Tom Seaver brought his record with the Reds to 6-2 since coming from the Mets June 15 by pitching a five-hitter to defeat the Padres, 5-1. The Padres' run in the second inning was unearned. George Hendrick singled, stole second, continued to third on a wild throw by Johnny Bench and scored on an infield hit by Mike Champion.

The Reds were held to two hits by Bob Owchinko until the sixth when Joe Morgan doubled and Ken Griffey tripled. Dan Spillner relieved and uncorked a wild pitch to allow Griffey to score. The Reds then iced the game in the seventh with a homer by Dan Driessen, single by Seaver and another homer by Pete Rose. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 5, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Tuesday, August    16, 1977 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Padres       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  2    3  0  x  -   5  8  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .274      Rose 3b               4   1   1   2     0   0   .301
Almon ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Morgan 2b             2   1   1   0     2   0   .303
Ivie 1b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .281      Griffey rf            3   1   1   1     1   1   .317
Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Foster cf,lf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .313
Hendrick cf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .303      Bench c               4   0   1   0     0   3   .268
Tenace c              3   0   1   0     0   1   .228      Concepcion ss         3   0   2   0     1   0   .268
Champion 2b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .227      Driessen 1b           4   1   1   1     0   1   .294
Ashford 3b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Armbrister lf         1   0   0   0     1   0   .267
  Scanlon ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Geronimo ph,cf      2   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Owchinko p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .100      Seaver p              2   1   1   0     0   1   .200
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Kingman ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .222
  Sawyer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .150
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               31   1   5   1     0   4             Totals               29   5   8   4     5   8

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 30,610
Left on Base: Padres 3, Reds 6
DP: Padres 1, Reds 0
Errors: Bench
Doubles: Tenace (18), Morgan (19)
Triples: Griffey (5)
Home Runs: Driessen (15), Rose (9)
Stolen Bases: Hendrick (11), Richards (37), Morgan (37)
Caught Stealing: Concepcion (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (12)
GIDP: Driessen (9)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Owchinko L(5-8)         5     4   2   2   4   7   0  21   4.47
Spillner                2     3   3   3   0   1   2   9   3.66
Sawyer                  0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   5.63
Tomlin                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.55
Totals                  8     8   5   5   5   8   2  35

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(13-5)          9     5   1   0   0   4   0  31   3.03
Totals                  9     5   1   0   0   4   0  31

Wild Pitches: Owchinko (5), Spillner (5), Sawyer (10)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Lee Weyer


PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to left; Almon grounded out
(second to first); Ivie struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Morgan walked;
Morgan stole second; Griffey struck out; Foster struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield flied out to center; Hendrick singled to
right; Hendrick stole second [Hendrick to third (error by
Bench)]; Tenace popped to catcher in foul territory; Champion
singled to center [Hendrick scored (unearned)]; Ashford flied
out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench struck out; Concepcion singled to left;
Concepcion was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); Driessen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Reds 0.

PADRES 3RD: Owchinko struck out; Richards singled to center;
Richards stole second; Almon grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Richards to third]; Ivie flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Armbrister walked; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Armbrister to second]; Rose flied out to
right; Morgan walked; Griffey walked [Armbrister to third,
Morgan to second]; Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Padres 1, Reds 0.

PADRES 4TH: Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick
flied out to right; Tenace doubled to left; Champion grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench struck out; Concepcion singled to right;
Driessen grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Concepcion out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
1, Reds 0.

PADRES 5TH: Ashford flied out to center; Owchinko struck out;
Richards popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1,
Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Armbrister flied out to right; Seaver struck out; Rose
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
1, Reds 0.

PADRES 6TH: Almon grounded out (third to first); Ivie flied out
to right; Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

REDS 6TH: Morgan doubled; Owchinko threw a wild pitch [Morgan to
third]; Griffey tripled [Morgan scored]; SPILLNER REPLACED
OWCHINKO (PITCHING); Spillner threw a wild pitch [Griffey
scored]; Foster flied out to right; Bench struck out; Concepcion
lined to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 2.

PADRES 7TH: Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Tenace
struck out; Champion grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: Driessen homered; GERONIMO BATTED FOR ARMBRISTER;
Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted); Seaver singled to
center; Rose homered [Seaver scored]; Morgan popped to
shortstop; Griffey flied out to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Reds 5.

PADRES 8TH: GERONIMO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); FOSTER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); SCANLON BATTED FOR ASHFORD; Scanlon
flied out to center; KINGMAN BATTED FOR SPILLNER; Kingman
singled to left [Kingman out at second (left to second)];
Richards grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Reds 5.

REDS 8TH: SAWYER REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); SCANLON STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 3B); Foster grounded out (third to first); Bench
singled to center; Sawyer threw a wild pitch [Bench to second];
Concepcion walked; TOMLIN REPLACED SAWYER (PITCHING); Driessen
forced Concepcion (shortstop to second) [Bench to third];
Geronimo popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 5.

PADRES 9TH: Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Ivie
grounded out (second to first); Winfield grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 5.