San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
August 30, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1971 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 4, Cincinnati Reds 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 4 1 2 0
Mason 2b 4 1 1 0
Gaston cf 5 1 2 3
Colbert 1b 5 1 3 0
Brown rf 5 0 1 1
Murrell lf 4 0 2 0
Barton c 3 0 0 0
Jestadt 3b 3 0 0 0
  Lee ph 1 0 0 0
  Dean 3b 0 0 0 0
Kirby p 4 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 2 1 1 1
Woodward 2b 4 1 1 0
May 1b 4 0 1 0
Perez 3b 3 0 1 1
Bench lf 3 0 0 0
Foster cf 4 0 0 0
Corrales c 3 0 0 0
  Cline ph 1 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 1 1 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
Grimsley p 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 2
San Diego 200 010 0014112
Cincinnati 003 000 000351
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Kirby  W (13-10) 9.0 5 3 2 3 11
Totals
9.0
5
3
2
3
11
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley   5.2 9 3 3 3 1
  Granger  L (5-6) 3.1 2 1 1 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
3
4

  E–Barton (14), Kirby (2), Concepcion (10).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Colbert (21,off Grimsley); Gaston (12,off Granger), Cincinnati Perez (19,off Kirby).  HR–San Diego Gaston (16,1st inning off Grimsley 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Grimsley (6,off Kirby).  IBB–Bench (5,by Kirby); Perez (3,by Kirby).  SB–Murrell (5,2nd base off Grimsley/Corrales); Hernandez (15,2nd base off Grimsley/Corrales).  IBB–Kirby 2 (11,Bench,Perez).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:31.  A–18,044.
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