Tuesday September 27, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!
Rollie Fingers, who pitched the ninth inning in relief of Bob Shirley, gained his 35th save when the Padres defeated the Reds, 3-1. The Padres scored once in the second and then put the game away with two runs in the fourth on a homer by George Hendrick and doubles by Dave Winfield and Gene Tenace. Johnny Bench homered in the Reds' half for their only run. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 3, Cincinnati Reds 1

Game Played on Tuesday, September 27, 1977 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Padres 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 0 Reds 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .280 Rose 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .308 Almon ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .262 Griffey rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .318 Ivie 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .274 Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .290 Hendrick cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .311 Foster lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .322 Winfield rf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .275 Bench c 4 1 2 1 0 2 .278 Tenace c 3 0 2 1 1 1 .237 Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Champion 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .236 Summers ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .173 Ashford 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .226 Driessen 1b 3 0 2 0 1 1 .298 Shirley p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Geronimo cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .268 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .050 Norman p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Armbrister ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Capilla p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 Knight ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Totals 31 3 7 2 3 3 Totals 34 1 9 1 1 10 Time of Game: 2:07 Attendance: 13,652 Left on Base: Padres 5, Reds 7 DP: Padres 1, Reds 1 Doubles: Winfield (27), Tenace (23), Driessen (31) Home Runs: Hendrick (23), Bench (30) Stolen Bases: Driessen (31) Caught Stealing: Almon (9), Armbrister (6) GIDP: Shirley (1), Morgan (5) Hit by Pitch: Champion (2,by Norman) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Shirley W(11-18) 8 8 1 1 1 7 1 31 3.82 Fingers SV(35) 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 3.02 Totals 9 9 1 1 1 10 1 35 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norman L(14-12) 3 4 3 3 3 2 1 15 3.39 Sarmiento 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.35 Capilla 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 4.56 Borbon 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.19 Totals 9 7 3 3 3 3 1 35 Hit by Pitch: Norman (3) Wild Pitches: Shirley 2 (5), Norman (10) Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Ed Montague PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to center; Almon struck out; Ivie popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey struck out; Morgan singled to second; Foster flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Reds 0. PADRES 2ND: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Winfield singled to left; Tenace walked [Winfield to second]; Champion was hit by a pitch [Winfield to third, Tenace to second]; Norman threw a wild pitch [Winfield scored, Tenace to third, Champion to second]; Ashford was walked intentionally; Shirley grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ashford out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Bench struck out; Concepcion popped to second; Driessen walked; Driessen stole second; Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. PADRES 3RD: Richards grounded out (pitcher to first); Almon walked; Almon was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Ivie struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Norman grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose singled to center; Griffey struck out; Morgan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 0. PADRES 4TH: Hendrick homered; Winfield doubled to left; Tenace doubled to left [Winfield scored]; SARMIENTO REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Champion popped to first in foul territory; Ashford grounded out (shortstop to first); Shirley flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Foster grounded out (third to first); Bench homered; Concepcion struck out; Driessen doubled; Geronimo flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 1. PADRES 5TH: Richards popped to shortstop; Almon popped to second; Ivie popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 1. REDS 5TH: ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR SARMIENTO; Armbrister singled to left; Armbrister was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Rose flied out to right; Griffey flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 1. PADRES 6TH: CAPILLA REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Winfield popped to second; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 1. REDS 6TH: Morgan flied out to center; Foster flied out to right; Bench singled to left; Concepcion grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 1. PADRES 7TH: Champion flied out to center; Ashford flied out to right; Shirley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 1. REDS 7TH: Driessen singled to left; Geronimo forced Driessen (second to shortstop); KNIGHT BATTED FOR CAPILLA; Shirley threw a wild pitch [Geronimo to second]; Shirley threw a wild pitch [Geronimo to third]; Knight struck out; Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 1. PADRES 8TH: BORBON REPLACED KNIGHT (PITCHING); Richards singled to left; Almon popped to second; Ivie flied out to center; Hendrick grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 1. REDS 8TH: Griffey singled to center; Morgan grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Griffey out at second]; Foster flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 1. PADRES 9TH: Winfield grounded out (pitcher to first); Tenace singled to left; Champion singled to third [Tenace out at third (first to shortstop)]; Ashford flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 1. REDS 9TH: FINGERS REPLACED SHIRLEY (PITCHING); Bench struck out; SUMMERS BATTED FOR CONCEPCION; Summers singled to right; Driessen struck out; Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 1.

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