San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
September 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 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
Smith ss 5 1 2 1
Thomas cf 5 0 1 0
Evans 3b 3 0 1 0
Winfield rf 4 0 1 0
Turner lf 3 1 2 2
Perkins 1b 4 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 1 0 0
Champion 2b 4 0 1 0
  Almon pr 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez 2b 0 0 0 0
Perry p 2 0 0 0
  Richards ph 1 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 1
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Bench c 3 1 2 0
Summers rf 4 0 2 0
  Collins pr 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 1
Geronimo cf 2 0 1 0
  Griffey ph 1 0 1 0
LaCoss p 2 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  DeFreitas ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
San Diego 100 100 100380
Cincinnati 010 001 000292
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (17-6) 6.0 6 2 2 1 6
  Shirley   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Fingers  SV (32) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (3-7) 6.1 7 3 2 2 3
  Hume   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bair   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
2
4

  E–Morgan (10), Driessen (6).  DP–San Diego 1, Cincinnati 1.  PB–Tenace (3).  2B–San Diego Thomas (10,off LaCoss), Cincinnati Griffey (31,off Fingers).  HR–San Diego Turner (7,4th inning off LaCoss 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Turner (1,off LaCoss).  SH–Geronimo (8,off Shirley).  SB–Geronimo (8,2nd base off Perry/Tenace); Morgan (19,2nd base off Perry/Tenace).  CS–Driessen (9,2nd base by Perry/Tenace).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:37.  A–27,205.
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