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June 9, 1976 at Three Rivers Stadium 

Reds 6, Pirates 1  (34-20)

Gary Nolan threw a gem as the Reds took the Pirates down for the second straight game.  Nolan’s complete game improved his record to 5-3 and he gave up only a single run on five hits while striking out five.

Tony Perez hit his seventh homerun of the season and he drove in three runs.  Doug Flynn scored twice after coming into the game after Joe Morgan, who had hit four homeruns in the past two days and singled home a run in today’s game, left the game with a hamstring injury.

June 8, 1976 at Three Rivers Stadium 

Reds 10, Pirates 5  (33-20)

The Reds scored in the double figures for the third time in five games as the bounced back against the Pirates.  Joe Morgan hit two more homeruns and had four in the past two games.  He drove in three and scored three runs.  Ken Griffey also went deep and drove in three runs and drew two walks.

Rookie starter Santo Alcala was shaky but he improved to 6-1 on the season.  He gave up three runs on eight hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings.  Will McEnaney struck out the final Pirate to notch his second save of the season.

June 7, 1976 at Three Rivers Stadium 

Pirates 5, Reds 4  (32-20)

The defending National League West Pittsburgh Pirates ended the Reds three game winning streak in a back and forth affair.  Neither team scored until the Pirates put a single run on the board in the sixth.  The Reds answered and tied the game up in the top of the seventh, but the Pirates scored three in the bottom of the seventh to take a three run lead.  The Reds then answered that with three runs of their own in the top of the eighth, only to see Will McEnaney give up a single run in the bottom of the eighth that would become the game winner.

Jack Billingham was shaky but didn’t get a decision.  He gave up four runs (three earned) on five hits and one walk with four strikeouts in seven innings of work.  The one glaring negative was that he gave up three homeruns to the Pirates.

McEnaney dropped to 1-3 on the season.  Joe Morgan hit two solo homeruns, and Pete Rose also went yard.

June 6, 1976 at Busch Stadium 

Reds 13, Cardinals 2  (32-19)

The Reds swept the Cardinals with another big hitting day.  In the entire three game series, the Reds outscored the Cards 29-5.

Backup catcher Bill Plummer had a career day.  He went three for five with a three run homerun, seven RBIs and two runs.  Tony Perez also homered and Joe Morgan went three for four with three runs, an RBI and his 21st stolen base of the season.

Pat Zachry cruised to an easy win and improved to 5-1 on the season.  He gave up a single run on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts. 

June 5, 1976 at Busch Stadium 

Reds 5, Cardinals 1  (31-19)

The Reds won their second straight at Busch Stadium behind a very strong outing by Don Gullett.  Gullett improved to 4-2 on the season and gave up only one run on six hits with one walk and eight strikeouts.

George Foster homered for the second straight day as he brought his season total up to 11.  Ken Griffey went two for four with two runs.

June 4, 1976 at Busch Stadium 

Reds 11, Cardinals 2  (30-19)

After two poor offensive games in the Astrodome, the Reds broke out in their series opening game agains the Cardinals.  By the end of the game, they had racked up eleven runs on eighteen hits and five of those runs came in the first inning.

George Foster hit the ball hard and went three for four with his tenth homerun of the season, four RBIs and two runs.  Tony Perez had three hits and three runs and Dave Concepcion went five for six with two RBIS and a run.

Gary Nolan improved to 4-3 on the season with the complete game.  He gave up two runs on seven hits with three strikeouts.

June 3, 1976 at Astrodome 

Astros 5, Reds 3  (29-19)

The Reds gave rookie starter Santo Alcala a three run cushion in the top of the first inning, but the Astros slowly got themselves back into the game.  They tied things up in the fifth, then took the lead in the seventh.  In the meantime, the Reds managed only four hits after that big three run first inning and Alcala notched his first loss of the season.

Alcala dropped to 5-1 and gave up five runs on seven hits and six walks in 6 2/3 innings of work.  Joe Morgan accounted for all of the Reds offense as his three run homerun gave the Reds that early lead.  Pete Rose and Cesar Geronimo both had two hits.

June 2, 1976 at Astrodome 

Reds 8, Astros 7  (29-18)

The Reds took a big early lead, gave it up, then came from behind to guarantee at least a split with the Astros in their four game series.  The Astros started things out with a single run in the first inning off of starter Jack Billingham.  The Reds answered in the third with five runs, but the Astros shaved the lead down to a single run with three runs in the third as Billingham was replaced by Sparky in favor of Fred Norman.

The Reds added a a run in the sixth to make it 6-4, but the Astros blasted Norman in the bottom half of the inning for three runs.  It seems like every time the Reds pushed the lead out, the Astros answered, and this time, the Reds actually gave up the lead.

In the top of the seventh, Dave Concepcion flew out and Mike Lum, who was batting for Rawly Eastwick, singled.  Ken Griffey ran for Lum, and Pete Rose moved him to third with a double.  Joe Morgan then tied the game with a sac. fly, before Tony Perez came up with a huge clutch single to give the Reds their lead back.

Will McEnaney had his best outing to date as he threw three scoreless innings to close the game out.  He improved to 1-2 on the season.  Pete Rose had three hits and three runs, while Tony Perez finished the game with three hits and three RBIs.

June 1, 1976 at Astrodome 

Astros 2, Reds 1  (28-18)

The Reds scored a single run on no hits in the first inning and only managed two more hits the rest of the game and a great outing by Pat Zachry went to waste.  Pete Rose led off the first with a walk and then moved to second on Cesar Geronimo’s ground out.  Joe Morgan and Tony Perez then drew back to back walks to load the bases up, and then George Foster hit a sac. fly to give the Reds a 1-0 lead.

The Astros scored a run in the third then the go ahead run in the sixth to take the lead for good.  The Reds didn’t get their first hit the fifth inning when Doug Flynn singled.  Tony Perez singled with two outs in the ninth to account for the other hit.

Zachry lost his first game of the season and dropped to 4-1.  He gave up two runs on four hits and four walks with seven strikeouts.  Pedro Borbon held the Astros scoreless in the bottom of the eighth to finish things up for the Reds.

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