Playing before 49,618, the largest crowd in San Diego Stadium's history, the Padres failed to distinguish themselves and lost to the Reds, 6-3, because of two errors that resulted in four unearned runs. The Reds' two other tallies were helped along by balks by Brent Strom, one in the first inning and the other in the sixth. In between, an error by Tito Fuentes led to a tally in the fourth.

Then in the seventh, Cesar Geronimo reached second with one out when Gene Locklear dropped his fly ball to left field. After Fred Norman was retired, the Padres walked Pete Rose intentionally. Merv Rettenmund batted for Ken Griffey and doubled to drive in two runs. Joe Morgan followed with another two-bagger to add the Reds' final tally. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, San Diego Padres 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      5, 1975 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Reds         1  0  0    1  0  1    3  0  0  -   6  9  2
Padres       0  0  0    0  1  0    2  0  0  -   3  7  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   1   1   0     1   0   .309      Hernandez ss          4   0   1   0     1   0   .225
Griffey rf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .317      Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .273
  Rettenmund ph,rf    2   1   1   2     0   0   .231      Locklear lf           3   0   0   2     1   1   .363
Morgan 2b             3   1   2   2     1   0   .350      McCovey 1b            3   0   0   0     2   0   .217
Bench c               3   1   1   1     1   0   .291      Sharon cf             2   0   0   0     2   1   .185
Perez 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .246      Tolan rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Foster lf             4   0   2   1     0   2   .281      Torres 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .286
Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Kendall c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .193
Geronimo cf           4   1   0   0     0   1   .286      Strom p               2   1   0   0     0   1   .000
Norman p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .040        Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Eastwick p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Hundley ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .209
                                                            Foster pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Winfield ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .279
                                                            Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .130

Totals               34   6   9   6     3   5             Totals               32   3   7   2     6   4

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 49,618
Left on Base: Reds 5, Padres 10
DP: Reds 2, Padres 2
Errors: Morgan, Perez, Fuentes, Locklear
Doubles: Rettenmund (3), Morgan (14), Hundley (4), Fuentes (11)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (37)
Sacrifice Hits: Norman (1), Fuentes (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Locklear (2)
GIDP: Geronimo (7), Rettenmund (3), Kendall (6), McCovey (3)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman W(4-3)           6.2   5   3   2   6   1   0  31   4.52
Eastwick SV(3)          2.1   2   0   0   0   3   0   9   4.81
Totals                  9     7   3   2   6   4   0  40

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strom L(3-2)            6.2   8   6   2   2   2   0  30   1.22
Greif                   0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   3.49
Frisella                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.17
Spillner                1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.36
Totals                  9     9   6   2   3   5   0  38

Wild Pitches: Norman (3)
Balks: Norman (1), Strom 2 (2)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose lined to second; Griffey singled to right; Strom
balked [Griffey to second]; Morgan singled to right [Griffey
scored, Morgan to second (on throw to home)]; Bench flied out to
right [Morgan to third]; Perez flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Hernandez singled to left; Fuentes popped to
shortstop; Locklear forced Hernandez (first to shortstop);
McCovey walked [Locklear to second]; Sharon walked [Locklear to
third, McCovey to second]; Tolan forced Sharon (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster singled to left; Concepcion flied out to right
[Foster to second]; Geronimo struck out; Norman popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); Kendall
flied out to center; Strom struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 1, Padres 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffey grounded
out (second to first); Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Hernandez popped to shortstop; Fuentes flied out to
left; Locklear walked; McCovey grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

REDS 4TH: Bench reached on an error by Fuentes [Bench to first];
Perez singled to right [Bench to second]; Foster singled to
center [Bench scored (unearned), Perez to second]; Concepcion
flied out to center; Geronimo grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Foster out at second]; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Sharon walked; Norman threw a wild pitch [Sharon to
second]; Tolan singled to right [Sharon to third]; Torres popped
to right; Kendall grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Tolan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 5TH: Norman popped to shortstop; Rose grounded out (second
to first); Griffey grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Strom reached on an error by Morgan [Strom to
first]; Hernandez walked [Strom to second]; Fuentes out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Strom to third, Hernandez to
second]; Locklear reached on an error by Perez [Strom scored
(unearned) (RBI), Hernandez to third, Locklear to first];
McCovey grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Locklear out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Padres 1.

REDS 6TH: Morgan walked; Strom balked [Morgan to second]; Morgan
stole third; Bench singled to left [Morgan scored, Bench out at
second (left to second)]; Perez flied out to center; Foster
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: Sharon grounded out (shortstop to first); Tolan
flied out to left; Torres singled to right; Kendall lined to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 1.

REDS 7TH: Concepcion grounded out (second to first); Geronimo
reached on an error by Locklear [Geronimo to first]; Norman out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Geronimo to second];
Rose was walked intentionally; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR GRIFFEY;
Rettenmund doubled to center [Geronimo scored (unearned), Rose
scored (unearned)]; Morgan doubled to left [Rettenmund scored
(unearned)]; GREIF REPLACED STROM (PITCHING); Bench walked;
Perez struck out; 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 6, Padres 1.

PADRES 7TH: RETTENMUND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HUNDLEY
BATTED FOR GREIF; Hundley doubled to left; FOSTER RAN FOR
HUNDLEY; Hernandez lined to third; Fuentes doubled to third
[Foster to third]; high hopper that got lost in the
lights; Norman balked [Foster scored, Fuentes to third];
Locklear hit a sacrifice fly to center [Fuentes scored]; McCovey
walked; EASTWICK REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Sharon struck out;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Padres 3.

REDS 8TH: FRISELLA REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Foster struck
out; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Geronimo
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Padres 3.

PADRES 8TH: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Torres singled
to right; Kendall singled to left [Torres to second]; WINFIELD
BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Winfield grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Torres to third, Kendall to second]; Hernandez grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 6, Padres 3.

REDS 9TH: SPILLNER REPLACED WINFIELD (PITCHING); Eastwick was
called out on strikes; Rose singled to left; Rettenmund grounded
into a double play (second to first) [Rose out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Padres 3.

PADRES 9TH: Fuentes struck out; Locklear struck out; McCovey
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6,
Padres 3.