San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
September 7, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Diego Padres 2, Cincinnati Reds 6

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 3 0 1 0
  Eichelberger p 0 0 0 0
  Gamble ph 0 0 0 0
  Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Champion ph 1 0 0 0
Smith ss 5 0 1 0
Evans 3b 4 0 2 0
Winfield rf 3 0 1 0
Turner cf 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 1 1 0
Perkins 1b 4 0 1 0
Sweet c 3 0 0 0
  Roberts c 1 0 0 0
Owchinko p 1 0 1 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph,lf 2 1 1 1
Totals 35 2 9 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 1 2 1 2
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 1 1 3
Foster lf 2 0 0 0
Bench c 3 1 1 1
DeFreitas 1b 4 0 0 0
  Driessen 1b 0 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 4 0 2 0
Geronimo cf 4 1 1 0
Moskau p 1 1 1 0
  Norman p 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 7 6
San Diego 000 011 000291
Cincinnati 004 200 00x671
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Owchinko  L (8-12) 2.2 4 4 4 3 3
  Lee   1.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Eichelberger   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Lolich   3.0 1 0 0 2 3
Totals
8.0
7
6
6
6
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Moskau  W (5-4) 5.2 9 2 2 2 1
  Norman  SV (1) 3.1 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
4
4

  E–Sweet (6), Geronimo (5).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  PB–Sweet (8).  2B–San Diego Gonzalez (11,off Moskau); Reynolds (2,off Moskau).  HR–Cincinnati Griffey (10,3rd inning off Owchinko 2 on, 1 out); Bench (21,3rd inning off Owchinko 0 on, 2 out); Rose (6,4th inning off Lee 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Moskau (2,off Lee); Norman (7,off Lolich).  SB–Smith (35,2nd base off Moskau/Bench).  CS–Rose (6,2nd base by Owchinko/Sweet).  WP–Lolich (2).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:23.  A–20,611.
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