Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres
September 16, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 1974 at San Diego Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 9, San Diego Padres 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 3 1
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 2 1 1 0
  Chaney 2b 0 0 0 0
  Armbrister ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Bench c 3 1 1 2
  King c 0 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 0 0
Driessen 3b 3 2 2 1
  Knight 3b 1 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 1 2 2
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 2
Griffey rf 1 0 0 0
  Foster ph,rf 4 1 2 0
Kirby p 4 1 1 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 13 8
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Tolan rf 4 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 1 0
Grubb cf 3 0 1 1
McCovey 1b 3 0 1 0
Winfield lf,rf 4 1 1 0
Thomas 3b 4 0 1 0
Cannizzaro c 2 0 0 1
  Kendall ph,c 2 0 2 0
Hernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Gerhardt p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 1 1 0
  Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Locklear ph 1 0 0 0
  Laxton p 0 0 0 0
  Hardy p 0 0 0 0
  Hilton ph 1 0 0 0
  Scott lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Cincinnati 304 010 1009130
San Diego 011 000 000280
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Kirby  W (10-8) 8.0 7 2 2 2 5
  Eastwick   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner  L (7-11) 2.1 5 6 6 5 2
  Gerhardt   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Palmer   2.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Laxton   1.1 3 1 1 1 1
  Hardy   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
8
7

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1, San Diego 2.  2B–Cincinnati Driessen (22,off Palmer); Rose (41,off Palmer); Bench (35,off Laxton), San Diego Winfield (16,off Kirby); Grubb (19,off Kirby); McCovey (16,off Kirby).  HR–Cincinnati Driessen (7,3rd inning off Spillner 0 on, 1 out); Geronimo (7,3rd inning off Spillner 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Bench (3,by Palmer); Geronimo (2,by Laxton).  IBB–Morgan (7,by Palmer); Perez (6,by Laxton).  WP–Kirby 2 (15), Gerhardt (1).  HBP–Palmer (7,Bench); Laxton (3,Geronimo).  IBB–Palmer (6,Morgan); Laxton (8,Perez).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Tom Gorman.
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