .333
                                                            Royster ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .204
                                                          Niekro p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .078
                                                            Jacoby ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
                                                            Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Murphy ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .251

Totals               30   2   6   2     3   5             Totals               31   0   5   0     6  12

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance:  5,117
Left on Base: Reds 5, Braves 10
DP: Reds 1, Braves 2
Doubles: Nolan (17)
Home Runs: Householder (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Berenyi (3)
GIDP: Bench (4), Nolan (7), Asselstine (4)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Berenyi W(9-5)          7     5   0   0   5   9   0  30   3.53
Hume SV(12)             2     0   0   0   1   3   0   7   2.93
Totals                  9     5   0   0   6  12   0  37

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(7-6)           6     3   2   2   3   1   1  23   2.83
Garber                  3     3   0   0   0   4   0  11   2.77
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   5   1  34

Wild Pitches: Berenyi (6)

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert


REDS 1ST: Householder grounded out (second to first); Griffey
singled to shortstop; Concepcion popped to first in foul
territory; Foster walked [Griffey to second]; Bench flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Butler grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington
struck out; Linares singled to pitcher; Chambliss struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

REDS 2ND: Nolan singled to center; Knight popped to first;
Oester flied to left; Berenyi struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Horner struck out; Pocoroba walked; Hubbard singled
to center [Pocoroba to second]; Berenyi threw a wild pitch
[Pocoroba to third, Hubbard to second]; Runge walked; Niekro
struck out; Butler grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

REDS 3RD: Householder flied to left; Griffey flied to center;
Concepcion flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves
0.

BRAVES 3RD: ASSELSTINE BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Asselstine
grounded out (second to first); Linares walked; Chambliss popped
to third in foul territory; Horner flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

REDS 4TH: ASSELSTINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Foster walked;
Bench grounded into a double play (second to second to first)
[Foster out at second]; Nolan grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Pocoroba singled to right; Hubbard struck out; Runge
singled to right [Pocoroba to second]; Niekro struck out; Butler
walked [Pocoroba to third, Runge to second]; Asselstine flied to
left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

REDS 5TH: Knight flied to left; Oester walked; Berenyi out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Oester to second];
Householder homered [Oester scored]; Griffey flied to center; 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Linares struck out; Chambliss singled to left;
Horner was called out on strikes; Pocoroba struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Braves 0.

REDS 6TH: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Foster
grounded out (third to first); Bench flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Hubbard grounded out (shortstop to first); Runge
grounded out (shortstop to first); JACOBY BATTED FOR NIEKRO;
Jacoby flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Braves 0.

REDS 7TH: GARBER REPLACED JACOBY (PITCHING); Nolan doubled to
right; Knight flied to right [Nolan to third]; Oester grounded
out (second to first); Berenyi was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Butler walked; Asselstine grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Butler out at second];
Linares grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Reds 2, Braves 0.

REDS 8TH: Householder was called out on strikes; Griffey singled
to right; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first) [Griffey
to second]; Foster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 8TH: HUME REPLACED BERENYI (PITCHING); Chambliss grounded
out (second to first); Horner grounded out (third to first);
Pocoroba walked; HALL RAN FOR POCOROBA; Hubbard grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Braves 0.

REDS 9TH: SINATRO REPLACED HALL (PLAYING C ); Bench singled to
left; Nolan grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Bench out at second]; Knight struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 9TH: O'BERRY REPLACED NOLAN (PLAYING C ); ROYSTER BATTED
FOR RUNGE; Royster struck out; MURPHY BATTED FOR GARBER; Murphy
struck out; Butler struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2,
Braves 0.