Playing before a capacity crowd of 50,152, the Reds got a decisive two-run double by Dave Concepcion in the sixth inning to defeat the Pirates, 4-3. Fred Norman, who started for the Reds, hit both Rennie Stennett and Manny Sanguillen with pitches in the second and yielded a run on a single by Steve Brye. George Foster homered in the Reds' half.

Don Werner tripled in the fifth and Norman put himself ahead with a squeeze bunt. Concepcion's double in the sixth followed a single by Foster and pass to Dan Driessen. Norman was lifted in the eighth after Brye and Duffy Dyer singled. Frank Taveras drove them home with a two-out double off Dave Tomlin before Manny Sarmiento relieved and retired the last four straight batters. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Game Played on Saturday, June 3, 1978 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Pirates 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 8 0 Reds 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 x - 4 8 0 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Taveras ss 5 0 1 2 0 1 .268 Rose 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .297 Garner 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .244 Knight 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Parker rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Griffey rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .325 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Milner rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Foster lf 3 2 2 1 1 0 .324 B. Robinson cf,rf,cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .230 Driessen 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .309 Stennett 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .275 Concepcion ss 3 0 2 2 1 0 .319 Sanguillen 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Lum cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .297 Brye lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .295 Geronimo cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Dyer c 3 1 2 0 1 0 .277 Werner c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .208 D. Robinson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Norman p 2 0 0 1 0 2 .207 Macha ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reuss p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Whitson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moreno cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .201 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Totals 35 3 8 3 4 5 Totals 30 4 8 4 4 7 Time of Game: 2:46 Attendance: 50,152 Left on Base: Pirates 11, Reds 7 DP: Pirates 1, Reds 0 Doubles: Brye (5), Garner (7), Dyer (6), Taveras (10), Concepcion (15) Triples: Werner (1) Home Runs: Foster (11) Stolen Bases: Concepcion (6) Caught Stealing: Concepcion (5) Sacrifice Hits: Norman (3) Hit by Pitch: Stennett (1,by Norman), Sanguillen (1,by Norman) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Robinson L(4-2) 5 4 2 2 1 3 1 20 2.72 Reuss 0.1 1 2 2 1 0 0 3 6.03 Whitson 0.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 0.00 Hamilton 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 5.60 Tekulve 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 1.85 Totals 8 8 4 4 4 7 1 35 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norman W(6-2) 7.1 7 3 3 4 4 0 35 2.93 Tomlin 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.54 Sarmiento SV(2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.76 Totals 9 8 3 3 4 5 0 41 Hit by Pitch: Norman 2 (3) Wild Pitches: Tekulve (3) Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming PIRATES 1ST: Taveras flied out to center; Garner struck out; Parker singled to center; B. Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose was called out on strikes; Griffey struck out; Morgan popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Reds 0. PIRATES 2ND: Stennett was hit by a pitch; Sanguillen was hit by a pitch [Stennett to second]; Brye doubled to left [Stennett scored, Sanguillen to third]; Dyer walked; D. Robinson popped to second; Taveras forced Sanguillen (pitcher to catcher) [Brye to third, Dyer to second]; Garner struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Foster homered; Driessen grounded out (first unassisted); Concepcion walked; Lum singled to right [Concepcion to second]; Werner popped to second; Norman was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 1. PIRATES 3RD: Parker grounded out (first to pitcher); B. Robinson walked; Stennett singled to center [B. Robinson to second]; Sanguillen popped to second; Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 1. REDS 3RD: Rose flied out to left; Griffey grounded out (first to pitcher); Morgan popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 1. PIRATES 4TH: Dyer grounded out (second to first); D. Robinson grounded out (third to first); Taveras grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 1. REDS 4TH: Foster lined to third; Driessen flied out to right; Concepcion grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 1. PIRATES 5TH: Garner doubled to left; Parker struck out; B. Robinson popped to catcher in foul territory; Stennett was walked intentionally; Sanguillen flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 1. REDS 5TH: Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); Werner tripled to center; Norman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Werner scored]; Rose singled to center; Griffey grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 2. PIRATES 6TH: Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Dyer doubled to center; MACHA BATTED FOR D. ROBINSON; Macha walked; Taveras struck out; Garner forced Macha (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 2. REDS 6TH: REUSS REPLACED MACHA (PITCHING); Morgan popped to shortstop; Foster singled to right; Driessen walked [Foster to second]; WHITSON REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Concepcion doubled to center [Foster scored, Driessen scored]; Lum struck out; Werner walked; Norman struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 4. PIRATES 7TH: GERONIMO REPLACED LUM (PLAYING CF); Parker grounded out (third to first); B. Robinson flied out to left; Stennett popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 4. REDS 7TH: HAMILTON REPLACED PARKER (PITCHING); B. ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MORENO REPLACED WHITSON (PLAYING CF); Rose popped to second; Griffey singled to third; Morgan grounded out (first unassisted) [Griffey to second]; Foster was walked intentionally; Driessen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Reds 4. PIRATES 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); Brye singled to left; Dyer singled to right [Brye to second]; TOMLIN REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Moreno grounded out (first unassisted) [Brye to third, Dyer to second]; Taveras doubled to left [Brye scored, Dyer scored]; SARMIENTO REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); Garner popped to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 4. REDS 8TH: MILNER REPLACED HAMILTON (PLAYING RF); B. ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); TEKULVE REPLACED MORENO (PITCHING); Concepcion singled to center; Concepcion stole second; Tekulve threw a wild pitch [Concepcion to third]; Geronimo struck out; Werner struck out while Concepcion was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 4. PIRATES 9TH: Milner popped to shortstop; B. Robinson struck out; Stennett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Reds 4.

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