Philadelphia Phillies vs Cincinnati Reds
August 28, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1976 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 7, Cincinnati Reds 8

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 2 2 0
Bowa ss 5 1 2 1
Maddox cf 5 2 2 2
Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 1
Johnstone rf,1b,rf 5 1 2 3
Boone c 3 0 2 0
Tolan lf 2 0 1 0
  Martin ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  McCarver ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Hutton 1b 2 0 0 0
  Brown ph,rf,lf 2 0 0 0
Lonborg p 2 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 1 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Luzinski ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 13 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 1 2 2
Griffey rf 5 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 1 2 2
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 2 2 0
  Armbrister pr 0 1 0 0
Perez 1b 3 0 2 0
  Youngblood pr 0 1 0 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 2 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 1 4
Billingham p 1 1 1 0
  McEnaney p 2 0 1 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 14 8
Philadelphia 001 001 0237131
Cincinnati 002 120 1028140
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg   4.0 8 5 5 1 2
  Twitchell   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Garber   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  McGraw  L (6-5) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Reed   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
8
8
5
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   5.1 7 2 2 2 4
  McEnaney   1.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Sarmiento   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Eastwick  W (9-4) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
3
6

  E–Johnstone (5).  DP–Philadelphia 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Philadelphia Taylor (1,off McEnaney).  3B–Philadelphia Cash (11,off Billingham); Maddox (6,off Eastwick).  HR–Philadelphia Johnstone (5,8th inning off McEnaney 1 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Rose (10,3rd inning off Lonborg 1 on, 0 out); Morgan (26,5th inning off Lonborg 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Schmidt (4,off Eastwick); Concepcion 2 (4,off Lonborg,off Garber).  SH–Billingham (7,off Lonborg).  HBP–Geronimo (5,by Twitchell).  IBB–Geronimo (11,by Reed).  WP–Billingham (6).  HBP–Twitchell (2,Geronimo).  IBB–Reed (6,Geronimo).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–3:15.  A–51,091.
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