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Saturday July 2, 1977
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A virtual stranger in the Reds' lineup, Ray Knight played third base in place of Pete Rose and smashed a three-run homer in the seventh inning to beat the Padres, 6-3. Going into the game, Knight had batted only 26 times this season, but after Joe Morgan and George Foster singled in the seventh, the utility infielder broke a 2-2 tie with his round-tripper. [The Sporting News]


Cincinnati Reds 6, San Diego Padres 3

Game Played on Saturday, July 2, 1977 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Reds         2  0  0    0  0  0    3  1  0  -   6 12  1
Padres       0  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3 10  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Armbrister rf         3   1   1   0     1   0   .353      Hendrick cf           5   0   1   0     0   2   .296
  Griffey ph,rf       1   1   1   0     0   0   .336      Ashford 3b            5   2   2   1     0   0   .375
Concepcion ss         5   1   3   2     0   0   .293        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Morgan 2b             5   1   2   0     0   1   .315      Ivie 1b               5   0   2   1     0   1   .288
Foster lf             4   1   1   0     1   2   .314      Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     1   1   .297
Bailey 1b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .298      Kingman lf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .206
  Driessen ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   1   .307      Tenace c              2   0   0   0     2   0   .235
Knight 3b             4   1   1   3     1   0   .333      Sutherland 2b         3   0   1   0     0   0   .327
Plummer c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .149        Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Geronimo cf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .292        Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Moskau p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .400        Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scanlon 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .095
  Rose ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Almon ss              4   1   2   0     0   1   .235
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Owchinko p            1   0   0   0     1   1   .133
                                                            Champion 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .234
                                                            Richards ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Roberts 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .211

Totals               37   6  12   5     4   8             Totals               35   3  10   3     4   6

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 21,981
Left on Base: Reds 9, Padres 11
DP: Reds 0, Padres 1
Errors: Armbrister, Kingman, Sutherland
Doubles: Armbrister (2), Concepcion 2 (12), Morgan (11), Griffey (22), Ashford (1)
Home Runs: Knight (1)
Stolen Bases: Hendrick (5)
Caught Stealing: Armbrister (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Murray (2), Owchinko (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Kingman (2)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moskau                  3.1   3   2   2   1   1   0  15  10.45
Murray W(5-2)           3.2   6   1   1   3   2   0  19   3.88
Borbon SV(6)            2     1   0   0   0   3   0   7   2.70
Totals                  9    10   3   3   4   6   0  41

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Owchinko L(2-3)         7     9   5   5   4   5   1  34   5.47
Spillner                0.2   3   1   1   0   0   0   4   3.00
Tomlin                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   4.09
Fingers                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.13
Totals                  9    12   6   6   4   8   1  42

Wild Pitches: Owchinko (2)

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


REDS 1ST: Armbrister doubled to left; Concepcion doubled
[Armbrister scored]; Morgan popped to shortstop; Foster walked;
Bailey singled to left [Concepcion scored (error by Kingman) (no
RBI), Foster to third, Bailey to second]; Knight was walked
intentionally; Plummer lined into a double play (third to
second) [Bailey out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2,
Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Hendrick was called out on strikes; Ashford flied
out to center; Ivie reached on an error by Armbrister [Ivie to
third]; Winfield grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 2ND: Geronimo popped to shortstop; Moskau grounded out
(shortstop to first); Armbrister walked; Armbrister was picked
off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Tenace flied
out to center; Sutherland grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 3RD: Concepcion doubled; Morgan flied out to left; Foster
flied out to center; Bailey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Almon singled to right; Owchinko out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Almon to second]; Hendrick flied out
to left; Ashford doubled to left [Almon scored]; Ivie singled to
center [Ashford scored]; Winfield grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 2.

REDS 4TH: Knight reached on an error by Sutherland [Knight to
first]; Plummer struck out; Geronimo struck out; Moskau singled
to center [Knight to third]; Armbrister forced Moskau (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 4TH: Kingman flied out to center; Tenace walked; MURRAY
REPLACED MOSKAU (PITCHING); Sutherland singled to right [Tenace
to second]; Paul Moskau left injured; Almon grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Tenace to third, Sutherland to second];
Owchinko struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 2.

REDS 5TH: Concepcion lined to right; Morgan doubled to left;
Foster struck out; Bailey was walked intentionally; Knight
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2,
Padres 2.

PADRES 5TH: Hendrick singled to center; Hendrick stole second;
Ashford flied out to right; Ivie struck out; Winfield was walked
intentionally; Kingman singled to center [Winfield out at third
(center to third), Hendrick to third]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 2, Padres 2.

REDS 6TH: Plummer flied out to center; Geronimo struck out but
advanced to first on a wild pitch; Murray out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Geronimo to second]; Armbrister grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 6TH: Tenace flied out to left; Sutherland grounded out
(second to first); Almon singled to right; Owchinko walked
[Almon to second]; Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 2.

REDS 7TH: Concepcion flied out to right; Morgan singled to
center; Foster singled to left [Morgan to third]; Bailey struck
out; Knight homered [Morgan scored, Foster scored]; Plummer
grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5,
Padres 2.

PADRES 7TH: Ashford singled to center; Ivie singled to center
[Ashford to second]; Winfield grounded out (third to first)
[Ashford to third, Ivie to second]; Kingman lined out on a
sacrifice fly to left [Ashford scored]; Tenace walked; TURNER
BATTED FOR SUTHERLAND; Turner flied to left in foul territory; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Padres 3.

REDS 8TH: CHAMPION REPLACED OWCHINKO (PLAYING 2B); SPILLNER
REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); Geronimo singled to right [Geronimo
out at second (right to shortstop)]; ROSE BATTED FOR MURRAY;
Rose flied out to left; GRIFFEY BATTED FOR ARMBRISTER; Griffey
doubled to left; Concepcion singled to center [Griffey scored,
Concepcion to second (on throw to home)]; TOMLIN REPLACED
SPILLNER (PITCHING); Morgan struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 6, Padres 3.

PADRES 8TH: GRIFFEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BORBON REPLACED
ROSE (PITCHING); Almon struck out; RICHARDS BATTED FOR CHAMPION;
Richards singled to left; Hendrick struck out; Ashford popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Padres 3.

REDS 9TH: ROBERTS REPLACED RICHARDS (PLAYING 2B); FINGERS
REPLACED ASHFORD (PITCHING); SCANLON REPLACED TOMLIN (PLAYING
3B); Foster struck out; DRIESSEN BATTED FOR BAILEY; Driessen was
called out on strikes; Knight flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Padres 3.

PADRES 9TH: DRIESSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Ivie popped to
second; Winfield struck out; Kingman popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 6, Padres 3.



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