Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
May 20, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1976 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, San Francisco Giants 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 3 1 2 0
Concepcion ss 4 2 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 1 1 1
Bench c 4 0 1 1
Perez 1b 4 0 2 0
Foster cf,lf 4 1 2 1
Bailey lf 1 0 0 1
  Griffey ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Armbrister rf 2 0 1 0
  Geronimo ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Gullett p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
  Darcy p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Driessen ph 1 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Plummer ph 1 0 1 0
  Flynn pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 5 1 3 0
Thomas 2b 4 1 2 0
Matthews lf 4 1 1 1
Murcer rf 4 1 2 0
Speier ss 5 0 2 2
Montanez 1b 5 1 2 0
Reitz 3b 4 1 2 1
Sadek c 3 0 1 0
Caldwell p 2 0 1 0
  Arnold ph 1 0 1 2
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Ontiveros ph 1 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 17 6
Cincinnati 000 220 0105122
San Francisco 300 020 01x6171
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Gullett   0.2 4 3 3 1 0
  Borbon   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Darcy   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Norman   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
  McEnaney  L (0-2) 2.0 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
17
6
6
2
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Caldwell   5.0 8 4 2 1 1
  Williams   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Heaverlo  W (1-0) 1.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Lavelle  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
3
3
1

  E–Concepcion (11), McEnaney (2), Murcer (3).  DP–Cincinnati 1, San Francisco 2.  2B–Cincinnati Perez (8,off Caldwell), San Francisco Montanez (9,off McEnaney).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (4,8th inning off Heaverlo 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Bailey (1,off Caldwell); Matthews (1,off McEnaney).  SH–Thomas (3,off Borbon).  IBB–Sadek (1,by McEnaney).  CS–Rose (1,2nd base by Caldwell/Sadek); Thomas (9,2nd base by Norman/Bench).  IBB–McEnaney (2,Sadek).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Art Williams, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:38.  A–6,439.
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