Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres
May 26, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1978 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 3, San Diego Padres 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 3 1 2 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 3 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 1
Foster lf 3 0 1 0
Bench c,1b 4 1 1 1
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0
Driessen 1b 1 0 0 0
  Collins pr 0 0 0 0
  Werner c 1 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 1 0 0 1
Seaver p 3 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf,lf 4 1 0 0
Almon 3b 3 0 2 0
Gamble lf 4 0 1 1
  Smith pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 3 0 0 0
Sweet c 4 0 2 0
Ashford 2b 3 0 0 0
Baker ss 2 0 0 0
  Thomas ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Shirley p 2 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Cincinnati 110 000 001350
San Diego 000 000 010160
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (4-4) 7.2 6 1 1 2 6
  Bair  SV (7) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
8
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  L (2-5) 8.0 4 2 2 2 8
  Fingers   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Rose 2 (16,off Shirley 2); Concepcion (13,off Shirley), San Diego Almon (10,off Seaver).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (9,9th inning off Fingers 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Griffey (6,off Shirley); Geronimo 2 (4,off Shirley 2).  HBP–Driessen (1,by Shirley).  IBB–Rose (3,by Shirley).  CS–Collins (3,Home by Shirley/Sweet).  HBP–Shirley (1,Driessen).  IBB–Shirley (3,Rose).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:16.  A–34,227.
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