1976 World Series – Game One
October 16, 1976 at Riverfront Stadium
Reds 5, Yankees 1  Reds Lead Best of Seven Series 1-0

The Reds continued their post season run with a game one win over the Yankees.  Don Gullett threw a great game and gave up only a single run in the second inning.  Pedro Borbon finished the game up and threw 1 2/3 perfect innings.

Joe Morgan hit a solo homerun off of Doyle Alexander in the first inning to give the Reds an early lead.  The Yankees tied it up with a run in the second but in the third inning, a Dave Concepcion triple was followed up with a Pete Rose sac. fly to give the Reds a 2-1 lead.

The Reds added a run in the sixth on Tony Perez’s RBI single to make it 3-1.  They then scored two more in the seventh when Johnny Bench tripled home George Foster, and then later scored on a wild pitch.

It was the Reds fourth straight playoff win of the season and their fifth dating back to game seven of the 1975 World Series.  Tomorrow’s match up was Jim “Cat Fish” Hunter going up against Fred Norman.

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