Dave Concepcion hit his first homer of the season as the finishing blow in the first inning when the Reds erupted for five runs to defeat the Giants, 6-4. Pete Rose, who had two hits in the game to boost his career total to 2,800, led off with a single. Ken Griffey, Joe Morgan and Dan Driessen followed with doubles.

Driessen was picked off second, but Cesar Geronimo resumed the attack with a single and Concepcion capped the outburst with his homer. Fred Norman had the Giants shut out until the seventh when pinch-hitter Randy Elliott smashed a grand-slam homer. Rawly Eastwick relieved and finished. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 4
Game Played on Friday, May       13, 1977 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    4  0  0  -   4  9  1
Reds         5  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   6 10  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Foli ss,lf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Rose 3b               3   2   2   0     1   0   .336
Andrews 2b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .228        Flynn 3b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .100
Clark rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .217      Griffey rf            3   1   2   1     1   0   .325
Madlock 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .270      Morgan 2b             3   1   1   2     0   0   .263
McCovey 1b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .321      Driessen 1b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .250
  LeMaster pr,ss      0   0   0   0     0   0   .118      Foster lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .310
Herndon cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .206      Geronimo cf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .216
Evans lf,1b           1   1   0   0     3   0   .299      Concepcion ss         3   1   1   2     1   1   .257
Hill c                3   1   2   0     0   0   .250      Plummer c             4   0   0   0     0   3   .111
  Thomasson ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .239      Norman p              3   0   1   0     0   1   .188
Barr p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .235        Eastwick p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .500
  Curtis p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .750
  Whitfield ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .317
  Cornutt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Elliott ph          1   1   1   4     0   0   .200
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Thomas ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .210

Totals               34   4   9   4     4   4             Totals               32   6  10   6     4   6

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 32,539
Left on Base: Giants 7, Reds 7
DP: Giants 1, Reds 1
Errors: LeMaster
Doubles: Griffey 2 (10), Morgan (5), Driessen (7), Rose (10)
Home Runs: Elliott (2), Concepcion (1)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (7), Concepcion (10)
GIDP: Herndon (4), Griffey (4)
Hit by Pitch: Morgan (2,by Curtis)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr L(5-3)             1     7   5   5   1   1   1  10   5.12
Curtis                  3     2   1   1   1   1   0  12   1.47
Cornutt                 2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.38
Heaverlo                0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   1.74
Lavelle                 2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   0.46
Totals                  8    10   6   6   4   6   1  37

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman W(2-2)           6.2   6   4   4   2   4   1  27   3.61
Eastwick SV(6)          2.1   3   0   0   2   0   0  11   1.85
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   4   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Curtis (1)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming


GIANTS 1ST: Foli flied out to left; Andrews struck out; Clark
lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Griffey doubled to left [Rose
to third]; Morgan doubled to right [Rose scored, Griffey
scored]; Driessen doubled to right [Morgan scored]; Driessen was
picked off second (pitcher to second); Foster grounded out
(third to first); Geronimo singled to left; Concepcion homered
[Geronimo scored]; Plummer struck out; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Reds 5.

GIANTS 2ND: Madlock struck out; McCovey singled to left; Herndon
forced McCovey (shortstop to second); Evans walked [Herndon to
second]; Hill singled to left [Herndon out at home (catcher
unassisted), Evans to third]; Larry Herndon out on appeal for
missing HP; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 5.

REDS 2ND: Norman singled to second; Rose walked [Norman to
second]; CURTIS REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); Griffey grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Norman to third,
Rose out at second]; Morgan was hit by a pitch; Driessen
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants
0, Reds 5.

GIANTS 3RD: Curtis struck out; Foli popped to shortstop; Andrews
lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 5.

REDS 3RD: Foster flied out to right; Geronimo grounded out
(pitcher to first); Concepcion walked; Plummer struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 5.

GIANTS 4TH: Clark flied out to right; Madlock grounded out
(shortstop to first); McCovey singled to center; Herndon
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Reds 5.

REDS 4TH: Norman grounded out (second to first); Rose doubled to
right; Griffey doubled to center [Rose scored]; Morgan flied out
to center [Griffey to third]; Driessen popped to pitcher; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 6.

GIANTS 5TH: Evans flied out to right; Hill grounded out (third
to first); WHITFIELD BATTED FOR CURTIS; Whitfield struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 6.

REDS 5TH: CORNUTT REPLACED WHITFIELD (PITCHING); Foster grounded
out (second to first); Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted);
Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 6.

GIANTS 6TH: Foli grounded out (third to first); Andrews grounded
out (shortstop to first); Clark flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Reds 6.

REDS 6TH: Plummer flied out to center; Norman struck out; Rose
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
0, Reds 6.

GIANTS 7TH: FLYNN REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Madlock grounded
out (third to first); McCovey flied out to center; Herndon
singled; Evans walked [Herndon to second]; Hill singled to
shortstop [Herndon to third, Evans to second]; ELLIOTT BATTED
FOR CORNUTT; Elliott homered [Herndon scored, Evans scored, Hill
scored]; EASTWICK REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Foli singled to
left; Andrews flied out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
4, Reds 6.

REDS 7TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED ELLIOTT (PITCHING); Griffey walked;
LAVELLE REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Morgan forced Griffey
(second to shortstop); Morgan stole second; Driessen singled to
left [Morgan out at home (left to catcher), Driessen to second
(on throw to home)]; Foster was walked intentionally; Geronimo
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4,
Reds 6.

GIANTS 8TH: Clark singled to left; Madlock flied out to left;
McCovey walked [Clark to second]; LEMASTER RAN FOR MCCOVEY;
Herndon grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[LeMaster out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds
6.

REDS 8TH: LEMASTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); EVANS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); FOLI CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Concepcion reached on an error by LeMaster [Concepcion to
first]; Concepcion stole second; Plummer struck out; Eastwick
was called out on strikes; Flynn flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 6.

GIANTS 9TH: Evans walked; THOMASSON BATTED FOR HILL; Thomasson
singled to right [Evans to second]; THOMAS BATTED FOR LAVELLE;
Thomas lined to second; Foli flied out to left; Andrews lined to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4, Reds 6.