Tom Seaver, with eighth-inning help from Doug Bair, gained his fourth victory of the season, balancing his record at 4-4, when the Reds defeated the Padres, 3-1. A double by Pete Rose in the first and another by Dave Concepcion in the second led to the Reds' first two runs.

Seaver gave way to Bair with two out in the eighth after the Padres scored on singles by Derrel Thomas, Bill Almon and Oscar Gamble. Johnny Bench iced the Reds' victory with a homer in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 3, San Diego Padres 1

Game Played on Friday, May 26, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Reds 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 5 0 Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 0 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose 3b 3 1 2 0 1 1 .308 Richards cf,lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .276 Knight 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Almon 3b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .310 Griffey rf 3 0 0 0 0 3 .324 Gamble lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .224 Morgan 2b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .245 Smith pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Foster lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .313 Winfield rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Bench c,1b 4 1 1 1 0 3 .231 Tenace 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .208 Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .321 Sweet c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .250 Driessen 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .322 Ashford 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .278 Collins pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Baker ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .314 Werner c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Thomas ph,cf 2 0 1 0 0 1 .252 Geronimo cf 1 0 0 1 0 0 .278 Shirley p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Seaver p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .056 Turner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 27 3 5 3 2 9 Totals 32 1 6 1 3 8 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 34,227 Left on Base: Reds 3, Padres 7 DP: Reds 1, Padres 0 Doubles: Rose 2 (16), Concepcion (13), Almon (10) Home Runs: Bench (9) Caught Stealing: Collins (3) Sacrifice Hits: Griffey (6), Geronimo 2 (4) GIDP: Baker (1) Hit by Pitch: Driessen (1,by Shirley) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seaver W(4-4) 7.2 6 1 1 2 6 0 30 3.97 Bair SV(7) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 0.61 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 8 0 35 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Shirley L(2-5) 8 4 2 2 2 8 0 29 4.64 Fingers 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 3.97 Totals 9 5 3 3 2 9 1 33 Hit by Pitch: Shirley (1) Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Montague REDS 1ST: Rose doubled; Griffey out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Rose to third]; Morgan grounded out (second to first) [Rose scored]; Foster singled to left; Bench was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (first unassisted); Almon walked; Gamble flied out to left; Winfield flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Padres 0. REDS 2ND: Concepcion doubled to left; Driessen grounded out (second to first) [Concepcion to third]; Geronimo out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Concepcion scored]; Seaver flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Tenace struck out; Sweet flied out to center; Ashford walked; Baker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. REDS 3RD: Rose was called out on strikes; Griffey struck out; Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: Shirley was called out on strikes; Richards grounded out (first to pitcher); Almon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. REDS 4TH: Foster grounded out (third to first); Bench struck out; Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. PADRES 4TH: Gamble struck out; Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. REDS 5TH: Driessen was hit by a pitch; COLLINS RAN FOR DRIESSEN; Geronimo out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Collins to second]; Seaver grounded out (second to first) [Collins to third]; Rose was walked intentionally; Collins was caught stealing home (catcher to shortstop to catcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. PADRES 5TH: WERNER REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING C ); BENCH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Sweet singled to left; Ashford forced Sweet (pitcher to shortstop); Baker grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ashford out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. REDS 6TH: Griffey struck out; Morgan struck out; Foster walked; Bench struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. PADRES 6TH: Shirley flied out to right; Richards popped to shortstop in foul territory; Almon doubled to left; Gamble struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. REDS 7TH: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Werner flied out to left; Geronimo flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. PADRES 7TH: Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace flied out to center; Sweet singled to right; Ashford forced Sweet (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. REDS 8TH: Seaver grounded out (third to first); Rose doubled to left [Rose out at third (left to shortstop to third)]; Griffey was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. PADRES 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); THOMAS BATTED FOR BAKER; Thomas singled to left; TURNER BATTED FOR SHIRLEY; Turner flied out to right; Richards forced Thomas (second to shortstop); Almon singled to center [Richards to second]; Gamble singled to center [Richards scored, Almon to third]; SMITH RAN FOR GAMBLE; BAIR REPLACED SEAVER (PITCHING); Winfield struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 1. REDS 9TH: FINGERS REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); THOMAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); RICHARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); Foster popped to first; Bench homered; Concepcion struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Padres 1. PADRES 9TH: Tenace walked; Sweet popped to second; Ashford flied out to center; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Padres 1.

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