Hitting safely in his 15th straight game, Leron Lee drove in two runs with a single and homer to lead the Padres to a 5-3 victory over the Reds, who were stopped on their nine-game winning streak. Bob Barton also batted in two runs for the Padres. Johnny Bench homered for the Reds. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 5, Cincinnati Reds 3
Game Played on Saturday, May       20, 1972 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   3  5  0
Padres       3  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  x  -   5  9  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Thomas 2b             4   1   3   1     0   0   .220
Morgan 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .301      Blefary rf            3   1   1   0     1   1   .400
Tolan cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .339        Jeter pr,cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Bench c               3   1   2   2     0   0   .234      Lee lf                4   2   2   2     0   0   .358
Hague 1b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .244        Morales lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
McRae 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Colbert 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .228
Uhlaender rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .167      Stahl cf,rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .170
Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .252      Barton c              4   0   1   2     0   2   .189
Billingham p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .071      Campbell 3b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .270
  Geronimo ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Hernandez ss          2   1   1   0     1   0   .168
  Sprague p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Arlin p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .059
  Foster ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .138        Corkins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   5   2     3   2             Totals               30   5   9   5     3   5

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance:  8,102
Left on Base: Reds 6, Padres 5
DP: Reds 0, Padres 0
Errors: Thomas 2
Doubles: Thomas (5)
Home Runs: Bench (5), Lee (3)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (15)
Caught Stealing: Campbell (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Arlin (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (4)
Hit by Pitch: Tolan (2,by Arlin)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham L(1-6)       6     8   4   4   1   4   1  25   5.21
Sprague                 2     1   1   1   2   1   0   9   4.50
Totals                  8     9   5   5   3   5   1  34

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Arlin W(3-3)            8.2   5   3   2   3   2   1  35   1.86
Corkins SV(2)           0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.86
Totals                  9     5   3   2   3   2   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Arlin (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Tom Gorman


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Morgan grounded
out (first unassisted); Tolan was hit by a pitch; Bench grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Thomas singled to center; Blefary singled to right
[Thomas to third]; Lee singled to right [Thomas scored, Blefary
to second]; Colbert struck out; Stahl grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Blefary to third, Lee to second]; Barton singled to left
[Blefary scored, Lee scored, Barton out at second (left to
catcher to second)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 3.

REDS 2ND: Hague popped to third; McRae singled to right;
Uhlaender flied out to left; Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 3.

PADRES 2ND: Campbell lined to left; Hernandez singled to second;
On a bunt Arlin forced Hernandez (third to shortstop); Thomas
singled to left [Arlin to second]; Blefary struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 3.

REDS 3RD: Billingham grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose
grounded out (first to pitcher); Morgan singled to center; Tolan
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 3.

PADRES 3RD: Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); Colbert
grounded out (third to first); Stahl grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 3.

REDS 4TH: Bench singled to left; Hague flied out to center;
McRae flied out to center; Uhlaender grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 3.

PADRES 4TH: Barton struck out; Campbell walked; Hernandez flied
out to left; Arlin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Padres 3.

REDS 5TH: Concepcion grounded out (pitcher to first); Billingham
struck out; Rose flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Padres 3.

PADRES 5TH: Thomas made an out to second; Blefary popped to
catcher in foul territory; Lee homered; Colbert grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 4.

REDS 6TH: Morgan walked; Morgan stole second; Tolan grounded out
(second to first) [Morgan to third]; Bench hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Morgan scored]; Hague walked; McRae flied out to left;
1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 4.

PADRES 6TH: Stahl grounded out (second to first); Barton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Campbell singled to center;
Campbell was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 4.

REDS 7TH: Uhlaender flied out to right; On a bunt Concepcion
made an out to catcher; Dave Concepcion called for
interference for running into his own bunt; GERONIMO BATTED
FOR BILLINGHAM; Geronimo reached on an error by Thomas [Geronimo
to second]; Geronimo was picked off second (pitcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 4.

PADRES 7TH: SPRAGUE REPLACED GERONIMO (PITCHING); Hernandez
walked; Arlin out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Hernandez to second]; Thomas doubled to right [Hernandez
scored]; Blefary walked; JETER RAN FOR BLEFARY; Lee flied out to
center [Thomas to third]; Colbert grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 5.

REDS 8TH: JETER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MORALES REPLACED
LEE (PLAYING LF); STAHL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Rose
flied out to center; Morgan flied to right in foul territory;
Tolan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres
5.

PADRES 8TH: Stahl grounded out (second to first); Barton was
called out on strikes; Campbell lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 5.

REDS 9TH: Bench homered; Hague singled to left; McRae lined to
left; Uhlaender walked [Hague to second]; Concepcion forced
Uhlaender (shortstop to second) [Concepcion to second (error by
Thomas), Hague scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; FOSTER BATTED FOR
SPRAGUE; CORKINS REPLACED ARLIN (PITCHING); Foster lined to
third; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 5.