San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
September 23, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1983 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 11, Cincinnati Reds 8

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Brown lf 4 3 2 0
  Lansford 1b 0 0 0 0
Wiggins 1b,lf 4 2 1 0
Gwynn rf 3 3 2 3
Kennedy c 5 0 1 2
  Gwosdz c 0 0 0 0
Jones cf 5 2 2 5
Templeton ss 5 0 1 1
Salazar 3b 5 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 4 0 0 0
Thurmond p 3 1 0 0
  DeLeon p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 9 11
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Redus lf 5 1 1 2
Paris ss 4 1 1 0
  Milner ph 0 0 0 0
  Knicely ph 1 0 0 0
Cedeno rf 5 0 2 1
Esasky 3b 4 1 1 0
Householder cf 4 1 1 0
Barnes 1b 4 0 1 0
Trevino c 3 1 1 1
  Christmas ph,c 1 0 0 0
Oester 2b 3 2 3 2
Soto p 1 1 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Hayes p 0 0 0 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 6
San Diego 000 330 4011192
Cincinnati 003 003 0028113
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Thurmond   5.2 7 6 4 1 2
  DeLeon  W (6-6) 2.2 3 2 2 1 2
  Monge   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
6
2
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto   6.0 5 6 3 2 7
  Hayes  L (4-5) 0.0 0 2 2 2 0
  Power   3.0 4 3 3 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
11
8
6
9

  E–Wiggins (8), Jones (5), Paris (5), Esasky (13), Trevino (5).  2B–San Diego Kennedy (27,off Soto); Jones (11,off Power), Cincinnati Oester (23,off DeLeon).  HR–San Diego Gwynn (1,5th inning off Soto 2 on, 2 out); Jones (12,9th inning off Power 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Redus (17,9th inning off DeLeon 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Bonilla (11,by Soto).  SH–Soto (10,off Thurmond).  SB–Wiggins (60,2nd base off Power/Trevino); Paris (5,2nd base off Thurmond/Kennedy).  CS–Barnes (1,2nd base by Thurmond/Kennedy).  WP–Monge (3).  IBB–Soto (6,Bonilla).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:49.  A–6,635.
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