Continuing to have his troubles in relief, Rollie Fingers was knocked out in the eighth inning when the Reds erupted for six runs to beat the Padres, 10-6. The loss was Fingers' sixth against one win.

Dave Concepcion ignited the outburst with a triple. Fingers then walked three of the next five batters to force in one run, leaving the bases loaded, and George Foster cleared the sacks with a triple. Following Fingers' departure, the Reds added their last two tallies on a single by Dan Driessen, pass to Johnny Bench and single by Concepcion for his second hit of the inning. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 10, San Diego Padres 6

Game Played on Saturday, May 20, 1978 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium

Padres 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 6 12 2 Reds 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 x - 10 16 4 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards cf,lf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .290 Rose 3b 3 3 2 0 2 0 .298 Smith ss 4 0 1 1 1 0 .271 Werner c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Almon 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .313 Griffey rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .329 Reynolds lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .357 Morgan 2b 2 1 1 2 2 0 .266 Baker 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .391 Foster lf 4 1 2 3 1 0 .333 Gamble ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .212 Driessen 1b 5 1 3 3 0 0 .319 Hendrick rf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .225 Bench c 4 0 1 0 1 1 .241 Tenace 1b 4 2 2 1 1 0 .225 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thomas 2b,cf 5 1 4 2 0 1 .243 Concepcion ss 5 1 3 1 0 1 .309 Sweet c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .254 Collins cf 2 1 1 0 2 1 .250 Perry p 3 1 0 1 0 1 .150 Knight 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hume p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Lum ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .111 Spillner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Henderson ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Totals 37 6 12 5 5 4 Totals 34 10 16 9 8 3 Time of Game: 3:11 Attendance: 35,429 Left on Base: Padres 10, Reds 9 DP: Padres 2, Reds 0 Errors: Almon, Sweet, Rose, Morgan 2, Collins Doubles: Thomas (5), Rose (13), Driessen (10) Triples: Concepcion (1), Foster (4) Stolen Bases: Concepcion (5), Collins (1) Caught Stealing: Richards (6), Morgan (4) Sacrifice Hits: Sweet (1) Sacrifice Flies: Morgan (4) GIDP: Geronimo (1) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry 5.1 9 3 3 2 3 0 25 2.26 Lee 0.2 2 1 1 2 0 0 5 2.93 Fingers L(1-6) 1.2 3 5 5 3 0 0 10 4.06 Spillner 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 4.35 Totals 8 16 10 10 8 3 0 43 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hume 5 10 5 4 2 1 0 26 6.49 Borbon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.65 Tomlin W(3-1) 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 5.27 Bair 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 6 0.35 Totals 9 12 6 4 5 4 0 43 Passed Balls: Bench (4) Wild Pitches: Hume (3) Umpires: HP - Charlie Williams, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Ed Vargo PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (pitcher to first); Smith grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Almon popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Griffey singled to third [Griffey scored (error by Almon) (error by Sweet) (no RBI)]; Morgan walked; Morgan was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Foster singled to right; Driessen popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Reds 1. PADRES 2ND: Reynolds popped to first in foul territory; Hendrick walked; Tenace singled to center [Hendrick to second]; Thomas doubled to right [Hendrick scored, Tenace to third]; Sweet was walked intentionally; Perry forced Sweet (shortstop to second) [Tenace scored, Thomas scored (error by Morgan) (no RBI)]; Richards singled to first [Perry to second]; Bench allowed a passed ball [Perry to third, Richards to second]; Smith singled to right [Perry scored (unearned), Richards to third]; Almon popped to second; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Reds 1. REDS 2ND: Bench struck out; Concepcion popped to first in foul territory; Collins singled to left; Hume grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Reds 1. PADRES 3RD: Reynolds grounded out (catcher to first); Hendrick singled to left; Tenace popped to shortstop; Thomas singled to left [Hendrick to second]; Sweet singled to right [Hendrick out at home (right to catcher), Thomas to second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Reds 1. REDS 3RD: Rose doubled to right; Griffey grounded out (third to first); Morgan flied out to right; Foster walked; Driessen doubled to left [Rose scored, Foster out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Reds 2. PADRES 4TH: Perry struck out; Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Reds 2. REDS 4TH: Bench flied out to right; Concepcion struck out (catcher to first); Collins was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Reds 2. PADRES 5TH: Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick singled to third [Hendrick to second (error by Rose)]; Hume threw a wild pitch [Hendrick to third]; Tenace singled to shortstop [Hendrick scored]; Thomas singled to right [Tenace to second]; Sweet grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 5, Reds 2. REDS 5TH: BAKER REPLACED REYNOLDS (PLAYING 2B); RICHARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); LUM BATTED FOR HUME; Lum singled to left; Rose singled to center [Lum to second]; Griffey forced Rose (shortstop to second) [Lum to third]; Morgan hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lum scored]; Foster lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 5, Reds 3. PADRES 6TH: BORBON REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Perry flied out to center; Richards singled; Richards was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Smith popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Reds 3. REDS 6TH: Driessen flied out to right; Bench singled; Concepcion singled [Bench to third]; LEE REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Concepcion stole second; Collins walked; GERONIMO BATTED FOR BORBON; Geronimo grounded into a double play (third to catcher to first) [Bench out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 5, Reds 3. PADRES 7TH: TOMLIN REPLACED GERONIMO (PITCHING); Almon flied out to right; Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 5, Reds 3. REDS 7TH: Rose walked; Griffey singled to center [Rose to second]; Morgan singled to center [Rose to third, Griffey to second]; FINGERS REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Foster popped to second; Driessen singled to right [Rose scored, Griffey to third, Morgan to second]; Bench hit into a double play (center to catcher) [Griffey out at home]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 5, Reds 4. PADRES 8TH: Tenace reached on an error by Morgan [Tenace to third (error by Collins)]; Thomas singled to center [Tenace scored (unearned)]; Sweet out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Thomas to second]; Fingers grounded out (third to first); Richards struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Padres 6, Reds 4. REDS 8TH: Concepcion tripled to left; Collins walked; Collins stole second; HENDERSON BATTED FOR TOMLIN; Henderson flied out to center; Rose walked; Griffey flied out to left; Morgan walked [Concepcion scored, Collins to third, Rose to second]; Foster tripled [Collins scored, Rose scored, Morgan scored]; SPILLNER REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING); Driessen singled to right [Foster scored]; Bench walked [Driessen to second]; Concepcion singled to center [Driessen scored, Bench out at third (center to third to second to third)]; 6 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 6, Reds 10. PADRES 9TH: HENDERSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); KNIGHT REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING 3B); WERNER REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING C ); BAIR REPLACED BENCH (PITCHING); Smith walked; Almon walked [Smith to second]; GAMBLE BATTED FOR BAKER; Gamble struck out; Hendrick flied out to left; Tenace walked [Smith to third, Almon to second]; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 6, Reds 10.

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