San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
August 4, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1978 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 3, Cincinnati Reds 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 4 1 1 0
Smith ss 4 0 1 0
Thomas 3b,cf 4 1 0 0
Winfield cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Gamble rf 2 0 0 0
  Ashford 1b 0 0 0 0
Tenace c 2 1 1 2
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 4 0 2 0
  Almon pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 0 1 0
Perry p 3 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Sweet c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 0 1
Griffey rf 5 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 5 0 1 0
Foster lf 3 1 1 0
Bench c 3 0 1 0
  Correll c 0 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 2 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 0 0 0 1
  Knight 2b,ss 2 0 1 0
Auerbach ss 3 1 1 0
  Morgan ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Moskau p 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 1 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
San Diego 200 000 010360
Cincinnati 000 100 100271
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Perry   6.0 5 2 2 4 5
  Shirley  W (7-11) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto   0.2 1 0 0 2 1
  Fingers  SV (26) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
6
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Moskau   7.0 5 2 2 5 4
  Bair  L (4-4) 1.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Sarmiento   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
7
5

  E–Bair (1).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Perkins (6,off Moskau); Gonzalez (8,off Moskau), Cincinnati Foster (17,off Perry); Auerbach (2,off Perry).  SF–Lum (1,off Perry); Rose (5,off Shirley).  SB–Richards (30,2nd base off Moskau/Bench); Smith (31,2nd base off Sarmiento/Correll); Driessen (22,2nd base off Perry/Tenace); Collins (3,2nd base off Shirley/Tenace).  BK–Moskau (4).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:58.  A–44,829.
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