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Cincinnati Reds @ San Francisco Giants

1976-09-10 · Night game · Candlestick Park · Att: 15828 · night · 2:38

Cincinnati Reds defeated San Francisco Giants 4–1. Cincinnati Reds put up 2 in the 9th. Don Gullett earned the win and Rawly Eastwick picked up the save. Pete Rose went 3-for-5 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Don Gullett L: Bob Knepper SV: Rawly Eastwick

Umpires — HP: Ed Montague · 1B: Lee Weyer · 2B: Paul Runge · 3B: Nick Colosi · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	5	0	3	2	0	1
Dave Concepcion	5	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Morgan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Bench	4	0	1	0	0	1
George Foster	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Perez	3	1	1	0	1	1
Ed Armbrister	3	0	0	0	0	2
Bill Plummer	2	1	2	0	1	0
Don Gullett	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Griffey	0	1	0	0	1	0
Cesar Geronimo	1	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Lum	1	0	1	2	0	0

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Larry Herndon	2	0	0	0	2	0
Marty Perez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Gary Matthews	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jack Clark	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ken Reitz	4	0	0	0	0	2
Chris Speier	4	1	1	0	0	0
Gary Thomasson	2	0	0	0	2	1
Mike Sadek	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Knepper	2	0	0	0	0	2
Chris Arnold	1	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Murcer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Alexander	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Gullett	7.0	3	5	5
Manny Sarmiento	1.0	0	0	2
Rawly Eastwick	1.0	0	0	2

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Knepper	7.0	8	2	5
Tommy Toms	1.1	3	1	1
Mike Caldwell	0.2	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: 53
Dave Concepcion: S8
Joe Morgan: CS2(26)
Joe Morgan: 43

Bot 1

Larry Herndon: W
Marty Perez: CS2(26)
Marty Perez: W
Gary Matthews: D9.1-3
Jack Clark: 13
Ken Reitz: K

Top 2

Johnny Bench: 4/P
George Foster: 9
Tony Perez: 9

Bot 2

Chris Speier: 8
Gary Thomasson: W
Mike Sadek: 63.1-2
Bob Knepper: K

Top 3

Ed Armbrister: 8
Bill Plummer: S7
Don Gullett: K/C
Pete Rose: T/89.1-H
Dave Concepcion: 53

Bot 3

Larry Herndon: W
Marty Perez: E7/F.1-2;B-1
Gary Matthews: 3/FL
Jack Clark: 7.2-3
Ken Reitz: 4(1)/FO

Top 4

Joe Morgan: 4/L
Johnny Bench: K
George Foster: K/C

Bot 4

Chris Speier: 7
Gary Thomasson: 3/G
Mike Sadek: 9

Top 5

Tony Perez: S8
Ed Armbrister: K
Bill Plummer: W.1-2
Don Gullett: 9
Pete Rose: DGR/89.2-H;1-3
Dave Concepcion: 6

Bot 5

Bob Knepper: K
Larry Herndon: 13
Marty Perez: 53

Top 6

Joe Morgan: 3/G
Johnny Bench: 8
George Foster: D9
Tony Perez: IW
Ed Armbrister: K

Bot 6

Gary Matthews: 53
Jack Clark: K
Ken Reitz: 8

Top 7

Bill Plummer: S8
Don Gullett: 16(1)3/GDP
Pete Rose: S4
Dave Concepcion: 9

Bot 7

Chris Speier: D
Gary Thomasson: W
Mike Sadek: K/BF
Chris Arnold: S.2-H;1-2
Larry Herndon: 3
Marty Perez: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Joe Morgan: 8
Johnny Bench: S7
George Foster: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Gary Matthews: K
Jack Clark: 9
Ken Reitz: K

Top 9

Tony Perez: K
Ken Griffey: W
Cesar Geronimo: D9.1-3
Mike Lum: S8.3-H;2-H
Pete Rose: SB2
Pete Rose: K
Dave Concepcion: 8

Bot 9

Chris Speier: E8/F.B-2
Gary Thomasson: K
Bobby Murcer: 43
Gary Alexander: K

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Bob Knepper
Sadek ejected by HP umpire Montague for arguing he was hit by pitch, but Montague ruled he tried to bunt at the ball so it was a strike

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