Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres
May 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1978 at San Diego 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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Cincinnati Reds 1, San Diego Padres 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy 2b 3 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 2 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
Werner c 3 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
Norman p 1 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 1 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 1 1 0
Thomas cf 3 0 1 0
Gamble lf 4 1 2 1
  Richards lf 0 0 0 0
Winfield rf 3 1 0 0
Tenace 1b 3 0 0 0
Almon 3b 3 0 1 1
Ashford 2b 2 0 0 0
Davis c 3 0 0 0
Jones p 3 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 2
Cincinnati 000 000 001162
San Diego 100 200 00x350
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  L (5-2) 5.0 4 3 2 2 2
  Borbon   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Tomlin   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
2
3
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (4-3) 8.1 6 1 1 1 1
  Fingers  SV (10) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
2

  E–Kennedy (1), Knight (1).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Foster (7,off Jones), San Diego Smith (4,off Norman); Gamble (3,off Norman).  SH–Thomas (5,off Norman).  SB–Thomas (5,2nd base off Tomlin/Werner).  WP–Norman (1).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–1:58.  A–34,029.
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