| Closing in on the West division championship, the Reds edged the Padres, 4-3. The Reds trailed, 3-2, going into the bottom of the eighth inning but scored two runs on doubles by Ray Knight and Hector Cruz and a two-out single by Dave Collins. [The Sporting News] |
Cincinnati Reds 4, San Diego Padres 3
Game Played on Wednesday, September 26, 1979 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Padres 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 6 2 Reds 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 x - 4 11 3 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .277 Collins rf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .315 Smith ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Blair cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .153 Tenace 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .261 Morgan 2b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .250 Winfield rf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .307 Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .284 Johnstone lf 2 0 0 1 2 0 .277 Foster lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .305 Bevacqua 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .254 Bench c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .275 Fahey c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .295 Knight 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .320 Almon 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .216 Driessen 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .252 Turner ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .248 Cruz cf,rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .232 Flannery pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .159 Seaver p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Jones p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .174 Auerbach ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Perkins ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .274 Hume p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Totals 31 3 6 3 5 5 Totals 34 4 11 3 2 2 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 21,146 Left on Base: Padres 6, Reds 9 DP: Padres 0, Reds 2 Errors: Smith, Tenace, Concepcion, Bench, Driessen Doubles: Turner (23), Knight (37), Cruz (10) Home Runs: Winfield (33), Richards (4) Stolen Bases: Winfield (15), Richards (23), Morgan (27) Caught Stealing: Almon (4), Collins (9) Sacrifice Hits: Morgan (3) GIDP: Bevacqua 2 (13) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jones L(11-12) 8 11 4 3 2 2 0 37 3.63 Totals 8 11 4 3 2 2 0 37 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seaver W(16-6) 8 5 3 2 5 4 2 32 3.14 Hume SV(17) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.78 Totals 9 6 3 2 5 5 2 36 Umpires: HP - Lanny Harris, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Dick Stello PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (first to pitcher); Smith grounded out (second to first); Tenace flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Collins lined to second; Morgan singled to left; Concepcion flied out to center; Foster singled to center [Morgan to second]; Morgan stole third; Bench singled to right [Morgan scored, Foster to second]; Knight grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Reds 1. PADRES 2ND: Winfield homered; Johnstone walked; Bevacqua grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Johnstone out at second]; Fahey reached on an error by Concepcion [Fahey out at third (shortstop to third)]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 1. REDS 2ND: Driessen struck out; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Seaver grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 1. PADRES 3RD: Almon singled to center; Jones forced Almon (pitcher to shortstop); Richards struck out; Smith grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 1. REDS 3RD: Collins grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan grounded out (first to pitcher); Concepcion walked; Foster popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Reds 1. PADRES 4TH: Tenace struck out; Winfield singled to shortstop; Winfield stole second [Winfield to third (error by Bench)]; Johnstone reached on an error by Driessen [Winfield scored (unearned) (RBI), Johnstone to second]; Bevacqua walked; Fahey flied out to right; Almon forced Bevacqua (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Reds 1. REDS 4TH: Bench grounded out (third to first); Knight grounded out (shortstop to first); Driessen singled to right; Cruz singled to shortstop [Driessen to second]; Seaver flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Reds 1. PADRES 5TH: Jones struck out; Richards singled to shortstop; Smith grounded out (second to first) [Richards to second]; Richards stole third; Tenace flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Reds 1. REDS 5TH: Collins singled to shortstop; On a bunt Morgan singled [Collins to second]; Concepcion forced Collins (catcher to third) [Morgan to second]; Foster flied out to right; Bench struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Reds 1. PADRES 6TH: Winfield grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnstone walked; Bevacqua grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Johnstone out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Reds 1. REDS 6TH: Knight grounded out (shortstop to first); Driessen singled to right; Cruz grounded out (third to first) [Driessen to second]; Seaver flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Reds 1. PADRES 7TH: Fahey struck out; Almon walked; Almon was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Jones grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Reds 1. REDS 7TH: Collins walked; Morgan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Collins to second]; Concepcion flied out to right; Foster reached on an error by Smith [Collins scored (unearned) (no RBI), Foster to second (error by Tenace)]; Bench flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Reds 2. PADRES 8TH: Richards homered; Smith flied out to right; Tenace walked; Winfield flied out to right; Johnstone lined to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 2. REDS 8TH: Knight doubled to left; Driessen popped to second; Cruz doubled to center [Knight scored]; AUERBACH BATTED FOR SEAVER; Auerbach lined to third; Collins singled to left [Cruz scored]; Collins was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 4. PADRES 9TH: HUME REPLACED AUERBACH (PITCHING); BLAIR REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING CF); CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Bevacqua popped to first; Fahey grounded out (shortstop to first); TURNER BATTED FOR ALMON; Turner doubled to left; FLANNERY RAN FOR TURNER; PERKINS BATTED FOR JONES; Perkins struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Reds 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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