San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
May 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1978 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 6, Cincinnati Reds 10

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf,lf 5 0 2 0
Smith ss 4 0 1 1
Almon 3b 4 0 0 0
Reynolds lf 3 0 0 0
  Baker 2b 1 0 0 0
  Gamble ph 1 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 4 2 2 0
Tenace 1b 4 2 2 1
Thomas 2b,cf 5 1 4 2
Sweet c 2 0 1 0
Perry p 3 1 0 1
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 1 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 3 3 2 0
  Werner c 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 5 1 2 0
Morgan 2b 2 1 1 2
Foster lf 4 1 2 3
Driessen 1b 5 1 3 3
Bench c 4 0 1 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 1 3 1
Collins cf 2 1 1 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Hume p 1 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 1 1 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 16 9
San Diego 040 010 0106122
Cincinnati 101 010 16x10164
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Perry   5.1 9 3 3 2 3
  Lee   0.2 2 1 1 2 0
  Fingers  L (1-6) 1.2 3 5 5 3 0
  Spillner   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
16
10
10
8
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hume   5.0 10 5 4 2 1
  Borbon   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin  W (3-1) 2.0 1 1 0 0 1
  Bair   1.0 0 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
12
6
4
5
4

  E–Almon (6), Sweet (2), Rose (4), Morgan 2 (4), Collins (1).  DP–San Diego 2.  PB–Bench (4).  2B–San Diego Thomas (5,off Hume), Cincinnati Rose (13,off Perry); Driessen (10,off Perry).  3B–Cincinnati Concepcion (1,off Fingers); Foster (4,off Fingers).  SH–Sweet (1,off Tomlin).  IBB–Sweet (2,by Hume).  SF–Morgan (4,off Perry).  CS–Richards (6,2nd base by Borbon/Bench); Morgan (4,2nd base by Perry/Sweet).  SB–Concepcion (5,2nd base off Lee/Sweet); Collins (1,2nd base off Fingers/Sweet).  WP–Hume (3).  IBB–Hume (1,Sweet).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–3:11.  A–35,429.
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