Paced by Ken Griffey, who had a 4-for-4 night, the Reds defeated the Padres, 5-2, to bring Bill Bonham his sixth straight victory. Griffey scored three runs and drove in one.

Bonham was relieved by Dave Tomlin after walking Don Reynolds with one out in the eighth. Jerry Turner doubled for the Padres' first run before Tomlin retired the side. Manny Sarmiento came to the mound in the ninth and gave up a homer by Gene Tenace but then retired the last three batters. [The Sporting News]
Cincinnati Reds 5, San Diego Padres 2

Game Played on Saturday, May 27, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Reds         0  0  0    1  0  1    0  1  2  -   5  9  0
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   2  7  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   1   1   1     0   0   .305      Richards cf,lf        3   0   0   0     0   1   .270
  Sarmiento p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Smith ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Griffey rf            4   3   4   1     1   0   .339        Winfield ph,cf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Morgan 2b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .245      Turner rf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .244
Foster lf             3   0   2   1     1   0   .319      Gamble lf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .220
Bench 1b,c            3   0   0   1     0   1   .227        Thomas cf,2b        2   0   1   0     0   0   .256
Concepcion ss         4   0   1   1     0   1   .319      Tenace 1b             4   1   2   1     0   1   .219
Werner c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .167      Sweet c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .238
  Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Almon 3b,ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .302
  Knight 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Ashford 2b,3b         4   0   0   0     0   2   .227
Geronimo cf           3   0   0   0     1   3   .271      Owchinko p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .095
Bonham p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .048        Champion ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .261
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        D'Acquisto p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lum ph,1b           0   1   0   0     1   0   .240        Reynolds ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .375
                                                            Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   9   5     5   9             Totals               33   2   7   2     1   7

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 43,484
Left on Base: Reds 7, Padres 6
DP: Reds 0, Padres 2
Doubles: Rose (17), Turner (4)
Home Runs: Tenace (4)
Stolen Bases: Almon (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (1)
GIDP: Concepcion (3), Rose (1)
Hit by Pitch: Richards (2,by Tomlin)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham W(6-0)           7.1   5   1   1   1   6   0  27   2.39
Tomlin                  0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.24
Sarmiento               1     1   1   1   0   1   1   4   1.54
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   7   1  35

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Owchinko L(3-4)         6     6   2   2   2   6   0  25   3.73
D'Acquisto              2     1   1   1   2   1   0   8   1.23
Lee                     1     2   2   2   1   2   0   6   4.34
Totals                  9     9   5   5   5   9   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Tomlin (1)
Wild Pitches: Lee (2)

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


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (third to first); Griffey singled to
right; Morgan popped to shortstop; Foster grounded out (catcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards struck out; Smith grounded out (second to
first); On a bunt Turner singled; Gamble popped to third; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench was called out on strikes; Concepcion grounded
out (third to first); Werner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Tenace singled to center; Sweet flied out to center;
Almon forced Tenace (third to second); Almon stole second;
Ashford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo struck out; Bonham popped to center; Rose
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Owchinko grounded out (shortstop to first); Richards
flied to right in foul territory; Smith flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Padres 0.

REDS 4TH: Griffey singled to center; Morgan walked [Griffey to
second]; Foster singled to left [Griffey scored, Morgan to
second]; Bench popped to shortstop; Concepcion grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Foster out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Turner popped to second; Gamble was called out on
strikes; Oscar Gamble ejected by HP umpire Harry
Wendelstedt; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
1, Padres 0.

REDS 5TH: THOMAS REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING CF); RICHARDS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Werner popped to first in foul
territory; Geronimo was called out on strikes; Bonham struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Sweet grounded out (pitcher to first); Almon
grounded out (first unassisted); Ashford was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 0.

REDS 6TH: Rose popped to second; Griffey singled to third;
Morgan singled to right [Griffey to third, Morgan to second (on
throw to 3b)]; Foster was walked intentionally; Bench popped to
catcher in foul territory; Concepcion singled to pitcher
[Griffey scored, Morgan to third, Foster to second]; Werner
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: CHAMPION BATTED FOR OWCHINKO; Champion singled to
center; Richards forced Champion (shortstop to second); Smith
singled to right [Richards to third, Smith out at second (right
to shortstop to first)]; Turner struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 7TH: D'ACQUISTO REPLACED CHAMPION (PITCHING); Geronimo
walked; Bonham forced Geronimo (pitcher to shortstop); Rose
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Bonham out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: Thomas singled to left; Tenace forced Thomas (second
to shortstop); Sweet flied out to right; Almon forced Tenace
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 0.

REDS 8TH: Griffey walked; Morgan flied out to left; Foster
singled to center [Griffey to third]; Bench hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Griffey scored]; Concepcion struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Padres 0.

PADRES 8TH: Ashford flied out to center; REYNOLDS BATTED FOR
D'ACQUISTO; Reynolds walked; TOMLIN REPLACED BONHAM (PITCHING);
Richards was hit by a pitch [Reynolds to second]; WINFIELD
BATTED FOR SMITH; Winfield popped to catcher in foul territory;
Turner doubled to center [Reynolds scored, Richards to third];
Thomas grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 3, Padres 1.

REDS 9TH: WINFIELD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); THOMAS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); ASHFORD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
ALMON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); LEE REPLACED REYNOLDS
(PITCHING); COLLINS BATTED FOR WERNER; Collins was called out on
strikes; Geronimo was called out on strikes; LUM BATTED FOR
TOMLIN; Lum walked; Rose doubled to left [Lum scored]; Lee threw
a wild pitch [Rose to third]; Griffey singled to center [Rose
scored]; Morgan popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
5, Padres 1.

PADRES 9TH: SARMIENTO REPLACED ROSE (PITCHING); KNIGHT REPLACED
COLLINS (PLAYING 3B); LUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BENCH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Tenace homered; Sweet struck
out; Almon flied out to center; Ashford flied out to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Padres 2.
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