Johnny Bench hit the fifth grand-slam homer of his major league career as the Reds' biggest blow in a 10-2 victory over the Padres. The Reds scored their first two runs in the fourth inning when Joe Morgan drew one of his four straight walks in the game and Tony Perez homered.

In the fifth, singles by Cesar Geronimo, Pete Rose and Dave Concepcion, together with an error, produced two more runs and, after Morgan walked to load the bases, Bench hit his grand slam. George Foster singled with the bases loaded in the seventh to account for the Reds' final pair. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 10, San Diego Padres 2
Game Played on Wednesday, May       7, 1975 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Padres       0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  1
Reds         0  0  0    2  6  0    2  0  x  -  10 10  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Torres ss             3   0   0   0     1   0   .256      Rose 3b,lf            4   1   1   1     0   1   .328
  Kendall ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .262        Rettenmund lf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .111
Huntz 3b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Concepcion ss         4   1   1   1     0   1   .324
Grubb cf              4   1   2   0     1   0   .337        Chaney ss           1   0   0   0     0   1   .069
Winfield rf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .302      Morgan 2b             0   3   0   0     4   0   .389
Ivie 1b               4   1   2   1     0   0   .291        Flynn 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .172
Sharon lf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .150      Bench c               4   2   3   4     0   0   .304
Fuentes 2b            4   0   2   1     0   1   .238        Plummer c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Hundley c             3   0   1   0     0   1   .286      Driessen lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .267
  Moses c             1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000        C. Carroll p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Spillner p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .091      Perez 1b              2   1   1   2     2   1   .204
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Foster rf             4   0   1   2     0   1   .310
  Foster p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Geronimo cf           4   1   3   0     0   0   .326
  Locklear ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .412      Norman p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Armbrister ph       0   1   0   0     0   0   .300
  Tolan ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .196        Vukovich 3b         2   0   0   0     0   1   .200

Totals               34   2  10   2     3   7             Totals               30  10  10  10     6   7

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 16,931
Left on Base: Padres 10, Reds 4
DP: Padres 2, Reds 1
Errors: Spillner
Doubles: Ivie (1), Moses (1), Bench (10)
Triples: Ivie (1)
Home Runs: Perez (5), Bench (5)
Caught Stealing: Morgan (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Spillner 2 (4), Armbrister (1), C. Carroll (1)
GIDP: Hundley (1), Foster (2), Rose (3)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spillner L(2-3)         4     6   6   5   2   4   1  20   3.72
Tomlin                  0     0   1   1   1   0   0   1   2.77
Foster                  1     1   1   1   1   0   1   4   2.55
Freisleben              3     3   2   2   2   3   0  13   4.71
Totals                  8    10  10   9   6   7   2  38

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman W(2-1)           5     7   2   2   2   4   0  24   4.61
C. Carroll SV(1)        4     3   0   0   1   3   0  15   1.40
Totals                  9    10   2   2   3   7   0  39

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Sudol


PADRES 1ST: Torres flied out to left; Huntz was called out on
strikes; Grubb singled to center; Winfield flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to left; Concepcion grounded out
(shortstop to first); Morgan walked; Morgan was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Reds 0.

PADRES 2ND: Ivie tripled to right; Sharon walked; Fuentes
singled to left [Ivie scored, Sharon to second]; Hundley struck
out; Spillner out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Sharon
to third, Fuentes to second]; Torres flied out to center; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench doubled to center; Driessen flied out to right;
Perez was called out on strikes; Foster popped to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

PADRES 3RD: Huntz flied out to center; Grubb walked; Winfield
struck out; Ivie doubled to left [Grubb scored]; Sharon struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo singled to right; On a bunt Norman made an
out to pitcher; Reds Manager Sparky Anderson ejected by HP
umpire Bill Williams over balk non-call; Rose struck out;
Concepcion was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 2, Reds 0.

PADRES 4TH: Fuentes lined to third; Hundley singled to left;
Spillner out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Hundley to
second]; Torres flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
2, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Morgan walked; Bench flied out to center; Driessen
grounded out (second to first) [Morgan to second]; Perez homered
[Morgan scored]; Foster struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 2, Reds 2.

PADRES 5TH: Huntz grounded out (first unassisted); Grubb singled
to center; Winfield singled to center [Grubb to second]; Ivie
flied out to center; Sharon flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 2, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Geronimo singled to right; ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR
NORMAN; Armbrister reached on an error by Spillner on a
sacrifice bunt [Geronimo to second, Armbrister to first]; Rose
singled to center [Geronimo scored, Armbrister to second];
Concepcion singled to left [Armbrister scored (unearned), Rose
to second]; TOMLIN REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); Morgan walked
[Rose to third, Concepcion to second]; FOSTER REPLACED TOMLIN
(PITCHING); Bench homered [Rose scored, Concepcion scored,
Morgan scored]; Driessen grounded out (first unassisted); Perez
walked; Foster grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Perez out at second]; 6 R (5 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 2, Reds 8.

PADRES 6TH: ROSE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); C. CARROLL
REPLACED DRIESSEN (PITCHING); VUKOVICH REPLACED ARMBRISTER
(PLAYING 3B); Fuentes singled to right; Hundley grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Fuentes out at second];
LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR FOSTER; Locklear grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Reds 8.

REDS 6TH: FREISLEBEN REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PITCHING); Geronimo
singled to left; Vukovich struck out; Rose grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Geronimo out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Reds 8.

PADRES 7TH: Torres walked; Huntz grounded out (first unassisted)
[Torres to second]; Grubb grounded out (second to first);
Winfield was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 2, Reds 8.

REDS 7TH: Concepcion flied out to left; Morgan walked; Bench
singled to center [Morgan to second]; C. Carroll out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Morgan to third, Bench to
second]; Perez was walked intentionally; Foster singled to
center [Morgan scored, Bench scored, Perez to second]; Geronimo
popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 2, Reds 10.

PADRES 8TH: RETTENMUND REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING LF); CHANEY
REPLACED CONCEPCION (PLAYING SS); FLYNN REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING
2B); PLUMMER REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); Ivie flied out to
left; Sharon grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Reds 10.

REDS 8TH: MOSES REPLACED HUNDLEY (PLAYING C ); Vukovich flied
out to left; Rettenmund was called out on strikes; Chaney struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Reds 10.

PADRES 9TH: Moses doubled to right; TOLAN BATTED FOR FREISLEBEN;
Tolan struck out; KENDALL BATTED FOR TORRES; Kendall singled to
left [Moses to third]; Huntz flied out to center; Grubb grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Reds 10.