A pinch-double by Ken Henderson with the bases loaded in the seventh inning rallied the Reds to a 6-3 victory over the Giants. With Marc Hill contributing a homer, the Giants held a 3-2 lead going into the seventh when the Reds loaded the bases on consecutive singles by Dave Concepcion, Dave Collins and Cesar Geronimo.

Henderson then batted for Bill Bonham and delivered his double, driving in two runs and putting the Reds ahead. Pete Rose followed with a sacrifice fly to make it 5-3. Concepcion added an insurance marker with another sacrifice fly in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 6, San Francisco Giants 3

Game Played on Saturday, September 9, 1978 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Giants 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 Reds 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 x - 6 8 2 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Madlock 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .310 Rose 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .300 Whitfield lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Morgan 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .244 Clark rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .307 Griffey rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .286 Evans 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Foster lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .280 Plank p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bench c 3 0 1 2 1 1 .253 Ivie 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .307 Concepcion ss 2 1 1 1 1 0 .293 Dwyer cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .239 DeFreites 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hill c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .230 Collins ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .228 Metzger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Bair p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Knepper p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .056 Geronimo cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .229 Cruz 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Bonham p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Henderson ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .203 Driessen pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Totals 33 3 7 1 1 3 Totals 27 6 8 6 4 3 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 47,091 Left on Base: Giants 5, Reds 4 DP: Giants 2, Reds 1 Errors: Rose, Bonham Doubles: Clark (40), Dwyer (10), Bench (13), Henderson (8) Triples: Griffey (8) Home Runs: Hill (3) Sacrifice Hits: Whitfield (15), Griffey (9) Sacrifice Flies: Rose (6), Concepcion (3) GIDP: Hill (11), Bench (8) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knepper L(15-10) 7 7 5 5 3 3 0 29 2.74 Plank 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 6.00 Totals 8 8 6 6 4 3 0 34 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bonham W(11-4) 7 5 3 1 1 2 1 28 3.40 Bair SV(25) 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 1.89 Totals 9 7 3 1 1 3 1 35 Passed Balls: Bench (11) Wild Pitches: Bonham 2 (7) Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Satch Davidson GIANTS 1ST: Madlock singled to left; Whitfield out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Madlock to second]; Bonham threw a wild pitch [Madlock to third]; Bench allowed a passed ball [Madlock scored (unearned)]; Clark walked; Evans popped to catcher in foul territory; Ivie grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan popped to third in foul territory; Griffey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Reds 0. GIANTS 2ND: Dwyer struck out; Hill homered; Metzger flied out to left; Knepper grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Foster flied out to center; Bench struck out; Concepcion flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Reds 0. GIANTS 3RD: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Whitfield lined to shortstop; Clark doubled; Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: DeFreites grounded out (third to first); Geronimo struck out; Bonham popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Reds 0. GIANTS 4TH: Ivie grounded out (second to first); Dwyer flied out to right; Hill singled to right; Metzger grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Rose singled to center; Morgan walked [Rose to second]; Griffey out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Rose to third, Morgan to second]; Foster walked; Bench doubled to left [Rose scored, Morgan scored, Foster to third]; Concepcion was walked intentionally; DeFreites popped to right; Geronimo grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 2, Reds 2. GIANTS 5TH: Knepper grounded out (second to first); Madlock grounded out (third to first); Whitfield flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Reds 2. REDS 5TH: Bonham flied out to center; Rose grounded out (second to first); Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Reds 2. GIANTS 6TH: Clark reached on an error by Rose [Clark to first]; Clark was picked off first but was safe on an error by Bonham [Clark to second]; Evans flied out to right [Clark to third]; Bonham threw a wild pitch [Clark scored (unearned)]; Ivie struck out; Dwyer doubled to right; Hill grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Reds 2. REDS 6TH: Griffey flied out to right; Foster singled; Bench grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Foster out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Reds 2. GIANTS 7TH: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Knepper grounded out (second to first); Madlock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Reds 2. REDS 7TH: Concepcion singled to second; COLLINS BATTED FOR DEFREITES; Collins singled to center [Concepcion to second]; On a bunt Geronimo singled [Concepcion to third, Collins to second]; HENDERSON BATTED FOR BONHAM; Henderson doubled [Concepcion scored, Collins scored, Geronimo to third]; DRIESSEN RAN FOR HENDERSON; Rose sacrifice flied into a double play (right to first to third) [Geronimo scored, Driessen out at third]; Morgan grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Reds 5. GIANTS 8TH: DRIESSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BAIR REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Whitfield grounded out (second to first); Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Reds 5. REDS 8TH: PLANK REPLACED EVANS (PITCHING); CRUZ REPLACED KNEPPER (PLAYING 3B); Griffey tripled to center; Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench was walked intentionally; Concepcion hit a sacrifice fly to right [Griffey scored]; Bair forced Bench (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Reds 6. GIANTS 9TH: Ivie singled to left; Dwyer singled to right [Ivie to second]; Hill grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ivie to third, Dwyer out at second]; Metzger flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Reds 6.

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