Jim Merritt turned in the 24th complete game to the credit of the Reds' pitchers, one more than the staff total in 1969, and shut out the Padres, 5-0. The route-going performance was the eighth of the season for the lefthander. The Reds, who had only one homer in seven previous games in their new Riverfront Stadium, finally broke loose with round-trippers by Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Johnny Bench. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 5, San Diego Padres 0

Game Played on Monday, July 6, 1970 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0
Reds         2  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   5 10  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campbell 2b           4   0   2   0     0   2   .236      Rose rf               4   2   2   1     0   0   .319
Huntz 3b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .214      Tolan cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .325
Gaston cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .328      Perez 3b              4   2   2   2     0   0   .363
Brown rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Bench c               4   1   1   2     0   0   .294
Murrell lf            4   0   1   0     0   2   .241      May 1b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Webster 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Carbo lf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .302
Barton c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .226        Stewart pr,lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Dean ss               3   0   1   0     0   0   .246      Helms 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .224
Santorini p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Woodward ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .275
  Ross p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Merritt p             2   0   0   0     1   1   .132
  Ferrara ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Willis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   6   0     2   9             Totals               34   5  10   5     1   4

Time of Game: 1:46   Attendance: 15,929
Left on Base: Padres 5, Reds 6
DP: Padres 0, Reds 2
Doubles: Campbell (18), Rose (19)
Triples: Murrell (2)
Home Runs: Rose (9), Perez (28), Bench (26)
GIDP: Ross (1), Gaston (5)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Santorini L(1-8)        2.2   8   5   5   0   0   3  16   6.20
Ross                    4.1   1   0   0   1   2   0  15   5.63
Willis                  1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   0.47
Totals                  8    10   5   5   1   4   3  35

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Merritt W(14-6)         9     6   0   0   2   9   0  32   3.12
Totals                  9     6   0   0   2   9   0  32

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Tony Venzon


PADRES 1ST: Campbell struck out; Huntz singled to left; Gaston
walked [Huntz to second]; Brown singled to left [Huntz out at
home (left to catcher), Gaston to second]; Murrell flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose homered; Tolan grounded out (pitcher to third to
first); Perez homered; Bench grounded out (third to first); May
popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Reds 2.

PADRES 2ND: Webster grounded out (second to first); Barton
struck out; Dean flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Reds 2.

REDS 2ND: Carbo grounded out (first unassisted); Helms flied out
to center; Woodward singled to center; Merritt popped to
shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Reds 2.

PADRES 3RD: Santorini struck out; Campbell doubled to left;
Huntz popped to catcher in foul territory; Gaston struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 2.

REDS 3RD: Rose doubled to left; Tolan grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Rose to third]; Perez singled to center [Rose scored];
Bench homered [Perez scored]; May popped to second; Carbo
singled to second; Helms singled to center [Carbo to second];
ROSS REPLACED SANTORINI (PITCHING); Woodward popped to second; 3
R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

PADRES 4TH: Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); Murrell
struck out; Webster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

REDS 4TH: Merritt struck out; Rose grounded out (third to
first); Tolan singled to left; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

PADRES 5TH: Barton struck out (catcher to first); Dean singled
to center; Ross grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Dean out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Reds 5.

REDS 5TH: Bench grounded out (third to first); May flied out to
center; Carbo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds
5.

PADRES 6TH: Campbell struck out; Huntz walked; Gaston grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Huntz out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

REDS 6TH: Helms popped to shortstop; Woodward grounded out
(second to first); Merritt walked; Rose flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

PADRES 7TH: Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); Murrell
tripled to left; Webster popped to third in foul territory;
Barton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Reds 5.

REDS 7TH: Tolan flied out to left; Perez popped to first in foul
territory; Bench popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Reds 5.

PADRES 8TH: Dean grounded out (second to first); FERRARA BATTED
FOR ROSS; Ferrara flied out to center; Campbell singled to
center; Huntz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds
5.

REDS 8TH: WILLIS REPLACED FERRARA (PITCHING); May struck out;
Carbo singled to center; STEWART RAN FOR CARBO; Helms forced
Stewart (pitcher to shortstop); Woodward struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

PADRES 9TH: STEWART STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Gaston grounded
out (third to first); Brown grounded out (second to first);
Murrell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

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