George Foster homered after a single by Dave Concepcion in the third inning to enable the Reds to defeat the Padres, 2-1. Fred Norman, who pitched a five-hitter for the Reds, was turned back in his bid for a shutout when Gene Tenace homered for the Padres' run with two out in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 2, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Friday, July      1, 1977 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Reds         0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  5  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   0   0   0     1   1   .301      Richards lf           2   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Griffey rf            2   0   1   0     2   0   .333        Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .309
Concepcion ss         4   1   2   0     0   1   .287        Sawyer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Foster cf,lf          3   1   1   2     1   0   .315        Roberts ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Bench c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .276        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bailey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .295      Sutherland 2b         4   0   0   0     0   1   .327
Knight 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .346      Ivie 1b               3   0   1   0     1   0   .286
  Morgan ph,2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .313      Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .301
Armbrister lf         2   0   0   0     1   0   .355      Hendrick cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .298
  Geronimo cf         1   0   1   0     0   0   .293      Tenace c              4   1   2   1     0   1   .237
Norman p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .105      Ashford 3b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .333
                                                          Almon ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .231
                                                          Shirley p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .057
                                                            Kingman ph,lf       2   0   0   0     0   2   .206

Totals               29   2   7   2     6   3             Totals               32   1   5   1     2   8

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 19,884
Left on Base: Reds 8, Padres 6
DP: Reds 0, Padres 3
Errors: Almon
Doubles: Almon (8)
Home Runs: Foster (21), Tenace (9)
Caught Stealing: Griffey 2 (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Norman 2 (5)
GIDP: Bench (5), Bailey (2)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman W(9-3)           9     5   1   1   2   8   1  34   3.07
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   8   1  34

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shirley L(6-9)          5     6   2   2   5   2   1  24   3.48
Sawyer                  3     0   0   0   1   1   0   9   5.35
Fingers                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.17
Totals                  9     7   2   2   6   3   1  37

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Jerry Crawford


REDS 1ST: Rose struck out; Griffey walked; Concepcion reached on
an error by Almon [Griffey to third, Concepcion to first];
Foster walked [Concepcion to second]; Bench grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Foster out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards was called out on strikes; Sutherland
grounded out (shortstop to first); Ivie popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

REDS 2ND: Bailey singled to left; Knight flied out to right;
Armbrister walked [Bailey to second]; Norman out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to first) [Bailey to third, Armbrister to second];
Rose was walked intentionally; Griffey grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield struck out; Hendrick flied out to center;
Tenace singled to shortstop; Ashford singled to right [Tenace to
second]; Almon forced Ashford (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

REDS 3RD: Concepcion singled to left; Foster homered [Concepcion
scored]; Bench singled to left; Bailey grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Bench out at second];
Knight struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Shirley flied out to center; Richards flied out to
right; Sutherland grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 4TH: Armbrister grounded out (second to first); Norman
flied out to center; Rose popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Ivie singled to right; Winfield struck out; Hendrick
popped to second; Tenace popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 5TH: Griffey singled to left; Concepcion singled to left
[Griffey to second]; Griffey was caught stealing third (catcher
to third) [Concepcion to second]; Foster lined to left; Bench
was walked intentionally; Bailey forced Bench (third to second);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Ashford struck out; Almon doubled; KINGMAN BATTED
FOR SHIRLEY; Kingman struck out; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR RICHARDS;
Rettenmund flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Padres 0.

REDS 6TH: KINGMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SAWYER REPLACED
RETTENMUND (PITCHING); Knight grounded out (shortstop to first);
Armbrister grounded out (third to first); Norman flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Sutherland struck out; Ivie walked; Winfield popped
to third; Hendrick flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 7TH: Rose grounded out (first to pitcher); Griffey walked;
Concepcion struck out while Griffey was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: Tenace struck out; Ashford walked; Almon forced
Ashford (shortstop to second); Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 8TH: Foster grounded out (third to first); Bench grounded
out (shortstop to first); Bailey popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: GERONIMO REPLACED ARMBRISTER (PLAYING CF); FOSTER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); ROBERTS BATTED FOR SAWYER;
Roberts popped to catcher in foul territory; Sutherland flied
out to right; Ivie flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 9TH: FINGERS REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); MORGAN BATTED FOR
KNIGHT; Morgan popped to third in foul territory; Geronimo
singled; Norman out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Geronimo to second]; Rose flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 9TH: MORGAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Winfield flied
out to center; Hendrick flied out to left; Tenace homered;
Ashford popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres
1.