Consecutive homers by Joe Morgan and George Foster with two out in the seventh inning carried the Reds to a 4-3 victory over the Padres. Morgan's blow came off Bob Owchinko and brought Rollie Fingers to the mound for the Padres. Foster smashed the reliever's first pitch for the game-winning drive. The homer was the first given up by Fingers this season. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, San Diego Padres 3
Game Played on Friday, May       19, 1978 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Padres       0  0  1    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   3 10  1
Reds         0  0  0    2  0  0    2  0  x  -   4 10  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards cf,lf        4   1   3   1     0   0   .286      Rose 3b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .291
Smith ss              4   1   2   0     0   0   .272      Griffey rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .327
Almon 3b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .323      Morgan 2b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .262
Hendrick rf           4   0   2   1     0   1   .214      Foster lf             4   2   3   1     0   0   .329
Gamble lf             1   0   0   0     2   0   .214      Bench c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .241
  Thomas cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Concepcion ss         4   0   2   1     0   1   .298
Tenace 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .211      Driessen 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .308
Sweet c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .246      Collins cf            3   0   2   1     0   0   .227
  Davis pr,c          0   1   0   0     0   0   .229        Geronimo cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Winfield ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Moskau p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Baker 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .409        Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reynolds ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .455        Bair p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jones p               2   0   0   0     0   2   .158
  Turner ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .225
  Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .059
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Ashford ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3  10   2     2   8             Totals               36   4  10   4     0   4

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 36,283
Left on Base: Padres 6, Reds 8
DP: Padres 0, Reds 1
Errors: Baker, Morgan
Doubles: Richards (4), Bench (7)
Home Runs: Richards (2), Morgan (7), Foster (6)
Caught Stealing: Smith (3), Hendrick (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Almon (1), Baker (4)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones                   6     8   2   2   0   3   0  27   2.59
Owchinko                0.2   1   1   1   0   0   1   3   3.47
Fingers L(1-5)          1.1   1   1   1   0   1   1   6   2.76
Totals                  8    10   4   4   0   4   2  36

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moskau                  6.1   8   3   3   2   6   1  27   6.23
Tomlin W(2-1)           0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   6.17
Bair SV(5)              2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   0.36
Totals                  9    10   3   3   2   8   1  36

Wild Pitches: Jones (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Charlie Williams, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Paul Pryor


PADRES 1ST: Richards doubled to right; Smith singled to first
[Richards to third]; Smith was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose struck out; Griffey grounded out (second to
first); Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 2ND: Gamble grounded out (first unassisted); Tenace
singled; Sweet flied out to left; Baker grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster flied out to center; Bench doubled; Concepcion
singled to shortstop [Bench stayed at second]; Driessen flied
out to right [Bench to third]; Collins grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 3RD: Jones struck out; Richards homered; Smith popped to
shortstop; Almon struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1,
Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Moskau grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose
grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 0.

PADRES 4TH: Hendrick flied out to center; Gamble walked; Tenace
struck out; Sweet struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1,
Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); Foster singled
to center; Bench singled to left [Foster to second]; Concepcion
singled to left [Foster scored, Bench to second]; Driessen
popped to center; Collins singled to right [Bench scored,
Concepcion to second]; Moskau grounded out (first unassisted); 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 2.

PADRES 5TH: Baker popped to catcher in foul territory; Jones
struck out; Richards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 2.

REDS 5TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey
grounded out (first unassisted); Morgan struck out but advanced
to first on a wild pitch; Foster singled to left [Morgan to
second]; Bench grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 1, Reds 2.

PADRES 6TH: Smith singled to right; Almon out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Smith to second]; Hendrick singled to
center [Smith scored]; Hendrick was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Gamble walked; Tenace flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Reds 2.

REDS 6TH: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Driessen
flied out to center; Collins singled to right; Moskau struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Reds 2.

PADRES 7TH: Sweet singled to right; DAVIS RAN FOR SWEET; Baker
out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Davis to second];
TURNER BATTED FOR JONES; Turner singled to second [Davis scored
(error by Morgan) (no RBI)]; TOMLIN REPLACED MOSKAU (PITCHING);
Richards singled to left [Turner to second]; Smith lined into a
double play (second unassisted) [Turner out at second]; 1 R, 3
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Reds 2.

REDS 7TH: DAVIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); OWCHINKO REPLACED
TURNER (PITCHING); THOMAS REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING CF); RICHARDS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Rose flied out to center;
Griffey grounded out (third to first); Morgan homered; FINGERS
REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING); Foster homered; Bench grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Reds 4.

PADRES 8TH: GERONIMO REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING CF); BAIR
REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); Almon struck out; Hendrick singled
to right; Thomas flied out to right; Tenace popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Reds 4.

REDS 8TH: Concepcion struck out; Driessen grounded out (first
unassisted); Geronimo reached on an error by Baker [Geronimo to
first]; Bair forced Geronimo (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Reds 4.

PADRES 9TH: WINFIELD BATTED FOR DAVIS; Winfield flied out to
center; REYNOLDS BATTED FOR BAKER; Reynolds struck out; ASHFORD
BATTED FOR FINGERS; Ashford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 3, Reds 4.