Getting great pitching from Mike Caldwell and Fred Norman, the Padres, the last-place club in the Western Division, surprised the first-place Reds by sweeping a twi-night doubleheader, 2-0 and 5-1. Caldwell scattered seven hits in posting his shutout. Gary Nolan, who started the opener for the Reds, retired the first two batters before giving up a homer by Leron Lee. After Nate Colbert fouled out to retire the side, Nolan did not return to the mound in the second inning. Pedro Borbon relieved, Clay Carroll took over in the seventh and yielded the Padres' other run in the eighth on a single by Enzo Hernandez and double by Colbert.

Norman held the Reds to three hits in the nightcap with their run coming on a round-tripper by Tony Perez in the second. The Padres picked up the matching tally off Jack Billingham in their half and then broke the game wide open when Colbert hit a grand-slam homer in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 2, Cincinnati Reds 0 (Game 1)
Game Played on Thursday, September 7, 1972 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0
Padres       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   2  8  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .305      Hernandez ss          4   1   1   0     0   1   .184
Morgan 2b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .289      Roberts 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Tolan cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .279      Lee lf                3   1   2   1     1   1   .321
Bench 3b              3   0   2   0     1   1   .265        Morales lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Perez 1b              4   0   2   0     0   1   .297      Colbert 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .245
Foster rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .212      Stahl rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Concepcion ss         3   0   0   0     0   1   .213      Thomas 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .238
Plummer c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .202      Jeter cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .227
Nolan p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .119      Corrales c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .186
  Uhlaender ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .155      Caldwell p            3   0   1   0     0   0   .119
  Borbon p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .059
  Javier ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125

Totals               32   0   7   0     1   8             Totals               31   2   8   2     2   2

Time of Game: 1:57
Left on Base: Reds 6, Padres 7
DP: Reds 2, Padres 2
Doubles: Lee (21), Colbert (23)
Home Runs: Lee (9)
GIDP: Foster (6), Perez (8), Thomas (5), Caldwell (3)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nolan L(14-5)           1     1   1   1   0   1   1   4   2.05
Borbon                  5     3   0   0   1   1   0  19   3.19
Carroll                 2     4   1   1   1   0   0  10   2.57
Totals                  8     8   2   2   2   2   1  33

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Caldwell W(7-8)         9     7   0   0   1   8   0  33   3.30
Totals                  9     7   0   0   1   8   0  33

Passed Balls: Corrales (2)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Nick Colosi


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Morgan singled to center [Rose
to third]; Tolan grounded out (pitcher to first) [Morgan to
second]; Bench was walked intentionally; Perez struck out;
Foster forced Bench (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Hernandez was called out on strikes; Roberts popped
to second; Lee homered; Colbert popped to first in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Plummer
grounded out (third to first); UHLAENDER BATTED FOR NOLAN;
Uhlaender flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Padres 1.

PADRES 2ND: BORBON REPLACED UHLAENDER (PITCHING); Stahl flied
out to left; Thomas walked; Jeter lined to right; Corrales
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Padres 1.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (third to first); Morgan singled to
pitcher; Morgan was picked off first (pitcher to first); Tolan
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Caldwell grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hernandez grounded out (second to first); Roberts flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

REDS 4TH: Bench struck out; Perez singled to shortstop; Foster
struck out; Concepcion struck out but Perez advanced to second
and Concepcion advanced to first on a passed ball; Plummer
grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds
0, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Lee doubled to left; Colbert reached on a fielder's
choice [Lee stayed at second]; Pedro Borbon threw to wrong
man at 2B; Stahl flied out to left; Thomas grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Colbert out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

REDS 5TH: Borbon struck out; Rose was called out on strikes;
Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Jeter singled to center; Corrales forced Jeter
(pitcher to shortstop); Caldwell singled to center [Corrales to
second]; Mike Caldwell faked a bunt and swung away;
Hernandez forced Caldwell (first to shortstop) [Corrales to
third]; Roberts lined to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0,
Padres 1.

REDS 6TH: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Bench singled to
left; Perez singled to center [Bench to second]; Foster grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Perez out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: Lee struck out; Colbert grounded out (third to
first); Stahl flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Padres 1.

REDS 7TH: Concepcion flied out to right; Plummer struck out;
JAVIER BATTED FOR BORBON; Javier flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 7TH: CARROLL REPLACED JAVIER (PITCHING); Thomas singled
to left; On a bunt Jeter popped to first in foul territory;
Corrales singled to left [Thomas to second]; Caldwell grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Corrales out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

REDS 8TH: Rose flied out to right; Morgan lined to right; Tolan
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 8TH: Hernandez singled to right; Roberts grounded out
(second to first) [Hernandez to second]; Lee was walked
intentionally; Colbert doubled to left [Hernandez scored, Lee to
third]; Stahl reached on a fielder's choice [Lee out at home
(second to catcher), Colbert to third]; Thomas grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 2.

REDS 9TH: MORALES REPLACED LEE (PLAYING LF); Bench singled to
left; Perez grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Bench out at second]; Foster flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 2.