Jack Billingham and Pedro Borbon collaborated on a four-hitter and Johnny Bench drove in two runs with a triple and his 27th homer as the Reds silenced the Padres, 3-0. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 3, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Monday, August    15, 1977 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Reds         0  2  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  8  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .274      Rose 3b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .301
Almon ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .251      Morgan 2b             2   0   1   0     2   0   .302
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Griffey rf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .317
Ivie 1b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Foster lf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .315
Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .293      Bench c               4   2   2   2     0   0   .268
Hendrick cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .303      Concepcion ss         3   0   0   1     0   0   .265
Tenace c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .227      Driessen 1b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .294
Champion 2b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .226      Geronimo cf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .265
Ashford 3b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .228      Billingham p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .170
Jones p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .172        Knight ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .298
  Scanlon ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .204        Borbon p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .311
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143

Totals               30   0   4   0     1   6             Totals               31   3   8   3     4   3

Time of Game: 1:58   Attendance: 29,729
Left on Base: Padres 4, Reds 9
DP: Padres 0, Reds 1
Doubles: Ivie (23), Rose (30)
Triples: Bench (2)
Home Runs: Bench (27)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (36)
Sacrifice Flies: Concepcion (5)
GIDP: Turner (6)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones L(5-9)            5     6   3   3   1   2   1  22   5.31
Tomlin                  2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   3.58
Spillner                1     1   0   0   2   0   0   6   3.45
Totals                  8     8   3   3   4   3   1  36

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(9-9)       7     2   0   0   1   5   0  24   5.27
Borbon SV(12)           2     2   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.68
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   6   0  31

Wild Pitches: Spillner (4)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Paul Runge


PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (first to pitcher); Almon was
called out on strikes; Ivie flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan flied
out to right; Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield flied out to left; Hendrick flied out to
center; Tenace singled to center; Champion struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster singled to third; Bench tripled to left [Foster
scored]; Concepcion hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bench scored];
Driessen was called out on strikes; Geronimo grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 2.

PADRES 3RD: Ashford grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones
struck out; Richards grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 2.

REDS 3RD: Billingham grounded out (second to first); Rose
singled to left; Morgan singled to right [Rose to third];
Griffey struck out; Foster forced Morgan (shortstop to second);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 2.

PADRES 4TH: Almon flied out to left; Ivie popped to shortstop;
Winfield popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds
2.

REDS 4TH: Bench homered; Concepcion grounded out (third to
first); Driessen singled to right; Geronimo grounded out (first
unassisted) [Driessen to second]; Billingham grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 3.

PADRES 5TH: Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Tenace
grounded out (third to first); Champion was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 3.

REDS 5TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan walked;
Morgan stole second; Griffey flied out to center; Foster flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 3.

PADRES 6TH: Ashford flied out to right; SCANLON BATTED FOR
JONES; Scanlon walked; Richards singled to center [Scanlon to
second]; Almon flied out to center; Ivie popped to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 3.

REDS 6TH: TOMLIN REPLACED SCANLON (PITCHING); Bench popped to
shortstop; Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Driessen
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 3.

PADRES 7TH: Winfield struck out; Hendrick flied out to right;
Tenace grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Reds 3.

REDS 7TH: Geronimo struck out; KNIGHT BATTED FOR BILLINGHAM;
Knight flied out to right; Rose doubled to right; Morgan walked;
Griffey popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0,
Reds 3.

PADRES 8TH: BORBON REPLACED KNIGHT (PITCHING); Champion flied
out to right; Ashford struck out; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR TOMLIN;
Rettenmund grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 3.

REDS 8TH: SPILLNER REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); Foster
singled to left; Spillner threw a wild pitch [Foster to second];
Bench flied out to center; Concepcion flied out to center;
Driessen was walked intentionally; Geronimo was walked
intentionally [Foster to third, Driessen to second]; Borbon
popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 3.

PADRES 9TH: Richards singled to shortstop; TURNER BATTED FOR
ALMON; Turner grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Richards out at second]; Ivie doubled to left; Winfield
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
0, Reds 3.