San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
September 21, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1976 at Riverfront 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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San Diego Padres 1, Cincinnati Reds 9

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Almon ss 5 1 1 0
Grubb rf 3 0 1 0
Davis cf 4 0 0 0
Ivie 1b 4 0 0 0
Turner lf 3 0 1 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Valentine ph 1 0 0 0
  Folkers p 0 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 3 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 1 0
Kendall c 3 0 1 0
Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Ashford ph 1 0 1 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund lf 2 0 2 0
Totals 34 1 8 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 2 2 0
Griffey rf 3 2 1 0
  Armbrister rf 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 2 2 1
  Flynn 2b 0 0 0 0
Bench c 5 1 1 2
  Plummer c 0 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 2 3 2
  Lum lf 0 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 1 2
  Driessen 1b 0 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 2 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 2 1
Zachry p 4 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 12 8
San Diego 100 000 000183
Cincinnati 000 124 20x9121
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin   3.1 3 1 1 4 3
  Tomlin   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Johnson  L (1-3) 1.0 4 5 4 2 2
  Metzger   2.0 5 3 3 1 0
  Folkers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
9
8
7
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  W (14-5) 9.0 8 1 0 3 9
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
3
9

  E–W Davis (3), Turner (4), Griffin (3), Concepcion (24).  DP–San Diego 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–San Diego Turner (16,off Zachry); Ashford (1,off Zachry), Cincinnati Rose (40,off Griffin); Foster (19,off Johnson).  3B–Cincinnati Foster (8,off Griffin).  SH–Zachry (12,off Griffin).  HBP–Foster (4,by Metzger).  IBB–Geronimo (12,by Johnson).  CS–Fuentes (3,2nd base by Zachry/Bench).  SB–Griffey (33,2nd base off Griffin/Kendall); Morgan (58,2nd base off Johnson/Kendall).  WP–Griffin (7).  HBP–Metzger (3,Foster).  IBB–Johnson (3,Geronimo).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:36.  A–20,084.
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