October 1, 1976 at Riverfront Stadium 

Reds 5, Braves 2  (101-59)

The Reds opened up their final regular season home series with a win against the Braves.  Tony Perez hit his nineteenth homerun of the season and drove in two runs.  Pete Rose doubled, singled and scored a run.

Gary Nolan went the distance and improved to 15-9.  He gave up two runs on seven hits with six strikeouts.

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