Cubs, Foote Stun Reds at Riverfront

National League
San Diego 8 at Montreal 3
-The Padres explode for seven runs in the 3^rd inning to chase Bill Lee (16-11, 2.64) as Randy Jones (17-4, 3.29) wins this matchup of ace southpaws.
San Francisco 9 at New York 6
-The Giants rap out seventeen hits after only mustering three yesterday helping Ed Halicki (9-12, 2.80) earn a victory. Rob Andrews raised his batting average to .280 with five singles for the Giants.
Los Angeles 5 at Philadelphia 1
-Billy North hit his first home run of the season and Andy Messersmith (16-7, 2.76) went the distance as L.A. beats Steve Carlton (11-10, 2.74) in this matchup of aces.
Pittsburgh 1 at Atlanta 3
-Dave Parker’s 4^th inning infield single was the only hit the Pirates would register all day against Dick Ruthven (11-11, 3.76) and Max Leon (20Sv, 2.59). Darrell Evans hit his 26^th home run of the season for the Braves
Chicago 3 at Cincinnati 2
-Barry Foote’s 4^th home run of the year was the pinch-hit game winner in the 9^th as the Cubs stun the Reds at Riverfront. Chicago will now look to complete the sweep tomorrow – possibly avenging last weekend’s destruction by the Reds at Wrigley.
St. Louis 1 at Houston 5
-Nolan Ryan (16-9, 3.13) pitched a complete game as the Astros defeat former teammate Bob Forsch (12-9, 4.42). Davey Lopes (.284 43SB) tripled and stole two bases for Houston.

NL East: The Pirates lead remains 11 over the Cardinals
NL West: The Astros extend their lead again, now lead the Reds by 4

American League:
New York 2 at Chicago 3 (10)
-The Yankees took the lead in the Top of the 10^th but Dick Tidrow (3-10, 2.10) blew a save for just the 3^rd time in 34 opportunities as the White Sox prevail on a Cleon Jones sacrifice fly
Boston 5 at Minnesota 1
-Bruce Kison (12-11, 4.06)  and Skip Lockwood (32Sv, 2.37) factor in the decision and Frank Duffy drove in two runs and had three hits as the Red Sox will now go for the four-game sweep of the Twins tomorrow. Eric Soderholm (.316 28HR) homered and had three hits in a losing cause.
Baltimore 3 at Kansas City 4 (10)
-The Royals will go for a four-game sweep in this matchup of division leaders tomorrow after Hal McRae drove in George Brett with a game winning single in the 10^th. Lindy McDaniel (5-5, 3.24) earned the win and Dyar Miller (7-4, 2.70) took the loss
Cleveland 6 at Texas 2
-Gorman Thomas smashed his MLB high 35^th home run and Phil Niekro (9-13, 3.39) pitched a complete game as the Tribe handed Stan Perzanowski (17-4, 2.75) his second defeat of the week.
Detroit  0 at California 2
-Dave Lemanczyk (8-4, 3.32), Chris Knapp (5.24) and Jim Brewer (6Sv, 6.75) combine on a five hit shutout for the Halos.
Milwaukee 5 at Oakland 7 (12)
-Cliff Johnson’s 22^nd home run of the year was a walk-off two run shot that gave him eight RBI’s in two days. Elias Sosa (4-5, 2.67) followed up on his save in yesterday’s game with three shutout innings to earn the win today.

AL East: The Orioles lead has been reduced from 5 games to 2 in three days by the Red Sox
AL West:  The Royals still hold an 11 game margin over the Angels

 Chicago C 3, Cincinnati 2

8/28/1976, CHC76-CIN76, Riverfront Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Chicago C         0  0  0  0  1  1  0  0  1     3  7  0     7  1
1976 Cincinnati        2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     2 10  0     8  0
 
Chicago C            AB  R  H BI   AVG    Cincinnati           AB  R  H BI   AVG
Kimm              c   5  0  1  0  .269    Morgan            2b  5  1  1  1  .314
Rosello           2b  3  0  0  0  .238    Rose              3b  3  0  1  0  .343
 Sizemore         2b  0  0  0  0  .234    Driessen          1b  3  1  2  0  .292
Garrett           1b  3  0  0  1  .247    Foster            lf  3  0  0  0  .280
Ontiveros         3b  4  0  0  0  .310    Bench             c   3  0  0  0  .255
 Harris           3b  0  0  0  0  .270    Biittner          rf  4  0  2  1  .377
Dawson            cf  4  1  1  0  .265    Concepcion        ss  4  0  2  0  .284
Tyrone            lf  4  0  2  1  .257    Geronimo          cf  3  0  0  0  .264
Meoli             ss  3  0  0  0  .256     Bell             ph  1  0  1  0  .269
Clines            rf  3  0  0  0  .211     Lum              pr  0  0  0  0  .184
 Murcer           ph  1  0  0  0  .241    Nolan             p   3  0  0  0  .068
Coleman           p   3  1  2  0  .313     Carroll,C        p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Hernandez        p   0  0  0  0  .000     Armbrister       ph  1  0  1  0  .247
 Gossage          p   0  0  0  0  .200                         33  2 10  2
 Foote            ph  1  1  1  1  .205
 Kravec           p   0  0  0  0  .214
 Locker           p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     34  3  7  3
 
Chicago C                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Coleman                          6.0  6  2  2  4  5 104  56  5.22
Hernandez                        0.2  1  0  0  0  1  13  10  3.32
Gossage          W 7-5           1.1  1  0  0  0  1  16  13  3.93
Kravec                           0.0  1  0  0  0  0   2   2  4.38
Locker           S 5             1.0  1  0  0  0  1  13   7  4.23
                                 9.0 10  2  2  4  8 148  88 
 
Cincinnati                       INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Nolan            L 13-11         8.2  7  3  3  3  8 136  87  3.63
Carroll,C                        0.1  0  0  0  0  0   1   1  3.03
                                 9.0  7  3  3  3  8 137  88 
 
CHC: Murcer batted for Clines in the 9th
     Foote batted for Gossage in the 9th
     Sizemore inserted at 2b in the 9th
     Harris inserted at 3b in the 9th
     Murcer moved to rf in the 9th
CIN: Bell batted for Geronimo in the 9th
     Armbrister batted for Carroll,C in the 9th
     Lum ran for Bell in the 9th
 
HR-Foote(4), Morgan(24). SB-Dawson(12), Driessen(25). CS-Concepcion, 
Armbrister. K-Kimm, Rosello 3, Garrett 2, Ontiveros, Meoli, Morgan 3, 
Driessen, Foster, Bench, Nolan 2. BB-Rosello, Garrett, Meoli, Rose, Driessen, 
Foster, Bench. 
GWRBI: Foote