Johnny Bench belted a grand slam, George Foster smashed his 52nd homer and Pete Rose singled twice to reach the 200 hit total for a record-tying ninth time in his career as the Reds defeated the Padres, 8-0. Paul Moskau posted the shutout on a five-hitter. Bench's grand slam, the eighth of his career, came off John D'Acquisto in the first inning. Foster homered in the fifth. With nine 200-hit seasons, Rose tied the record of Ty Cobb. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 8, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Wednesday, September 28, 1977 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
Reds         5  0  0    0  1  0    2  0  x  -   8  8  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards 1b           4   0   2   0     0   2   .281      Rose 3b               3   1   2   0     1   0   .310
Almon ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Griffey rf            2   2   0   0     2   1   .316
Turner lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .246      Morgan 2b             3   1   1   1     1   1   .290
Hendrick cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .311      Foster lf             3   2   2   2     1   0   .324
Winfield rf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .276      Driessen 1b           4   1   1   1     0   1   .297
Tenace c              2   0   0   0     1   1   .235      Bench c               4   1   1   4     0   0   .278
Champion 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Geronimo cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .266
Ashford 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Knight ss             2   0   0   0     1   1   .235
D'Acquisto p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Auerbach ss         1   0   1   0     0   0   .163
  Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Moskau p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .184
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  Scanlon ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .186
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .118

Totals               30   0   5   0     1   7             Totals               29   8   8   8     6   6

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 13,010
Left on Base: Padres 4, Reds 4
DP: Padres 2, Reds 1
Doubles: Richards (16), Winfield (28), Scanlon (2)
Home Runs: Bench (31), Foster (52)
Stolen Bases: Richards (53)
Caught Stealing: Richards (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Moskau (1)
GIDP: Winfield (12), Moskau (1)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto L(1-2)       5     4   6   6   5   5   2  23   6.54
Tomlin                  2     3   2   2   1   0   0  10   3.10
Spillner                1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.60
Totals                  8     8   8   8   6   6   2  36

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moskau W(6-6)           9     5   0   0   1   7   0  31   4.00
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   7   0  31

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Ed Sudol


PADRES 1ST: Richards doubled to right; Richards was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); Almon struck out; Turner
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to left; Griffey forced Rose (pitcher to
shortstop); Morgan walked [Griffey to second]; Foster walked
[Griffey to third, Morgan to second]; Driessen singled to first
[Griffey scored, Morgan to third, Foster to second]; Bench
homered [Morgan scored, Foster scored, Driessen scored];
Geronimo grounded out (second to first); Knight struck out; 5 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

PADRES 2ND: Hendrick singled to left; Winfield grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hendrick out at
second]; Tenace walked; Champion flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

REDS 2ND: Moskau struck out; Rose walked; Griffey walked [Rose
to second]; Morgan struck out; Foster flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

PADRES 3RD: Ashford grounded out (third to first); D'Acquisto
struck out; Richards struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Reds 5.

REDS 3RD: Driessen grounded out (second to first); Bench lined
to third; Geronimo grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

PADRES 4TH: Almon flied out to left; Turner grounded out (first
to pitcher); Hendrick flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Padres 0, Reds 5.

REDS 4TH: Knight walked; Moskau out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Knight to second]; Rose lined into a double play
(center to second) [Knight out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Padres 0, Reds 5.

PADRES 5TH: Winfield grounded out (third to first); Tenace
struck out; Champion grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

REDS 5TH: Griffey struck out; Morgan popped to second; Foster
homered; Driessen struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Reds 6.

PADRES 6TH: Ashford grounded out (third to first); RETTENMUND
BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Rettenmund grounded out (third to first);
Richards singled to center; Richards stole second; Almon
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Reds 6.

REDS 6TH: TOMLIN REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); Bench grounded
out (shortstop to first); Geronimo grounded out (first to
pitcher); Knight grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 6.

PADRES 7TH: AUERBACH REPLACED KNIGHT (PLAYING SS); Turner struck
out; Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Winfield doubled to
center; Tenace popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Reds 6.

REDS 7TH: Moskau grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose singled
to third; Griffey walked [Rose to second]; Morgan singled to
right [Rose scored, Griffey to third]; Foster singled [Griffey
scored, Morgan to second]; Driessen popped to catcher in foul
territory; Bench flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 0, Reds 8.

PADRES 8TH: Champion lined to first; Ashford flied out to
center; SCANLON BATTED FOR TOMLIN; Scanlon doubled to right;
Richards struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 8.

REDS 8TH: SPILLNER REPLACED SCANLON (PITCHING); Geronimo struck
out; Auerbach singled to right; Moskau grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Auerbach out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 8.

PADRES 9TH: Almon flied out to center; Turner struck out;
Hendrick flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Reds 8.