The hitting of Joe Morgan and Dave Concepcion enabled Ross Grimsley to pitch the Reds to a 3-0 victory over the Padres. Grimsley yielded eight hits, while the Reds collected only six. However, in the sixth inning, Morgan singled, Bobby Tolan sacrificed and Concepcion singled for the Reds' first run. Then, in the seventh, after a two-out walk to Pete Rose, Morgan homered to clinch the decision. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 3, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Tuesday, April     17, 1973 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  0  -   3  6  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               2   1   0   0     2   1   .333      Hernandez ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .182
Morgan 2b             3   2   2   2     1   1   .375      Thomas 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Tolan rf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Lee lf                4   0   2   0     0   0   .304
Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Colbert 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .279
Perez 1b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .383      Gaston rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .286
Concepcion ss         4   0   2   1     0   0   .500      J. Morales cf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .276
Gagliano 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Hilton 3b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .227
Geronimo cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Kendall c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .133
Grimsley p            4   0   0   0     0   3   .000      Norman p              2   0   1   0     0   1   .167
                                                            Roberts ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .100
                                                            Ross p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Murrell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .154

Totals               31   3   6   3     4   6             Totals               35   0   8   0     1   7

Time of Game: 1:58   Attendance:  7,976
Left on Base: Reds 6, Padres 9
DP: Reds 0, Padres 1
Doubles: Thomas (1)
Home Runs: Morgan (3)
Caught Stealing: Rose (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Tolan (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley W(2-0)         9     8   0   0   1   7   0  36   1.78
Totals                  9     8   0   0   1   7   0  36

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman L(0-2)           7     6   3   3   4   4   1  30   3.68
Ross                    2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   1.32
Totals                  9     6   3   3   4   6   1  36

Wild Pitches: Grimsley (1)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Nick Colosi


REDS 1ST: Padres manager Don Zimmer coached 3B in this
game; Rose walked; Morgan struck out while Rose was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Tolan grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Hernandez flied out to right; Thomas flied out to
right; Lee singled to center; Colbert forced Lee (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench grounded out (third to first); Perez singled to
center; Concepcion singled to left [Perez to second]; Gagliano
flied out to center; Geronimo forced Concepcion (first to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Gaston struck out; J. Morales struck out; Hilton
singled to center; Kendall forced Hilton (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

REDS 3RD: Grimsley was called out on strikes; Rose struck out;
Morgan walked; Tolan singled to right [Morgan to third]; Bench
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Norman struck out (catcher to first); Hernandez
grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas doubled to left; Lee
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Padres 0.

REDS 4TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion
grounded out (third to first); Gagliano grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Colbert grounded out (shortstop to first); Gaston
grounded out (shortstop to first); J. Morales grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

REDS 5TH: Geronimo grounded out (second to first); Grimsley
struck out; Rose lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Hilton flied out to center; Kendall lined to left;
Norman singled to right; Hernandez flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

REDS 6TH: Morgan singled to right; Tolan out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Morgan to second]; Bench grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Morgan to third]; Perez walked; Concepcion
singled to center [Morgan scored, Perez to second]; Gagliano
made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Thomas lined to right; Lee singled to left; Grimsley
threw a wild pitch [Lee to second]; Colbert flied out to right;
Gaston flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1,
Padres 0.

REDS 7TH: Geronimo grounded out (first to pitcher); On a bunt
Grimsley made an out to third; Rose walked; Morgan homered [Rose
scored]; Tolan popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: J. Morales flied out to center; Hilton walked;
Kendall made an out to second; ROBERTS BATTED FOR NORMAN;
Roberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 0.

REDS 8TH: ROSS REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Bench grounded out
(shortstop to first); Perez struck out; Concepcion grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: Hernandez singled to third; Thomas flied out to
right; Lee flied out to left; Colbert struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 0.

REDS 9TH: Gagliano grounded out (second to first); Geronimo
popped to catcher in foul territory; Grimsley struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 9TH: Gaston singled to left; J. Morales singled to left
[Gaston to second]; Hilton struck out; Kendall struck out;
MURRELL BATTED FOR ROSS; Murrell forced J. Morales (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 0.