Although unable to hurl the route, Jack Billingham gained his seventh straight victory when the Reds defeated the Padres, 7-6. Ken Griffey and Cesar Geronimo each drove in two runs for the Reds and Johnny Bench contributed a homer to the attack. Dick Sharon homered off Billingham with two men on base in the third inning.

Billingham was removed after walking Randy Hundley and giving up a double by Ted Kubiak with one out in the sixth. Greeting the arrival of Pedro Borbon in relief, Bobby Tolan smashed a homer, cutting the Reds' lead to one run. However, Borbon choked off further scoring before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth and Will McEnaney checked the Padres in the final two frames. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 7, San Diego Padres 6
Game Played on Friday, July      4, 1975 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Reds         0  4  0    1  1  1    0  0  0  -   7 13  0
Padres       0  0  3    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   6 12  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   1   2   0     0   0   .310      Tolan rf              4   1   2   3     1   0   .252
Griffey rf            5   0   1   2     0   1   .316      Fuentes 2b            5   0   2   0     0   0   .273
Morgan 2b             4   0   1   0     1   1   .346      Locklear lf           4   1   2   0     1   1   .373
Bench c               4   1   1   1     1   2   .291      McCovey 1b            3   1   1   0     2   0   .220
Perez 1b              5   1   1   0     0   2   .246      Sharon cf             5   1   1   3     0   1   .190
Foster lf             4   1   1   1     0   0   .276      Torres ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .276
Concepcion ss         3   2   2   0     1   0   .276      Hundley c             4   1   1   0     0   0   .203
Geronimo cf           4   0   2   2     0   0   .290      Kubiak 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .218
Billingham p          2   1   2   1     0   0   .132      Folkers p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .158
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .130
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .333        Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moses ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .176
                                                            Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kendall ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .191
                                                            Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7  13   7     3   7             Totals               36   6  12   6     5   2

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance: 47,076
Left on Base: Reds 7, Padres 8
DP: Reds 2, Padres 2
Errors: Frisella
Doubles: Perez (12), Rose (25), Geronimo (16), Kubiak (2)
Home Runs: Bench (17), Sharon (2), Tolan (2)
Stolen Bases: Concepcion 2 (19), Morgan (36)
Caught Stealing: Tolan (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Billingham (8)
GIDP: Griffey (6), Perez (8), Fuentes (10), Hundley (4)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(10-3)      5.1   6   5   5   5   2   1  26   3.67
Borbon                  1.2   4   1   1   0   0   1   8   3.05
McEnaney SV(8)          2     2   0   0   0   0   0   7   1.38
Totals                  9    12   6   6   5   2   2  41

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Folkers L(3-6)          2     5   4   4   1   1   0  12   3.73
Spillner                1.1   3   1   1   0   1   0   7   4.41
Tomlin                  2.2   3   2   2   1   2   1  11   2.36
Frisella                2     1   0   0   1   1   0   7   3.23
Greif                   1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   3.52
Totals                  9    13   7   7   3   7   1  41

Wild Pitches: Billingham (6)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Paul Runge


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey lined
to shortstop; Morgan walked; Bench struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Fuentes
singled; Locklear singled to first [Fuentes to second];
Billingham threw a wild pitch [Fuentes to third, Locklear to
second]; McCovey was walked intentionally; Sharon popped to
shortstop; Torres popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez doubled to left; Foster singled to left [Perez
scored]; Concepcion flied out to center [Foster to second];
Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first) [Foster to third];
Billingham singled to second [Foster scored]; Rose doubled
[Billingham to third]; Griffey singled to center [Billingham
scored, Rose scored]; Morgan flied out to right; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Hundley lined to first; Kubiak grounded out
(shortstop to first); Folkers singled to left; Tolan popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Padres
0.

REDS 3RD: SPILLNER REPLACED FOLKERS (PITCHING); Bench struck
out; Perez grounded out (third to first); Foster flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Locklear
walked; McCovey walked [Locklear to second]; Sharon homered
[Locklear scored, McCovey scored]; Torres flied out to left;
Hundley lined to shortstop; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 4,
Padres 3.

REDS 4TH: Concepcion singled to right; Geronimo doubled to left
[Concepcion scored]; Billingham singled to center [Geronimo to
third]; Rose popped to third in foul territory; TOMLIN REPLACED
SPILLNER (PITCHING); Griffey grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Billingham out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 5, Padres 3.

PADRES 4TH: Kubiak flied out to center; Tomlin walked; Tolan
walked [Tomlin to second]; Fuentes grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Tolan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Padres 3.

REDS 5TH: Morgan struck out; Bench homered; Perez struck out;
Foster popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 6, Padres 3.

PADRES 5TH: Locklear struck out; McCovey popped to third; Sharon
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Padres 3.

REDS 6TH: Concepcion walked; Concepcion stole second; Concepcion
stole third; Geronimo singled to left [Concepcion scored];
Billingham out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Geronimo
to second]; Rose singled to right [Geronimo to third]; Griffey
popped to third; Morgan flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 7, Padres 3.

PADRES 6TH: Torres grounded out (third to first); Hundley
singled to right; Kubiak doubled [Hundley to third]; MOSES
BATTED FOR TOMLIN; BORBON REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Moses
popped to right; Tolan homered [Hundley scored, Kubiak scored];
Fuentes singled to right; Locklear forced Fuentes (third to
second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7, Padres 6.

REDS 7TH: FRISELLA REPLACED MOSES (PITCHING); Bench walked;
Perez grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Bench out at second]; Foster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Padres 6.

PADRES 7TH: McCovey singled; Sharon forced McCovey (first to
shortstop); Torres singled to center [Sharon to second]; Hundley
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Torres
out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7, Padres 6.

REDS 8TH: On a bunt Concepcion singled to pitcher [Concepcion to
second (error by Frisella)]; Geronimo grounded out (second
unassisted) [Concepcion to third]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR BORBON;
Crowley struck out; Rose lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 7, Padres 6.

PADRES 8TH: MCENANEY REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Kubiak flied
out to right; KENDALL BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Kendall grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tolan singled to right; Tolan was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
7, Padres 6.

REDS 9TH: GREIF REPLACED KENDALL (PITCHING); Griffey was called
out on strikes; Morgan singled to right; Morgan stole second;
Bench grounded out (second to first) [Morgan to third]; Perez
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7, Padres 6.

PADRES 9TH: Fuentes popped to catcher in foul territory;
Locklear singled to left; McCovey flied out to center; Sharon
forced Locklear (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 7, Padres 6.