Driving in six runs with a single, a sacrifice fly and his first career grand slam, Ray Knight paced the Reds to a 16-4 walloping of the Cardinals. The Reds erupted for five runs in their first turn at bat on a walk to Joe Morgan, singles by Ken Griffey, Dave Concepcion and Knight, a walk to Johnny Bench and singles by Cesar Geronimo and Fred Norman. Knight's bases-loaded clout came in the ninth inning. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 16, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Game Played on Thursday, July      19, 1979 (Night game) at Busch Stadium II
Reds         5  0  3    1  0  2    0  1  4  -  16 19  0
Cardinals    1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   4 14  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Collins lf            6   0   2   1     0   0   .347      Templeton ss          5   2   3   0     0   0   .321
Morgan 2b             4   1   0   0     2   0   .268      Brock lf              5   0   3   3     0   0   .328
Griffey rf            6   3   3   0     0   0   .306      Hernandez 1b          5   0   1   0     0   1   .323
Driessen 1b           4   2   2   1     1   0   .245      Hendrick rf           5   0   3   0     0   1   .321
  Spilman pr,1b       0   1   0   0     0   0   .333      Scott cf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .269
Concepcion ss         4   2   3   1     0   0   .293      Reitz 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .275
  Auerbach pr,ss      2   1   1   0     0   0   .194      Swisher c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .115
Knight 3b             4   4   2   6     1   0   .309        Kennedy ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   1   .270
Bench c               2   2   1   1     2   1   .250      Tyson 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .210
  Correll c           2   0   1   0     0   0   .238        Frazier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Geronimo cf           4   0   2   3     0   0   .252        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Blair cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .172        Mumphrey ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .285
Norman p              4   0   2   2     0   0   .171      Vuckovich p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .152
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .111        Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Soto p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Carbo ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .276
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Oberkfell 2b        1   1   0   0     1   0   .333

Totals               44  16  19  15     6   2             Totals               40   4  14   3     1   4

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 27,228
Left on Base: Reds 9, Cardinals 10
DP: Reds 1, Cardinals 1
Errors: Brock, Tyson
Doubles: Driessen (14), Collins (4), Templeton (13), Hendrick (21)
Triples: Templeton (11)
Home Runs: Knight (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Knight (4)
GIDP: Griffey (4), Swisher (2)
Hit by Pitch: Driessen (2,by McEnaney)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman W(6-8)           7    11   2   2   0   2   0  31   3.23
Soto                    2     3   2   2   1   2   0  10  12.79
Totals                  9    14   4   4   1   4   0  41

Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Vuckovich L(8-7)        2     7   8   7   3   0   0  16   3.73
Thomas                  2     3   1   1   0   1   0   9   3.66
Knowles                 2     3   2   2   2   0   0  11   4.25
Frazier                 2     3   1   1   1   1   0   9   3.21
McEnaney                1     3   4   4   0   0   1   7   2.78
Totals                  9    19  16  15   6   2   1  52

Hit by Pitch: McEnaney (1)
Wild Pitches: Norman (2), Thomas (1), Knowles (2)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Steve Fields, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Joe West


REDS 1ST: Collins grounded out (first unassisted); Morgan
walked; Griffey singled to right [Morgan to second]; Driessen
flied out to center [Morgan to third]; Concepcion singled to
center [Morgan scored, Griffey to third]; Knight singled to
center [Griffey scored, Concepcion to second]; Bench walked
[Concepcion to third, Knight to second]; Geronimo singled to
second [Concepcion scored, Knight scored, Bench to second];
Norman singled to center [Bench scored, Geronimo to second];
Collins forced Norman (second to shortstop); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 5, Cardinals 0.

CARDINALS 1ST: Templeton doubled to left; Brock grounded out
(first unassisted) [Templeton to third]; Norman threw a wild
pitch [Templeton scored]; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hendrick doubled to left; Scott singled to shortstop
[Hendrick to third]; Reitz popped to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 5, Cardinals 1.

