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Sunday April 10, 1977
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

Bob Shirley, a 22-year-old lefthander with only one season of pro experience, struck out 11, allowed four hits in 8 2/3 innings and gained his first major league victory as the Padres defeated the Reds, 12-4. The Reds' four runs in the ninth were unearned. [The Sporting News]


San Diego Padres 12, Cincinnati Reds 4

Game Played on Sunday, April 10, 1977 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium

Padres       1  0  3    2  0  2    0  4  0  -  12 15  1
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  4  -   4  5  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf,cf        5   4   2   0     1   0   .250      Rose 3b               4   0   1   3     1   0   .143
Champion 2b           5   1   0   0     1   1   .250      Griffey rf            5   0   0   0     0   4   .375
Winfield rf           5   1   3   4     0   1   .471      Morgan 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .167
  Rettenmund rf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Flynn 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hendrick cf           4   2   3   2     1   0   .500      Bench c               3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Turner lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Plummer c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Tenace c              4   2   2   2     0   2   .412      Foster lf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .154
  Roberts c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Concepcion ss         3   0   2   0     1   0   .357
Ivie 1b               4   1   2   2     1   0   .444      Driessen 1b           4   1   0   0     0   3   .000
Rader 3b              3   0   1   2     2   1   .267      Geronimo cf           4   1   0   0     0   1   .385
Almon ss              5   0   2   0     0   0   .222      Alcala p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Shirley p             4   1   0   0     1   2   .000        Borbon p            1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Armbrister ph       0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
                                                            Caldwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Knight ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bailey ph           0   1   0   0     1   0   .000

Totals               40  12  15  12     7   8             Totals               33   4   5   3     4  12

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 37,504
Left on Base: Padres 9, Reds 7
DP: Padres 0, Reds 1
Errors: Champion, Borbon
Doubles: Hendrick 2 (2), Ivie (2), Winfield 2 (2), Rader (3), Borbon (1), Rose (2)
Triples: Tenace (1)
Stolen Bases: Richards (2), Armbrister (1)
Caught Stealing: Winfield (1)
GIDP: Ivie (1)
Hit by Pitch: Tenace (1,by Borbon), Morgan (1,by Shirley)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shirley W(1-0)          8.2   4   4   0   4  11   0  36   0.00
Tomlin                  0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.00
Totals                  9     5   4   0   4  12   0  38

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alcala L(0-1)           2.2   7   4   4   2   3   0  16  13.50
Borbon                  2.1   1   2   1   1   2   0   9   2.25
Caldwell                2     2   2   2   4   2   0  12   9.00
Murray                  2     5   4   4   0   1   0  11  10.80
Totals                  9    15  12  11   7   8   0  48

Passed Balls: Tenace (1), Plummer (1)
Hit by Pitch: Shirley (1), Borbon (1)
Wild Pitches: Alcala (1), Murray 2 (2)
Balks: Shirley (1), Alcala (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Satch Davidson


PADRES 1ST: Richards singled to left; Debut game for Bob
Shirley; Richards stole second; Alcala threw a wild pitch
[Richards to third]; Champion flied out to right; Winfield
struck out; Hendrick doubled to left [Richards scored]; Tenace
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose lined to second; Griffey flied out to left;
Morgan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds
0.

PADRES 2ND: Ivie walked; Rader grounded out (third to first)
[Ivie to second]; Almon singled to right [Ivie out at home
(right to catcher), Almon to second (on throw to home)]; Shirley
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench flied out to right; Foster struck out;
Concepcion singled to center; Shirley balked [Concepcion to
second]; Driessen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1,
Reds 0.

PADRES 3RD: Richards singled to center; Alcala balked [Richards
to second]; Champion flied out to right; Winfield flied out to
right; Hendrick doubled to right [Richards scored]; Tenace
tripled [Hendrick scored]; Ivie doubled to right [Tenace
scored]; Rader walked; BORBON REPLACED ALCALA (PITCHING); Almon
forced Ivie (third unassisted); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 4,
Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo struck out; Borbon doubled to left; Rose
walked; Griffey struck out; Morgan was hit by a pitch [Borbon to
third, Rose to second]; Bench struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Padres 4, Reds 0.

PADRES 4TH: Shirley walked; Richards reached on an error by
Borbon [Shirley to second, Richards to first]; Champion struck
out; Winfield doubled [Shirley scored, Richards scored
(unearned)]; Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first);
Winfield was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 2 R (1
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 6, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Foster flied out to center; Concepcion singled to
center; Tenace allowed a passed ball [Concepcion to second];
Driessen struck out; Geronimo flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Padres 6, Reds 0.

PADRES 5TH: Tenace was hit by a pitch; Ivie grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Tenace out at
second]; Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 6, Reds
0.

REDS 5TH: ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR BORBON; Armbrister walked;
Armbrister stole second; Rose popped to catcher in foul
territory; Griffey was called out on strikes; Morgan struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 6, Reds 0.

PADRES 6TH: CALDWELL REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PITCHING); Almon lined
to left; Shirley grounded out (second to first); Richards
walked; Champion walked [Richards to second]; Winfield doubled
to left [Richards scored, Champion scored]; Hendrick walked;
Tenace was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres
8, Reds 0.

REDS 6TH: Bench struck out; Foster grounded out (third to
first); Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 8, Reds 0.

PADRES 7TH: PLUMMER REPLACED BENCH (PLAYING C ); Ivie flied out
to center; Rader walked; Almon singled to left [Rader to
second]; Shirley was called out on strikes; Richards forced
Almon (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 8,
Reds 0.

REDS 7TH: Driessen struck out; Geronimo popped to catcher in
foul territory; KNIGHT BATTED FOR CALDWELL; Knight grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 8, Reds 0.

PADRES 8TH: MURRAY REPLACED KNIGHT (PITCHING); Champion grounded
out (second to first); Winfield singled to right; Murray threw a
wild pitch [Winfield to second]; Murray threw a wild pitch
[Winfield to third]; Hendrick singled to first [Winfield stayed
at third]; Tenace singled to third [Winfield scored, Hendrick to
second]; Plummer allowed a passed ball [Hendrick to third,
Tenace to second]; Ivie singled to third [Hendrick scored,
Tenace stayed at second]; Rader doubled to right [Tenace scored,
Ivie scored]; Almon flied out to center; Shirley grounded out
(second to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 12, Reds 0.

REDS 8TH: RETTENMUND REPLACED WINFIELD (PLAYING RF); TURNER
REPLACED HENDRICK (PLAYING LF); ROBERTS REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING
C ); RICHARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Rose flied out to
right; Griffey struck out; Morgan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 12, Reds 0.

PADRES 9TH: FLYNN REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); Richards
grounded out (shortstop to first); Champion flied out to center;
Rettenmund struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 12, Reds 0.

REDS 9TH: Plummer flied out to center; Foster singled to left;
Concepcion walked [Foster to second]; Driessen forced Concepcion
(first to shortstop) [Foster to third]; Geronimo reached on an
error by Champion [Foster scored (unearned) (no RBI), Driessen
to second, Geronimo to first]; BAILEY BATTED FOR MURRAY; Bailey
walked [Driessen to third, Geronimo to second]; TOMLIN REPLACED
SHIRLEY (PITCHING); Rose doubled [Driessen scored (unearned),
Geronimo scored (unearned), Bailey scored (unearned)]; Griffey
struck out; 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 12, Reds 4.



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