Tom Seaver, with eighth-inning help from Doug Bair, gained his fourth victory of the season, balancing his record at 4-4, when the Reds defeated the Padres, 3-1. A double by Pete Rose in the first and another by Dave Concepcion in the second led to the Reds' first two runs.

Seaver gave way to Bair with two out in the eighth after the Padres scored on singles by Derrel Thomas, Bill Almon and Oscar Gamble. Johnny Bench iced the Reds' victory with a homer in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 3, San Diego Padres 1

Game Played on Friday, May 26, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Reds         1  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  5  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  6  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               3   1   2   0     1   1   .308      Richards cf,lf        4   1   0   0     0   0   .276
  Knight 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Almon 3b              3   0   2   0     1   0   .310
Griffey rf            3   0   0   0     0   3   .324      Gamble lf             4   0   1   1     0   2   .224
Morgan 2b             4   0   0   1     0   1   .245        Smith pr,ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Foster lf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .313      Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .280
Bench c,1b            4   1   1   1     0   3   .231      Tenace 1b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .208
Concepcion ss         4   1   1   0     0   1   .321      Sweet c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .250
Driessen 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .322      Ashford 2b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .278
  Collins pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Baker ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .314
  Werner c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .185        Thomas ph,cf        2   0   1   0     0   1   .252
Geronimo cf           1   0   0   1     0   0   .278      Shirley p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .154
Seaver p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .056        Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .220
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               27   3   5   3     2   9             Totals               32   1   6   1     3   8

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 34,227
Left on Base: Reds 3, Padres 7
DP: Reds 1, Padres 0
Doubles: Rose 2 (16), Concepcion (13), Almon (10)
Home Runs: Bench (9)
Caught Stealing: Collins (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffey (6), Geronimo 2 (4)
GIDP: Baker (1)
Hit by Pitch: Driessen (1,by Shirley)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(4-4)           7.2   6   1   1   2   6   0  30   3.97
Bair SV(7)              1.1   0   0   0   1   2   0   5   0.61
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   8   0  35

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shirley L(2-5)          8     4   2   2   2   8   0  29   4.64
Fingers                 1     1   1   1   0   1   1   4   3.97
Totals                  9     5   3   3   2   9   1  33

Hit by Pitch: Shirley (1)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Montague


REDS 1ST: Rose doubled; Griffey out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Rose to third]; Morgan grounded out (second to first)
[Rose scored]; Foster singled to left; Bench was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (first unassisted); Almon
walked; Gamble flied out to left; Winfield flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

REDS 2ND: Concepcion doubled to left; Driessen grounded out
(second to first) [Concepcion to third]; Geronimo out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Concepcion scored]; Seaver
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Tenace struck out; Sweet flied out to center;
Ashford walked; Baker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 3RD: Rose was called out on strikes; Griffey struck out;
Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Shirley was called out on strikes; Richards grounded
out (first to pitcher); Almon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 4TH: Foster grounded out (third to first); Bench struck
out; Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
2, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Gamble struck out; Winfield grounded out (shortstop
to first); Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2,
Padres 0.

REDS 5TH: Driessen was hit by a pitch; COLLINS RAN FOR DRIESSEN;
Geronimo out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Collins to
second]; Seaver grounded out (second to first) [Collins to
third]; Rose was walked intentionally; Collins was caught
stealing home (catcher to shortstop to catcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: WERNER REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING C ); BENCH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Sweet singled to left; Ashford forced
Sweet (pitcher to shortstop); Baker grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Ashford out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 6TH: Griffey struck out; Morgan struck out; Foster walked;
Bench struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Shirley flied out to right; Richards popped to
shortstop in foul territory; Almon doubled to left; Gamble
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 7TH: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Werner flied
out to left; Geronimo flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace
flied out to center; Sweet singled to right; Ashford forced
Sweet (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Padres 0.

REDS 8TH: Seaver grounded out (third to first); Rose doubled to
left [Rose out at third (left to shortstop to third)]; Griffey
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres
0.

PADRES 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); THOMAS BATTED FOR
BAKER; Thomas singled to left; TURNER BATTED FOR SHIRLEY; Turner
flied out to right; Richards forced Thomas (second to
shortstop); Almon singled to center [Richards to second]; Gamble
singled to center [Richards scored, Almon to third]; SMITH RAN
FOR GAMBLE; BAIR REPLACED SEAVER (PITCHING); Winfield struck
out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 1.

REDS 9TH: FINGERS REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); THOMAS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); RICHARDS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Morgan grounded out (first
unassisted); Foster popped to first; Bench homered; Concepcion
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 9TH: Tenace walked; Sweet popped to second; Ashford flied
out to center; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3,
Padres 1.

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