A modern major league record of 28 strikeouts in a game was set while the Padres were defeating the Reds, 1-0. Fred Norman set a Padres' club mark for a nine-inning game by fanning 15. Don Gullett and Pedro Borbon, who pitched for the Reds, whiffed 13 between them. Although the victory was only the ninth of the season for Norman, the shutout was his sixth. Cito Gaston provided the run that the southpaw needed by smashing a homer off Gullett in the fourth inning. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 1, Cincinnati Reds 0
Game Played on Friday, September 15, 1972 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Padres       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomas ss             4   0   1   0     1   2   .234      Rose lf               4   0   2   0     1   1   .311
Roberts 2b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .252      Morgan 2b             5   0   2   0     0   1   .288
Lee lf                4   0   0   0     0   3   .317      Tolan cf              4   0   2   0     1   1   .284
Colbert 1b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .245      Bench c               2   0   0   0     2   2   .263
Gaston cf             3   1   1   1     1   1   .261      Perez 1b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .284
Elliott rf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .158      Menke 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .233
Hilton 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .222      Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .216
Kendall c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Geronimo rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .264
Norman p              4   0   1   0     0   3   .132      Gullett p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .250
                                                            Javier ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .205
                                                            Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .053
                                                            McRae ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .260

Totals               32   1   5   1     5  13             Totals               34   0   7   0     5  15

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 14,021
Left on Base: Padres 9, Reds 12
DP: Padres 1, Reds 0
Errors: Gaston
Doubles: Colbert (24), Morgan (23)
Home Runs: Gaston (7)
GIDP: Morgan (5)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman W(9-9)           9     7   0   0   5  15   0  39   3.39
Totals                  9     7   0   0   5  15   0  39

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gullett L(8-9)          7     5   1   1   5  11   1  31   3.73
Borbon                  2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.16
Totals                  9     5   1   1   5  13   1  37

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Bill Williams


PADRES 1ST: Thomas singled to right; Roberts struck out; Lee
struck out; Colbert doubled to right [Thomas to third]; Gaston
was walked intentionally; Elliott struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose walked; Morgan doubled to left [Rose to third];
Tolan popped to first in foul territory; Bench was walked
intentionally; Perez popped to first; Menke struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 2ND: Hilton lined to left; Kendall popped to first;
Norman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion struck out; Geronimo grounded out (pitcher
to first); Gullett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Reds 0.

PADRES 3RD: Thomas struck out; Roberts singled to shortstop; Lee
forced Roberts (shortstop to second); Colbert struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose singled to right; Morgan grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Rose out at second]; Tolan walked;
Bench walked [Tolan to second]; Perez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 4TH: Gaston homered; Elliott walked; Hilton grounded out
(second to first) [Elliott to second]; Kendall flied out to
right; Norman struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds
0.

REDS 4TH: Menke popped to second; Concepcion grounded out (third
to first); Geronimo grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

PADRES 5TH: Thomas walked; Roberts walked [Thomas to second];
Lee struck out; Colbert struck out; Gaston lined to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Gullett struck out; On a bunt Rose made an out to
catcher; Pete Rose called for interference when he ran into
his own bunted ball; there was a prolonged argument about
whether the ball was fair or foul; Morgan singled to right;
Tolan singled to right [Morgan to third]; Bench struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

PADRES 6TH: Elliott grounded out (third to first); Hilton
walked; Kendall flied out to center; Norman singled to center
[Hilton to second]; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 1, Reds 0.

REDS 6TH: Perez struck out; Menke popped to first in foul
territory; Concepcion reached on an error by Gaston [Concepcion
to first]; Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1,
Reds 0.

PADRES 7TH: Roberts popped to catcher in foul territory; Lee
struck out; Colbert grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

REDS 7TH: JAVIER BATTED FOR GULLETT; Javier struck out; Rose was
called out on strikes; Morgan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

PADRES 8TH: BORBON REPLACED JAVIER (PITCHING); Gaston struck
out; Elliott grounded out (shortstop to first); Hilton lined to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

REDS 8TH: Tolan singled to left; Bench struck out; Perez walked
[Tolan to second]; Menke struck out; Concepcion forced Tolan
(third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

PADRES 9TH: Kendall popped to second; Norman was called out on
strikes; Thomas flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Reds 0.

REDS 9TH: Geronimo singled to right; MCRAE BATTED FOR BORBON;
McRae was called out on strikes; Rose singled to right [Geronimo
to third]; Morgan popped to shortstop; Tolan struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.