Roger Nelson turned in his first complete game since May 6, 1971, and pitched the Reds to a 4-1 victory over the Padres. The Reds scored an unearned run in the third inning on a single by Cesar Geronimo, Dave Freisleben's bad throw on a pickoff attempt and a single by Pete Rose. The Padres tied the score in the bottom of the frame when Bobby Tolan singled and Enzo Hernandez doubled, but the Reds broke away with two runs in the fourth. Tony Perez walked, took third on a single by Dan Driessen and scored on a sacrifice fly by Terry Crowley. Driessen stole second and came home on a single by Dave Concepcion. A sacrifice fly by Driessen added the final run in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Sunday, May       26, 1974 (Day game) at San Diego Stadium
Reds         0  0  1    2  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  7  1
Padres       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  3


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               4   1   2   1     1   1   .264      Tolan rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .263
Morgan 2b             3   0   1   0     2   1   .342      Hernandez ss          4   0   2   1     0   0   .232
Bench c               5   0   0   0     0   2   .287      Winfield lf,cf        3   0   0   0     1   0   .267
Perez 1b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .270      McCovey 1b            2   0   0   0     2   0   .235
  Chaney 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Gaspar 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Driessen 3b,1b        4   1   1   1     0   0   .295      Grubb cf,3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .291
Crowley rf            2   0   0   1     0   1   .258      Thomas 2b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .295
  Foster rf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Roberts 3b            2   0   0   0     0   2   .176
Concepcion ss         4   0   2   1     0   0   .253        Beckert ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .382
Geronimo cf           2   1   1   0     2   1   .304        Greif pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .056
Nelson p              4   0   0   0     0   1   .150        Morales 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .318
                                                            Alou ph,lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
                                                          Barton c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .265
                                                            Kendall ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .233
                                                          Freisleben p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .083
                                                            Colbert ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .210
                                                            Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gaston ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .214

Totals               32   4   7   4     7   8             Totals               32   1   6   1     4   5

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance: 13,501
Left on Base: Reds 10, Padres 9
DP: Reds 0, Padres 0
Errors: Bench, Hernandez, Winfield, Freisleben
Doubles: Morgan (9), Hernandez (7), Grubb (7)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (18), Driessen (5), Concepcion 2 (7), Winfield (2)
Caught Stealing: Winfield (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Crowley (3), Driessen (1)
Hit by Pitch: Tolan (3,by Nelson)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Nelson W(3-3)           9     6   1   1   4   5   0  37   2.81
Totals                  9     6   1   1   4   5   0  37

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Freisleben L(3-2)       6     4   3   2   5   3   0  27   4.01
Tomlin                  3     3   1   1   2   5   0  14   5.17
Totals                  9     7   4   3   7   8   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Nelson (1)
Wild Pitches: Nelson (3), Tomlin (1)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


REDS 1ST: Rose lined to left; Morgan walked; Morgan stole
second; Bench grounded out (third to first); Perez lined to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Tolan was hit by a pitch; Nelson threw a wild pitch
[Tolan to second]; Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Tolan to third]; Winfield reached on a fielder's choice [Tolan
out at home (third unassisted)]; Winfield stole second [Winfield
to third (error by Bench)]; McCovey walked while Winfield was
caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); Dave Winfield
tried a straight steal of home on 3-2 pitch; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

REDS 2ND: Driessen grounded out (second to first); Crowley was
called out on strikes; Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Grubb flied out to center; Thomas flied out to
center; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Padres 0.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo singled to center; Geronimo was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Freisleben [Geronimo to
second]; On a bunt Nelson struck out; Rose singled to right
[Geronimo scored (unearned), Rose out at second (right to
shortstop)]; Morgan popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Barton grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Freisleben grounded out (second to first); Tolan singled to
right; Hernandez doubled [Tolan scored]; Winfield walked;
McCovey walked [Hernandez to third, Winfield to second]; Grubb
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1,
Padres 1.

REDS 4TH: Bench grounded out (third to first); Perez walked;
Driessen singled to right [Perez to third]; Driessen stole
second; Crowley hit a sacrifice fly to center [Perez scored];
Concepcion singled to center [Driessen scored]; Concepcion stole
second; Geronimo was walked intentionally; Nelson flied out to
center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Thomas singled to right; Roberts struck out; Barton
struck out; Freisleben grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 1.

REDS 5TH: Rose walked; Morgan was called out on strikes; Bench
flied out to left; Perez forced Rose (shortstop to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Tolan popped to third in foul territory; Hernandez
singled to center; Winfield flied out to left; McCovey grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 1.

REDS 6TH: Driessen grounded out (pitcher to first); Crowley
popped to first; Concepcion reached on an error by Hernandez
[Concepcion to first]; Concepcion stole second; Geronimo was
walked intentionally; Nelson popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: FOSTER REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING RF); Grubb doubled;
Thomas flied out to center; BECKERT BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Beckert
walked; GREIF RAN FOR BECKERT; Barton struck out; COLBERT BATTED
FOR FREISLEBEN; Colbert forced Greif (shortstop to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 1.

REDS 7TH: MORALES REPLACED GREIF (PLAYING 3B); TOMLIN REPLACED
COLBERT (PITCHING); Rose singled to center; Morgan doubled to
left [Rose to third]; Bench struck out; Perez was walked
intentionally; Driessen hit a sacrifice fly to left [Rose
scored]; Foster struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 4,
Padres 1.

PADRES 7TH: CHANEY REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 3B); DRIESSEN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Tolan grounded out (first to pitcher);
Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Winfield flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Padres 1.

REDS 8TH: Concepcion singled to left [Concepcion to second
(error by Winfield)]; Tomlin threw a wild pitch [Concepcion to
third]; Geronimo struck out; Nelson popped to third; Rose struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Padres 1.

PADRES 8TH: McCovey popped to shortstop; Grubb flied out to
center; Thomas singled to left; ALOU BATTED FOR MORALES; Alou
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4,
Padres 1.

REDS 9TH: WINFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); GASPAR
REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING 1B); GRUBB CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); ALOU STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Morgan walked; Bench was
called out on strikes; Chaney flied out to left; Driessen
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4,
Padres 1.

PADRES 9TH: KENDALL BATTED FOR BARTON; Kendall grounded out
(shortstop to first); GASTON BATTED FOR TOMLIN; Gaston struck
out; Tolan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 4, Padres 1.