REDS 2ND: Morgan flied out to center; Griffey grounded out
(second to first); Driessen flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 2ND: Swisher flied out to center; Tyson flied out to
center; Vuckovich grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cardinals 1.

REDS 3RD: Concepcion singled to center; Knight walked
[Concepcion to second]; Bench singled to left [Concepcion
scored, Knight to third (error by Brock), Bench to second];
THOMAS REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Geronimo grounded out
(first unassisted); Norman singled to left [Knight scored
(unearned), Bench to third]; Collins forced Norman (second to
shortstop) [Bench scored]; Morgan flied out to center; 3 R (2
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 8, Cardinals 1.

CARDINALS 3RD: Templeton tripled to center; Brock grounded out
(second to first) [Templeton scored]; Hernandez lined to left;
Hendrick singled to shortstop; Scott forced Hendrick (shortstop
to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 8, Cardinals 2.

REDS 4TH: Griffey singled to center; Thomas threw a wild pitch
[Griffey to second]; Driessen doubled to right [Griffey scored];
Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Knight grounded
out (third to first); Bench struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 9, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 4TH: Reitz flied out to center; Swisher singled to
center; Tyson flied out to center; CARBO BATTED FOR THOMAS;
Carbo flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 9,
Cardinals 2.

REDS 5TH: KNOWLES REPLACED CARBO (PITCHING); Geronimo grounded
out (second to first); Norman lined to second; Collins doubled
to left; Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 9, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 5TH: Templeton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brock singled to right; Hernandez struck out; Hendrick singled
to left [Brock to third]; Scott grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 9, Cardinals 2.

REDS 6TH: Griffey grounded out (second to first); Driessen
walked; Concepcion singled to left [Driessen to second];
AUERBACH RAN FOR CONCEPCION; Knight forced Auerbach (third to
second) [Driessen scored (error by Tyson) (no RBI), Knight to
second]; Bench walked; Geronimo singled to center [Knight
scored, Bench to second]; Knowles threw a wild pitch [Bench to
third, Geronimo to second]; Norman grounded out (pitcher to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 11, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 6TH: AUERBACH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Reitz
singled to left; Swisher grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Reitz out at second]; Tyson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 11, Cardinals
2.

REDS 7TH: FRAZIER REPLACED TYSON (PITCHING); OBERKFELL REPLACED
KNOWLES (PLAYING 2B); Collins lined to left; Morgan walked;
Griffey grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Morgan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 11,
Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 7TH: CORRELL REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); BLAIR
REPLACED GERONIMO (PLAYING CF); Oberkfell grounded out (second
to first); Templeton popped to catcher in foul territory; Brock
singled to first; Hernandez singled to right [Brock to second];
Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 11, Cardinals 2.

REDS 8TH: Driessen singled to center; Auerbach singled to center
[Driessen to third]; Knight hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Driessen scored]; Correll singled to left [Auerbach to second];
Blair flied out to left; CRUZ BATTED FOR NORMAN; Cruz was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 12, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: SOTO REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Scott popped to
third; Reitz flied out to left; KENNEDY BATTED FOR SWISHER;
Kennedy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 12, Cardinals 2.

REDS 9TH: KENNEDY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MCENANEY REPLACED
FRAZIER (PITCHING); Collins singled to center; Morgan forced
Collins (second to shortstop); Griffey singled to center [Morgan
to second]; Driessen was hit by a pitch [Morgan to third,
Griffey to second]; SPILMAN RAN FOR DRIESSEN; Auerbach forced
Morgan (first to catcher) [Griffey to third, Spilman to second];
Knight homered [Griffey scored, Spilman scored, Auerbach
scored]; Correll grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 16, Cardinals 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: SPILMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MUMPHREY
BATTED FOR MCENANEY; Mumphrey singled to left; Oberkfell walked
[Mumphrey to second]; Templeton singled to right [Mumphrey to
third, Oberkfell to second]; Brock singled to center [Mumphrey
scored, Oberkfell scored, Templeton to second]; Hernandez flied
out to center [Templeton to third]; Hendrick popped to
shortstop; Scott struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 16,
Cardinals 4.