With Jack Billingham pitching a three-hitter and George Foster pounding out four hits, including a grand-slam homer in the sixth inning, the Reds routed the Padres, 11-0. Dave Concepcion also had four hits for the Reds. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 11, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Sunday, May       23, 1976 (Day game) at San Diego Stadium
Reds         0  2  3    0  0  6    0  0  0  -  11 13  1
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               3   2   0   0     2   0   .361      Locklear lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .216
  Armbrister lf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .364      Fuentes 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Griffey rf            5   2   3   0     0   0   .341      W. Davis cf           3   0   2   0     0   0   .297
Concepcion ss         4   0   4   1     0   0   .247        Melendez cf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .115
Bench c               3   1   0   0     1   1   .219      McCovey 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .181
  Plummer c           1   0   0   0     0   1   .297      Winfield rf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .279
Perez 1b              3   2   0   2     1   0   .254      Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .346
  Driessen 1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Torres ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .267
Foster cf,lf          4   2   4   5     0   0   .324      Kendall c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Youngblood 3b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Strom p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .133
Bailey lf             1   1   1   2     1   0   .302        Spillner p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Geronimo pr,cf      3   0   0   0     0   1   .264        Kubiak ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .304
Flynn 2b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .242        Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Billingham p          4   1   1   0     0   0   .238        Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
                                                            Reynolds p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38  11  13  10     5   3             Totals               31   0   3   0     0   5

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 29,259
Left on Base: Reds 6, Padres 4
DP: Reds 0, Padres 1
Errors: Youngblood, Fuentes, Tomlin
Home Runs: Bailey (2), Foster (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Concepcion (1)
GIDP: Bench (2)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(5-3)       9     3   0   0   0   5   0  31   3.86
Totals                  9     3   0   0   0   5   0  31

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strom L(4-2)            2.2   7   5   4   2   1   1  16   3.93
Spillner                2.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   9   2.85
Tomlin                  0.2   2   5   5   3   0   0   7   6.23
Folkers                 2.1   2   1   1   0   1   1   9   4.32
Reynolds                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9    13  11  10   5   3   2  44

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Bruce Froemming


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to right; Griffey singled to left;
Concepcion singled to shortstop [Griffey to second]; Bench
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Concepcion out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0,
Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Locklear grounded out (second to first); Fuentes
lined to center; W. Davis singled to shortstop; McCovey singled
to left [W. Davis to second]; Winfield grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

REDS 2ND: Perez popped to first; Foster singled to left; Bailey
homered [Foster scored]; Flynn flied out to center; Billingham
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
2, Padres 0.

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

REDS 3RD: Rose walked; Griffey singled to right [Rose to third];
Concepcion singled to third [Rose stayed at third, Griffey to
second]; Bench struck out; Perez forced Concepcion (third to
second) [Rose scored, Griffey scored (error by Fuentes) (no
RBI), Perez to second]; Foster singled to first [Perez scored
(unearned)]; Bailey walked [Foster to second]; GERONIMO RAN FOR
BAILEY; SPILLNER REPLACED STROM (PITCHING); Flynn grounded out
(second to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Padres
0.

PADRES 3RD: FOSTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); GERONIMO
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Spillner grounded out (second to
first); Locklear grounded out (first unassisted); Fuentes
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5,
Padres 0.

REDS 4TH: Billingham grounded out (second to first); Rose flied
out to left; Griffey lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 5, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: W. Davis singled to right; McCovey struck out;
Winfield was called out on strikes; Rader forced W. Davis
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Padres 0.

REDS 5TH: Concepcion singled to center; Bench popped to first;
Perez lined to left; Foster singled to left [Concepcion to
second]; Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5,
Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); Kendall
flied out to left; KUBIAK BATTED FOR SPILLNER; Kubiak grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Padres 0.

REDS 6TH: TOMLIN REPLACED KUBIAK (PITCHING); Flynn grounded out
(second to first); Billingham singled to right; Billingham was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Tomlin [Billingham
to third]; Rose walked; Griffey singled to pitcher [Billingham
stayed at third, Rose to second]; Concepcion hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Billingham scored]; Bench walked [Rose to third,
Griffey to second]; Perez walked [Rose scored, Griffey to third,
Bench to second]; FOLKERS REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); Foster
homered [Griffey scored, Bench scored, Perez scored]; Geronimo
grounded out (second to first); 6 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 11,
Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: PLUMMER REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); DRIESSEN
REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 1B); Locklear flied out to center;
Fuentes grounded out (second to first); W. Davis popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 11, Padres 0.

REDS 7TH: MELENDEZ REPLACED W. DAVIS (PLAYING CF); Flynn flied
out to right; Billingham popped to first in foul territory; Rose
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 11, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: ARMBRISTER REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING LF); YOUNGBLOOD
REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING 3B); McCovey flied out to center;
Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader reached on an
error by Youngblood [Rader to second]; Torres flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 11, Padres 0.

REDS 8TH: Griffey grounded out (first to pitcher); Concepcion
singled to shortstop; Plummer struck out; Driessen forced
Concepcion (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
11, Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first); TURNER
BATTED FOR FOLKERS; Turner flied out to center; Locklear struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 11, Padres 0.

REDS 9TH: REYNOLDS REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); Youngblood flied
out to center; Geronimo popped to shortstop; Flynn grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 11, Padres 0.

PADRES 9TH: Fuentes popped to shortstop; Melendez struck out;
McCovey grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 11, Padres 0.