Tom Seaver's season record slipped to 11-11 when the Padres gained one of their rare victories over the ace righthander, defeating the Reds, 4-2. Counting this loss, Seaver's career record against the Padres was 23-6, including two victories previously this season.

Seaver was the victim of two unearned runs, one resulting from his own error in the first inning and the other was produced on an error by Dan Driessen and a passed ball by Johnny Bench in the seventh. Dave Winfield batted in two runs for the Padres with a pair of singles. Pete Rose scored the Reds' two tallies off Gaylord Perry. Rollie Fingers relieved in the ninth for his 27th save. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 4, Cincinnati Reds 2

Game Played on Saturday, August 12, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Reds         1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  6  3
Padres       2  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  x  -   4  9  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   2   1   0     0   0   .311      Richards lf           4   1   2   0     0   0   .298
Griffey rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .292      Smith ss              3   3   1   0     0   0   .264
Morgan 2b             2   0   0   1     1   0   .260      Gamble rf             3   0   0   1     0   1   .286
Foster lf             2   0   0   1     1   1   .295        Roberts 1b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Driessen 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .275      Winfield cf,rf        4   0   2   2     0   0   .288
Bench c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .258      Gonzalez 2b           3   0   1   1     0   1   .245
  Collins pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Sweet c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Concepcion ss         3   0   1   0     1   2   .302      Thomas 1b,cf          3   0   2   0     1   0   .237
Geronimo cf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .232      Almon 3b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .255
Seaver p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Perry p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .117
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .280        Shirley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .135
  Hume p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fingers p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               29   2   6   2     4   7             Totals               30   4   9   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 38,543
Left on Base: Reds 6, Padres 8
DP: Reds 0, Padres 2
Errors: Driessen, Seaver 2, Thomas
Doubles: Rose (36), Richards (21), Smith (13)
Stolen Bases: Richards (31), Almon (11)
Caught Stealing: Concepcion (9), Sweet (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Smith (25), Almon (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Morgan (10), Foster (5), Gonzalez (4), Gamble (4)
GIDP: Driessen (12)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver L(11-11)         7     7   4   2   2   3   0  31   3.05
Hume                    1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   5.09
Totals                  8     9   4   2   2   3   0  36

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(13-5)           7.2   5   2   1   3   4   0  29   3.14
Shirley                 0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   3.98
Fingers SV(27)          1.1   1   0   0   0   3   0   5   3.00
Totals                  9     6   2   1   4   7   0  35

Passed Balls: Bench (8)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Charlie Williams


REDS 1ST: Rose doubled to left; Griffey flied out to left [Rose
to third]; Morgan hit a sacrifice fly to left [Rose scored];
Foster was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1,
Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards doubled; Smith reached on an error by
Seaver on a sacrifice bunt [Richards to third, Smith to first];
Gamble struck out; Winfield singled to center [Richards scored,
Smith to third]; Gonzalez hit a sacrifice fly to center [Smith
scored (unearned)]; Sweet grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 2.

REDS 2ND: Driessen singled to center; Bench grounded out (second
to first) [Driessen to second]; Concepcion was called out on
strikes; Geronimo walked; Seaver lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 2ND: Thomas popped to first; Almon grounded out (third to
first); Perry flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
1, Padres 2.

REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Griffey popped to catcher in foul territory; Morgan flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 3RD: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith
doubled to right; Gamble flied out to right [Smith to third];
Winfield popped to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 2.

REDS 4TH: Foster walked; Driessen grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop) [Foster out at second]; Bench flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 4TH: Gonzalez struck out; Sweet flied out to left; Thomas
walked; Thomas was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Seaver [Thomas to third]; Almon was walked intentionally; Perry
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 2.

REDS 5TH: Concepcion walked; Concepcion was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Geronimo flied out to left;
Seaver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 5TH: Richards singled to shortstop; Richards stole
second; On a bunt Smith reached on a fielder's choice [Richards
out at third (pitcher to third)]; Gamble grounded out (third to
first) [Smith to second]; Winfield singled to center [Smith
scored]; Gonzalez flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
1, Padres 3.

REDS 6TH: Rose reached on an error by Thomas [Rose to first];
Griffey singled to center [Rose to third]; Morgan flied out to
center; Foster sacrifice flied into a double play to right [Rose
scored (unearned), Griffey out at second (right to first to
second)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 3.

PADRES 6TH: Sweet singled to right; Thomas singled to right
[Sweet to second]; Almon out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Sweet to third, Thomas to second]; Sweet was caught
stealing home (catcher to third to pitcher); missed
squeeze; Perry struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2,
Padres 3.

REDS 7TH: Driessen grounded out (second to first); Bench struck
out; Concepcion singled to center; Geronimo grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 3.

PADRES 7TH: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith
reached on an error by Driessen [Smith to second]; Bench allowed
a passed ball [Smith to third]; Gamble hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Smith scored (unearned)]; Winfield grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 2,
Padres 4.

REDS 8TH: ROBERTS REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING 1B); WINFIELD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF);
LUM BATTED FOR SEAVER; Lum popped to second; On a bunt Rose
grounded out (pitcher to first); Griffey singled to second;
SHIRLEY REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Morgan walked [Griffey to
second]; FINGERS REPLACED SHIRLEY (PITCHING); Foster flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 4.

PADRES 8TH: HUME REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Gonzalez singled to
right; Sweet flied out to center; Thomas singled to center
[Gonzalez to second]; Almon forced Thomas (third to second)
[Gonzalez to third]; Almon stole second; Fingers popped to
second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 4.

REDS 9TH: Driessen struck out; Bench singled to center; COLLINS
RAN FOR BENCH; Concepcion struck out; Geronimo struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Padres 4.

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