Complex sentence: Morgan went on to win his second-straight National League Most Valuable Player award, outdistancing runner-up teammate Foster, who would go on to win the 1977 MVP award, giving the Reds six MVPs in an eight-year stretch.
Split into simpler sentences: Morgan went on to win his second-straight National League Most Valuable Player award, outdistancing runner-up teammate Foster. But Foster would go on to win the 1977 MVP award, giving the Reds six MVPs in an eight-year stretch.