San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
August 17, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1977 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 7, Cincinnati Reds 4

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards 1b,lf 4 1 2 0
Tenace c 2 0 1 2
Ivie 3b,1b 5 0 1 0
Winfield rf 5 0 0 0
Hendrick cf 4 1 1 0
Turner lf 2 2 0 0
  Ashford 3b 1 0 0 0
Scanlon 2b 4 2 1 0
Almon ss 5 1 3 5
Shirley p 4 0 0 0
  Fingers p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 9 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 2 2 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 0 0
Griffey rf 3 0 1 0
Foster cf,lf 5 1 1 3
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 2 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Knight ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Summers ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Armbrister lf 3 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Soto p 1 0 1 0
  Bailey 1b 3 0 1 0
Totals 35 4 7 3
San Diego 000 430 000791
Cincinnati 000 010 300475
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  W (7-15) 6.1 6 4 3 5 5
  Fingers  SV (27) 2.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
5
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto  L (2-3) 4.0 8 7 6 3 3
  Murray   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Sarmiento   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Borbon   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
7
4

  E–Almon (28), Griffey (3), Bench (8), Concepcion (6), Driessen (5), Armbrister (3).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–San Diego Hendrick (18,off Soto); Almon (12,off Sarmiento).  HR–San Diego Almon (1,4th inning off Soto 2 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Foster (39,7th inning off Shirley 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Tenace (10,by Soto).  IBB–Scanlon (2,by Soto); Richards (10,by Murray); Hendrick (7,by Sarmiento).  SB–Richards 2 (39,2nd base off Soto/Bench 2).  HBP–Soto (2,Tenace).  IBB–Soto (2,Scanlon); Murray (5,Richards); Sarmiento (2,Hendrick).  U-HP–Art Williams, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:32.  A–29,795.
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