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.

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