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.

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