Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres
May 23, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1974 at San Diego 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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Cincinnati Reds 4, San Diego Padres 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 7 0 2 0
Morgan 2b 6 0 0 0
Bench c 4 2 2 0
Perez 1b 6 1 3 1
Driessen 3b 7 0 4 2
Crowley rf 3 0 1 0
  Foster rf 2 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 6 1 2 0
Chaney ss 5 0 1 0
  Concepcion ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Kirby p 4 0 1 1
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  McQueen p 0 0 0 0
  Norman p 1 0 1 0
Totals 54 4 18 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Tolan rf 7 1 4 0
Hernandez ss 6 1 2 0
Colbert lf,1b 5 1 1 1
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0
  Gaspar pr 0 0 0 0
  Morales 3b 2 0 1 0
Grubb cf 6 1 1 0
Thomas 2b 3 1 1 3
Roberts 3b 2 0 0 0
  Winfield ph,lf 3 0 0 0
Barton c 5 0 2 0
  Greif pr 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Arlin p 0 0 0 0
  Hardy p 1 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  McAndrew p 0 0 0 0
  Beckert ph 1 0 0 0
  Corkins p 0 0 0 0
  Gaston ph 1 0 0 0
  Freisleben p 1 0 0 0
  Kendall ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 48 5 12 4
Cincinnati 200 010 000 001 04181
San Diego 100 002 000 001 15122
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Kirby   6.2 8 3 3 2 2
  Borbon   1.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Hall   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  McQueen   1.2 2 1 0 3 1
  Norman  L (3-5) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
12.2
12
5
4
9
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Arlin   1.2 4 2 2 2 0
  Hardy   3.1 6 1 1 2 1
  McAndrew   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Corkins   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Freisleben   3.0 3 1 1 3 2
  Spillner  W (1-1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
18
4
4
7
6

  E–Driessen (6), Hernandez 2 (10).  DP–Cincinnati 1, San Diego 1.  2B–Cincinnati Rose (13,off Freisleben), San Diego Tolan (6,off Kirby); Thomas (8,off Kirby).  3B–Cincinnati Driessen (2,off Arlin).  SH–Foster (2,off Freisleben); Hernandez (3,off Kirby); Morales (1,off Norman).  HBP–Crowley (1,by Arlin).  IBB–Geronimo (5,by Freisleben); Concepcion (2,by Freisleben); Thomas (2,by Borbon); Colbert (3,by Norman).  SF–Thomas (1,off Norman).  CS–Driessen (2,3rd base by Freisleben/Barton).  BK–Borbon (2), Norman (1), Freisleben (1).  HBP–Arlin (2,Crowley).  IBB–Borbon (3,Thomas); Norman (2,Colbert); Freisleben 2 (2,Geronimo,Concepcion).  U-HP–Art Williams, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–4:35.  A–8,167.
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