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Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago Cubs

1976-08-12 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 17863 · 80°F · Wind 16 mph to RF · 2:36

Cincinnati Reds defeated Chicago Cubs 8–3. Cincinnati Reds put up 4 in the 9th. Manny Sarmiento earned the win and Rawly Eastwick picked up the save. George Foster went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	8	11
CHN	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	8

W: Manny Sarmiento L: Bruce Sutter SV: Rawly Eastwick

Umpires — HP: John Kibler · 1B: Terry Tata · 2B: Doug Harvey · 3B: Frank Pulli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	5	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Griffey	4	1	1	0	1	1
Joe Morgan	3	2	1	1	2	0
George Foster	4	2	2	4	1	0
Johnny Bench	5	1	2	1	0	1
Tony Perez	5	2	1	0	0	0
Cesar Geronimo	3	0	2	1	2	0
Dave Concepcion	5	0	1	1	0	2
Santo Alcala	2	0	1	0	0	1
Mike Lum	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dan Driessen	1	0	0	0	0	1

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rick Monday	3	0	1	1	1	1
Jose Cardenal	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Madlock	4	0	1	0	0	0
Pete LaCock	4	1	3	2	0	0
Joe Wallis	3	0	0	0	1	1
Manny Trillo	4	0	1	0	0	1
Steve Swisher	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mick Kelleher	3	1	1	0	0	0
Rick Reuschel	2	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Biittner	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Santo Alcala	6.0	5	3	0
Manny Sarmiento	1.0	1	0	0
Rawly Eastwick	2.0	2	0	3

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Reuschel	7.0	6	3	6
Bruce Sutter	0.0	2	0	0
Mike Garman	2.0	3	3	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: 43
Ken Griffey: S8
Joe Morgan: 43.1-2
George Foster: W
Johnny Bench: 54(1)/FO

Bot 1

Rick Monday: W
Jose Cardenal: 2(B)3(1)/P/FL/DP
Bill Madlock: 63

Top 2

Tony Perez: D9/9L
Cesar Geronimo: T9/9L.2-H
Dave Concepcion: K
Santo Alcala: K
Pete Rose: 63

Bot 2

Pete LaCock: 8/L
Joe Wallis: W
Manny Trillo: 9/P
Steve Swisher: 8

Top 3

Ken Griffey: 1(B)/G
Joe Morgan: W
George Foster: 54(1)/FO.B-1
Johnny Bench: K

Bot 3

Mick Kelleher: 8/L
Rick Reuschel: 7
Rick Monday: 3/G

Top 4

Tony Perez: 53
Cesar Geronimo: W
Dave Concepcion: K/C
Santo Alcala: S9/G.1-2
Pete Rose: 43

Bot 4

Jose Cardenal: W
Bill Madlock: SB2
Bill Madlock: S7/G.2-3
Pete LaCock: S9/G.3-H;1-3
Joe Wallis: 3(B)3(1)/LDP
Manny Trillo: 63

Top 5

Ken Griffey: 13/BG
Joe Morgan: 43
George Foster: 63

Bot 5

Steve Swisher: 6/P/FL
Mick Kelleher: S5/G
Rick Reuschel: 34/SH/B.1-2
Rick Monday: S8/L.2-H
Jose Cardenal: PO1(13)

Top 6

Johnny Bench: E6/L.B-1
Tony Perez: 9/L
Cesar Geronimo: S8.1-3
Dave Concepcion: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Jose Cardenal: 8
Bill Madlock: 8/L
Pete LaCock: HR/89/L
Joe Wallis: 9

Top 7

Mike Lum: K/C
Pete Rose: 43
Ken Griffey: K/C

Bot 7

Manny Trillo: S6/G
Steve Swisher: 13.1-2
Mick Kelleher: 7/L
Rick Reuschel: 53

Top 8

Joe Morgan: HR/9
George Foster: HR/8
Johnny Bench: S6/G
Tony Perez: 46(1)/FO.B-1
Cesar Geronimo: 7
Dave Concepcion: T8/L.1-H
Dan Driessen: K

Bot 8

Rick Monday: K
Jose Cardenal: S9/L
Bill Madlock: 64(1)/FO.B-1
Pete LaCock: S7/G.1-2
Joe Wallis: K

Top 9

Pete Rose: 31
Ken Griffey: W
Joe Morgan: SB2
Joe Morgan: IW
George Foster: HR/8/L.2-H;1-H
Johnny Bench: HR/7/L
Tony Perez: 9
Cesar Geronimo: W
Dave Concepcion: 54(1)/FO

Bot 9

Manny Trillo: K
Steve Swisher: 63
Larry Biittner: 3/G

Notes & reviews

Rick Reuschel ejected by HP umpire John Kibler
Cubs Coach Marv Grissom ejected by 3B umpire Frank Pulli ej,saulj801,C,pullf901,Call at 1B
Cubs Coach Jim Saul ejected by 3B umpire Frank Pulli

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