San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
September 4, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 15, Cincinnati Reds 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Arcia 2b 6 2 3 2
Robles ss 4 0 1 0
Gaston cf 6 1 4 3
Ferrara lf 3 2 1 0
  Murrell pr,lf 2 0 0 0
Brown rf 4 3 2 0
  Williams rf 0 0 0 0
Colbert 1b 4 2 3 3
  Doyle p 0 0 0 0
Spiezio 3b 5 2 2 1
Slocum c 3 2 1 2
Corkins p 3 1 1 4
  Kendall 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 15 18 15
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Tolan cf 4 1 2 2
  Behney p 0 0 0 0
  McRae ph 1 0 0 0
Rose rf 3 0 0 0
Bench lf,1b 3 0 1 0
Perez 3b 3 0 0 0
  Woodward 3b 1 0 0 0
May 1b 3 0 0 0
  Maloney p 0 0 0 0
  Cline cf 1 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 2 0 0 0
  Duffy ss 2 0 0 0
Corrales c 3 0 0 0
  Plummer c 1 0 0 0
Chaney 2b 3 0 0 0
Merritt p 1 0 0 0
  Washburn p 0 0 0 0
  Bravo ph,lf 2 1 2 0
Totals 33 2 5 2
San Diego 020 522 31015181
Cincinnati 000 020 000252
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Corkins  W (5-6) 7.0 5 2 2 5 6
  Doyle  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
7
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Merritt  L (20-12) 3.1 7 7 6 2 1
  Washburn   1.2 2 2 2 2 2
  Maloney   1.1 5 5 4 1 1
  Behney   2.2 4 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
18
15
13
6
5

  E–Robles (1), Perez (30), Bravo (1).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–San Diego Colbert (12,off Washburn); Gaston (23,off Behney), Cincinnati Bench (34,off Corkins).  3B–San Diego Slocum (2,off Merritt).  HR–San Diego Corkins (1,4th inning off Merritt 3 on, 1 out); Gaston (22,6th inning off Maloney 1 on, 1 out); Colbert (29,8th inning off Behney 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Tolan (13,5th inning off Corkins 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Robles (1,off Maloney); Corkins (5,off Maloney).  SB–Rose (10,2nd base off Corkins/Slocum).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–3:05.  A–23,584.
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