Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres
August 10, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 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 3, San Diego Padres 15

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 2 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 4 1 1 1
Griffey rf 4 0 2 1
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
  Lum lf 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 1 0 0
  Auerbach ss 0 0 0 0
Henderson cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 1
Correll c 4 1 3 0
LaCoss p 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Bench ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 6 2 3 0
  Reynolds pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Smith ss 0 1 0 0
  Almon ss 4 1 1 1
Thomas 3b,cf 3 2 1 0
Winfield cf,rf 3 1 1 0
  Beswick pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Gamble rf 3 3 1 1
  Shirley p 1 1 0 1
Tenace 1b 5 1 3 5
  Roberts pr,1b 1 2 1 1
Sweet c 5 0 2 1
Gonzalez 2b 2 0 1 2
  Baker pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Jones p 3 0 1 1
  Ashford ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Totals 40 15 16 13
Cincinnati 002 100 000393
San Diego 301 013 61x15161
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (3-2) 5.2 8 8 5 8 1
  Sarmiento   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Tomlin   0.1 7 6 6 2 0
  Hume   1.2 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
16
15
12
12
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (10-10) 6.0 6 3 2 1 3
  Shirley  SV (2) 3.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
1
5

  E–Kennedy 2 (4), Driessen (4), Smith (18).  DP–San Diego 2.  2B–Cincinnati Foster (19,off Jones); Correll 2 (6,off Jones,off Shirley), San Diego Sweet (7,off LaCoss); Richards (20,off Tomlin); Tenace (15,off Tomlin); Gonzalez (9,off Tomlin).  3B–Cincinnati Griffey (7,off Jones).  HR–San Diego Tenace (13,6th inning off LaCoss 2 on, 2 out); Roberts (1,8th inning off Hume 0 on, 2 out).  SH–LaCoss (4,off Jones); Thomas (7,off LaCoss).  IBB–Winfield (13,by LaCoss); Gonzalez 3 (3,by LaCoss 2,by Sarmiento).  SB–Thomas 2 (8,2nd base off LaCoss/Correll 2).  CS–Smith (7,2nd base by LaCoss/Correll).  WP–Jones (4).  IBB–LaCoss 3 (6,Winfield,Gonzalez 2); Sarmiento (10,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:45.  A–27,882.
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