Consecutive homers by Tony Perez and Johnny Bench in the fourth inning and a grand-slam by Bobby Tolan in the seventh powered the Reds to a 6-1 victory over the Padres. Tolan's smash came off Danny Coombs after the Reds loaded the bases on singles by Dave Concepcion and Tommy Helms around a walk to Pete Rose.

Wayne Simpson, who was the winner with the assistance of Wayne Granger, extended his scoreless streak to 15 innings before giving up the Padres' run in the seventh on a single by Nate Colbert and double by Cito Gaston. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Tuesday, April     14, 1970 (Night game) at Crosley Field
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  5  1
Reds         0  0  0    2  0  0    4  0  x  -   6  9  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dean ss               2   0   0   0     0   1   .296      Rose rf               3   1   0   0     1   0   .258
  Webster ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Helms 2b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .140
  Arcia ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Tolan cf              4   1   1   4     0   2   .209
  Murrell ph,1b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Perez 3b              3   1   2   1     1   0   .429
Campbell 2b           3   0   0   0     0   3   .321      Bench c               4   1   2   1     0   0   .268
  Dukes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      May 1b                3   0   1   0     0   2   .286
  Coombs p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Carbo lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .400
  Slocum 3b,ss        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Concepcion ss         4   1   1   0     0   0   .226
Brown rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .156      Simpson p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Ferrara lf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .238        Granger p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Colbert 1b,3b         4   1   2   0     0   0   .231
Gaston cf             3   0   1   1     1   1   .345
Spiezio 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .273
  Ross p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cannizzaro c          2   0   1   0     1   0   .200
Kirby p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kelly ph,2b         1   0   0   0     1   1   .136

Totals               30   1   5   1     3  10             Totals               31   6   9   6     3   6

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance:  4,985
Left on Base: Padres 5, Reds 6
DP: Padres 1, Reds 1
Errors: Spiezio
Doubles: Gaston (4)
Home Runs: Perez (3), Bench (2), Tolan (3)
Caught Stealing: Bench (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Simpson (1)
GIDP: Murrell (1), Concepcion (4)
Hit by Pitch: May (1,by Kirby)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirby L(0-2)            5     2   2   2   2   4   2  21   6.30
Dukes                   1.1   4   3   3   1   0   0   8   6.23
Coombs                  0     2   1   1   0   0   1   2   1.50
Ross                    1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   5   5.19
Totals                  8     9   6   6   3   6   3  36

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Simpson W(2-0)          7     4   1   1   3   9   0  27   0.56
Granger SV(3)           2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.69
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3  10   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Kirby (2)
Wild Pitches: Coombs (1)

Umpires: HP - Frank Dezelan, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Doug Harvey


PADRES 1ST: Dean flied out to left; Campbell struck out; Brown
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to left; Helms grounded out (second to
first); Tolan struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 2ND: Ferrara flied out to right; Colbert flied out to
right; Gaston struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds
0.

REDS 2ND: Perez walked; Bench flied out to left; May struck out;
Carbo walked [Perez to second]; Concepcion forced Carbo
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 3RD: Spiezio popped to first; Cannizzaro flied out to
left; Kirby grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Simpson grounded out (third to first); Rose grounded
out (second to first); Helms struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 4TH: Dean struck out; Campbell struck out; Brown struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Tolan struck out; Perez homered; Bench homered; May
was hit by a pitch; Carbo flied out to center; Concepcion
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Reds 2.

PADRES 5TH: Ferrara struck out; Colbert grounded out (shortstop
to first); Gaston walked; Gaston was picked off first (catcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Simpson grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose
grounded out (pitcher to first); Helms reached on an error by
Spiezio [Helms to second]; Tolan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 2.

PADRES 6TH: Spiezio singled to center; Cannizzaro walked
[Spiezio to second]; KELLY BATTED FOR KIRBY; Kelly struck out;
WEBSTER BATTED FOR DEAN; Webster grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Spiezio to third, Cannizzaro to second]; Campbell struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: ARCIA REPLACED WEBSTER (PLAYING SS); KELLY STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 2B); DUKES REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Perez
flied out to right; On a bunt Bench singled; May singled to
center [Bench to third]; Carbo flied out to left; Bench was
caught stealing home (catcher to second to catcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 2.

PADRES 7TH: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferrara
struck out; Colbert singled to left; Gaston doubled to center
[Colbert scored]; Spiezio grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: Concepcion singled to shortstop; Simpson out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Concepcion to second]; Rose
was walked intentionally; Helms singled to third [Concepcion to
third, Rose to second]; COOMBS REPLACED DUKES (PITCHING); Tolan
homered [Concepcion scored, Rose scored, Helms scored]; Perez
singled to center; Coombs threw a wild pitch [Perez to second];
SLOCUM REPLACED COOMBS (PLAYING 3B); ROSS REPLACED SPIEZIO
(PITCHING); Bench flied out to left; May struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 6.

PADRES 8TH: Cannizzaro singled to first; Kelly walked
[Cannizzaro to second]; GRANGER REPLACED SIMPSON (PITCHING);
MURRELL BATTED FOR ARCIA; Murrell grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Cannizzaro to third, Kelly out
at second]; Slocum struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1,
Reds 6.

REDS 8TH: MURRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); COLBERT CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); SLOCUM CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
Carbo singled to second; Concepcion grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Carbo out at second]; Granger
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 6.

PADRES 9TH: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferrara
grounded out (third to first); Colbert singled to left; Gaston
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
1, Reds 6.