Danny Coombs, who had not pitched a complete game since June 23, when the lefthander lost to the Astros, turned in a route-going performance and hurled the Padres to a 4-2 victory over the Reds. The Padres counted their initial run in the second inning. Ed Spiezio walked, stole second, continued to third on a poor throw by Pat Corrales and crossed the plate on an infield hit by Chris Cannizzaro.

The Reds went ahead with a two-run double by Lee May in the sixth, but the Padres retook the lead with a pair in their half on a single by Steve Huntz, double by Ollie Brown, sacrifice fly by Nate Colbert and single by Ivan Murrell. Doubles by Colbert and Spiezio added an insurance marker in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 4, Cincinnati Reds 2
Game Played on Saturday, September 12, 1970 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   2  6  1
Padres       0  1  0    0  0  2    0  1  x  -   4  9  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose cf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .324      Campbell 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Helms 2b              4   1   0   0     0   0   .230      Huntz ss,3b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .217
Perez 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .316      Brown rf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .298
Bench rf              4   1   2   0     0   1   .295      Colbert 1b            3   1   1   1     0   0   .243
May 1b                3   0   1   2     1   1   .254      Spiezio 3b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .289
McRae lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .266        Robles pr,ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Corrales c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Murrell cf            4   0   1   1     0   1   .241
Woodward ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .232      Robinson lf           2   0   2   0     2   0  1.000
Cloninger p           3   0   0   0     0   1   .175      Cannizzaro c          4   0   1   1     0   0   .287
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Coombs p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .064

Totals               31   2   6   2     2   4             Totals               31   4   9   4     3   3

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance:  5,367
Left on Base: Reds 4, Padres 7
DP: Reds 1, Padres 1
Errors: Corrales, Spiezio
Doubles: May (32), Brown (31), Colbert (14), Spiezio (18)
Stolen Bases: Spiezio (4), Robinson (1)
Caught Stealing: McRae (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Colbert (3)
GIDP: May (18)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cloninger L(7-6)        7     9   4   3   2   2   0  32   3.95
Carroll                 1     0   0   0   1   1   0   3   2.66
Totals                  8     9   4   3   3   3   0  35

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coombs W(10-12)         9     6   2   1   2   4   0  33   3.39
Totals                  9     6   2   1   2   4   0  33

Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Satch Davidson


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to right; Helms popped to second; Perez
singled to center; Bench struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Campbell grounded out (third to first); Huntz
grounded out (second to first); Brown struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

REDS 2ND: May walked; McRae forced May (second to shortstop);
McRae was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Corrales grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Colbert popped to catcher in foul territory; Spiezio
walked; Spiezio stole second [Spiezio to third (error by
Corrales)]; Murrell flied out to right; Robinson walked;
Cannizzaro singled to shortstop [Spiezio scored (unearned),
Robinson to second]; Coombs struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

REDS 3RD: Woodward struck out; Cloninger flied out to center;
Rose walked; Helms forced Rose (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Campbell popped to shortstop; Huntz grounded out
(first unassisted); Brown grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

REDS 4TH: Perez popped to catcher in foul territory; Bench flied
out to right; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Colbert flied out to right; Spiezio grounded out
(third to first); Murrell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

REDS 5TH: McRae singled to right; Corrales flied out to center;
Woodward forced McRae (second to shortstop); Cloninger struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Robinson singled to right; Robinson stole second;
Cannizzaro popped to catcher in foul territory; Coombs grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Robinson to third]; Campbell grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

REDS 6TH: Rose singled to left; Helms forced Rose (third to
second); Perez flied out to right; Bench singled to shortstop
[Helms to third (error by Spiezio), Bench to second]; May
doubled to left [Helms scored, Bench scored (unearned)]; McRae
grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 2, Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: Huntz singled to center; Brown doubled to left
[Huntz to third]; Colbert hit a sacrifice fly to center [Huntz
scored]; Spiezio grounded out (shortstop to first); Murrell
singled to center [Brown scored]; Robinson singled to left
[Murrell to second]; Cannizzaro grounded out (first to pitcher);
2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 3.

REDS 7TH: Corrales grounded out (third to first); Woodward
grounded out (pitcher to first); Cloninger flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 3.

PADRES 7TH: Coombs popped to second; Campbell flied out to left;
Huntz singled to right; Brown grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 3.

REDS 8TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms popped
to second; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 3.

PADRES 8TH: Colbert doubled to left; Spiezio doubled to left
[Colbert scored]; ROBLES RAN FOR SPIEZIO; CARROLL REPLACED
CLONINGER (PITCHING); Murrell struck out; Robinson was walked
intentionally; Cannizzaro hit into a double play (third to
second) [Robles out at third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Padres 4.

REDS 9TH: ROBLES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HUNTZ CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Bench singled to left; May grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bench out at
second]; McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
2, Padres 4.