A modern major league record of 28 strikeouts in a game was set while the Padres were defeating the Reds, 1-0. Fred Norman set a Padres' club mark for a nine-inning game by fanning 15. Don Gullett and Pedro Borbon, who pitched for the Reds, whiffed 13 between them. Although the victory was only the ninth of the season for Norman, the shutout was his sixth. Cito Gaston provided the run that the southpaw needed by smashing a homer off Gullett in the fourth inning. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 1, Cincinnati Reds 0

Game Played on Friday, September 15, 1972 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Padres 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Thomas ss 4 0 1 0 1 2 .234 Rose lf 4 0 2 0 1 1 .311 Roberts 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .252 Morgan 2b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .288 Lee lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .317 Tolan cf 4 0 2 0 1 1 .284 Colbert 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .245 Bench c 2 0 0 0 2 2 .263 Gaston cf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .261 Perez 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .284 Elliott rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .158 Menke 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .233 Hilton 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .216 Kendall c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Geronimo rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Norman p 4 0 1 0 0 3 .132 Gullett p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Javier ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .205 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053 McRae ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .260 Totals 32 1 5 1 5 13 Totals 34 0 7 0 5 15 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 14,021 Left on Base: Padres 9, Reds 12 DP: Padres 1, Reds 0 Errors: Gaston Doubles: Colbert (24), Morgan (23) Home Runs: Gaston (7) GIDP: Morgan (5) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norman W(9-9) 9 7 0 0 5 15 0 39 3.39 Totals 9 7 0 0 5 15 0 39 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gullett L(8-9) 7 5 1 1 5 11 1 31 3.73 Borbon 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.16 Totals 9 5 1 1 5 13 1 37 Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Bill Williams PADRES 1ST: Thomas singled to right; Roberts struck out; Lee struck out; Colbert doubled to right [Thomas to third]; Gaston was walked intentionally; Elliott struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose walked; Morgan doubled to left [Rose to third]; Tolan popped to first in foul territory; Bench was walked intentionally; Perez popped to first; Menke struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 0, Reds 0. PADRES 2ND: Hilton lined to left; Kendall popped to first; Norman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Concepcion struck out; Geronimo grounded out (pitcher to first); Gullett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Reds 0. PADRES 3RD: Thomas struck out; Roberts singled to shortstop; Lee forced Roberts (shortstop to second); Colbert struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Rose singled to right; Morgan grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Rose out at second]; Tolan walked; Bench walked [Tolan to second]; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Reds 0. PADRES 4TH: Gaston homered; Elliott walked; Hilton grounded out (second to first) [Elliott to second]; Kendall flied out to right; Norman struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Menke popped to second; Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Geronimo grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. PADRES 5TH: Thomas walked; Roberts walked [Thomas to second]; Lee struck out; Colbert struck out; Gaston lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. REDS 5TH: Gullett struck out; On a bunt Rose made an out to catcher; Pete Rose called for interference when he ran into his own bunted ball; there was a prolonged argument about whether the ball was fair or foul; Morgan singled to right; Tolan singled to right [Morgan to third]; Bench struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. PADRES 6TH: Elliott grounded out (third to first); Hilton walked; Kendall flied out to center; Norman singled to center [Hilton to second]; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. REDS 6TH: Perez struck out; Menke popped to first in foul territory; Concepcion reached on an error by Gaston [Concepcion to first]; Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. PADRES 7TH: Roberts popped to catcher in foul territory; Lee struck out; Colbert grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. REDS 7TH: JAVIER BATTED FOR GULLETT; Javier struck out; Rose was called out on strikes; Morgan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. PADRES 8TH: BORBON REPLACED JAVIER (PITCHING); Gaston struck out; Elliott grounded out (shortstop to first); Hilton lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. REDS 8TH: Tolan singled to left; Bench struck out; Perez walked [Tolan to second]; Menke struck out; Concepcion forced Tolan (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. PADRES 9TH: Kendall popped to second; Norman was called out on strikes; Thomas flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. REDS 9TH: Geronimo singled to right; MCRAE BATTED FOR BORBON; McRae was called out on strikes; Rose singled to right [Geronimo to third]; Morgan popped to shortstop; Tolan struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0.

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