Paced by Ken Griffey, who had a 4-for-4 night, the Reds defeated the Padres, 5-2, to bring Bill Bonham his sixth straight victory. Griffey scored three runs and drove in one.

Bonham was relieved by Dave Tomlin after walking Don Reynolds with one out in the eighth. Jerry Turner doubled for the Padres' first run before Tomlin retired the side. Manny Sarmiento came to the mound in the ninth and gave up a homer by Gene Tenace but then retired the last three batters. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 5, San Diego Padres 2

Game Played on Saturday, May 27, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Reds 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 - 5 9 0 Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 2 7 0 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose 3b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .305 Richards cf,lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .255 Griffey rf 4 3 4 1 1 0 .339 Winfield ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .245 Turner rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .244 Foster lf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .319 Gamble lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Bench 1b,c 3 0 0 1 0 1 .227 Thomas cf,2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Concepcion ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .319 Tenace 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .219 Werner c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Sweet c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Collins ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Almon 3b,ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .302 Knight 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Ashford 2b,3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .227 Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0 1 3 .271 Owchinko p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .095 Bonham p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .048 Champion ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lum ph,1b 0 1 0 0 1 0 .240 Reynolds ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .375 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 5 9 5 5 9 Totals 33 2 7 2 1 7 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 43,484 Left on Base: Reds 7, Padres 6 DP: Reds 0, Padres 2 Doubles: Rose (17), Turner (4) Home Runs: Tenace (4) Stolen Bases: Almon (7) Sacrifice Flies: Bench (1) GIDP: Concepcion (3), Rose (1) Hit by Pitch: Richards (2,by Tomlin) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bonham W(6-0) 7.1 5 1 1 1 6 0 27 2.39 Tomlin 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.24 Sarmiento 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 1.54 Totals 9 7 2 2 1 7 1 35 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Owchinko L(3-4) 6 6 2 2 2 6 0 25 3.73 D'Acquisto 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 8 1.23 Lee 1 2 2 2 1 2 0 6 4.34 Totals 9 9 5 5 5 9 0 39 Hit by Pitch: Tomlin (1) Wild Pitches: Lee (2) Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (third to first); Griffey singled to right; Morgan popped to shortstop; Foster grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Richards struck out; Smith grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Turner singled; Gamble popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Padres 0. REDS 2ND: Bench was called out on strikes; Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Werner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Tenace singled to center; Sweet flied out to center; Almon forced Tenace (third to second); Almon stole second; Ashford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Padres 0. REDS 3RD: Geronimo struck out; Bonham popped to center; Rose flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: Owchinko grounded out (shortstop to first); Richards flied to right in foul territory; Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Padres 0. REDS 4TH: Griffey singled to center; Morgan walked [Griffey to second]; Foster singled to left [Griffey scored, Morgan to second]; Bench popped to shortstop; Concepcion grounded into a double play (second to first) [Foster out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Padres 0. PADRES 4TH: Turner popped to second; Gamble was called out on strikes; Oscar Gamble ejected by HP umpire Harry Wendelstedt; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Padres 0. REDS 5TH: THOMAS REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING CF); RICHARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Werner popped to first in foul territory; Geronimo was called out on strikes; Bonham struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Padres 0. PADRES 5TH: Sweet grounded out (pitcher to first); Almon grounded out (first unassisted); Ashford was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Padres 0. REDS 6TH: Rose popped to second; Griffey singled to third; Morgan singled to right [Griffey to third, Morgan to second (on throw to 3b)]; Foster was walked intentionally; Bench popped to catcher in foul territory; Concepcion singled to pitcher [Griffey scored, Morgan to third, Foster to second]; Werner struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. PADRES 6TH: CHAMPION BATTED FOR OWCHINKO; Champion singled to center; Richards forced Champion (shortstop to second); Smith singled to right [Richards to third, Smith out at second (right to shortstop to first)]; Turner struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. REDS 7TH: D'ACQUISTO REPLACED CHAMPION (PITCHING); Geronimo walked; Bonham forced Geronimo (pitcher to shortstop); Rose grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bonham out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. PADRES 7TH: Thomas singled to left; Tenace forced Thomas (second to shortstop); Sweet flied out to right; Almon forced Tenace (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Padres 0. REDS 8TH: Griffey walked; Morgan flied out to left; Foster singled to center [Griffey to third]; Bench hit a sacrifice fly to center [Griffey scored]; Concepcion struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Padres 0. PADRES 8TH: Ashford flied out to center; REYNOLDS BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Reynolds walked; TOMLIN REPLACED BONHAM (PITCHING); Richards was hit by a pitch [Reynolds to second]; WINFIELD BATTED FOR SMITH; Winfield popped to catcher in foul territory; Turner doubled to center [Reynolds scored, Richards to third]; Thomas grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 3, Padres 1. REDS 9TH: WINFIELD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); ASHFORD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); ALMON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); LEE REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); COLLINS BATTED FOR WERNER; Collins was called out on strikes; Geronimo was called out on strikes; LUM BATTED FOR TOMLIN; Lum walked; Rose doubled to left [Lum scored]; Lee threw a wild pitch [Rose to third]; Griffey singled to center [Rose scored]; Morgan popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Padres 1. PADRES 9TH: SARMIENTO REPLACED ROSE (PITCHING); KNIGHT REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING 3B); LUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BENCH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Tenace homered; Sweet struck out; Almon flied out to center; Ashford flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Padres 2.

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