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Wednesday May 16, 1979
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The Reds exploded for five runs in the third inning and breezed to a 7-0 blanking of the Padres. Two-out walks to Junior Kennedy and Champ Summers touched off the Reds' big inning. George Foster followed with an RBI single and after a walk to Dan Driessen, Ray Knight delivered a two-run single. Rick Auerbach then capped the outburst with a two-run double. [The Sporting News]


Cincinnati Reds 7, San Diego Padres 0

Game Played on Wednesday, May 16, 1979 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium

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


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards cf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .246      Griffey cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .316
Hargrove 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .178        Blair pr,cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Turner lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .280      Kennedy 2b            3   1   1   0     1   1   .291
Winfield rf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .347      Summers rf            2   1   1   0     2   1   .245
Bevacqua 3b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .314      Foster lf             4   1   1   1     0   2   .343
Fahey c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
Gonzalez 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Driessen 1b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .269
Almon ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .300      Knight 3b             3   2   1   2     1   0   .315
Mura p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Auerbach ss           4   0   1   2     0   1   .174
  D'Acquisto p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Correll c             4   1   1   2     0   0   .286
  Reynolds ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .350      Bonham p              3   0   1   0     0   1   .100
  Shirley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Collins lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .381
  Lolich p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Perkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Kinney p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   7   0     1   4             Totals               32   7   9   7     5   7

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 25,327
Left on Base: Padres 6, Reds 6
DP: Padres 1, Reds 2
Doubles: Auerbach (2), Bonham (1)
Home Runs: Correll (1)
Stolen Bases: Richards (4)
GIDP: Reynolds (1), Fahey (2), Knight (5)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mura L(2-2)             2.2   5   5   5   3   1   0  16   3.41
D'Acquisto              2.1   2   2   2   2   4   1  11   6.92
Shirley                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.59
Lolich                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.19
Kinney                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.04
Totals                  8     9   7   7   5   7   1  37

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham W(2-0)           7     4   0   0   1   3   0  24   3.72
Borbon                  2     3   0   0   0   1   0   9   2.60
Totals                  9     7   0   0   1   4   0  33

Umpires: HP - Dick Urlage, 1B - Dave Pallone, 2B - Mick Sharkey, 3B - Cliff Schaller


PADRES 1ST: Richards walked; Richards stole second; Hargrove
struck out; Turner flied out to right; Winfield flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Griffey grounded out (pitcher to first); Kennedy
singled to right; Summers singled to center [Kennedy to second];
Foster struck out; Driessen grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 2ND: Bevacqua flied out to right; Fahey grounded out
(first unassisted); Gonzalez popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Knight lined to right; Auerbach popped to third;
Correll grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 3RD: Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Mura struck
out; Richards flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Bonham flied out to right; Griffey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kennedy walked; Summers walked [Kennedy to
second]; Foster singled to right [Kennedy scored, Summers to
third]; Driessen walked [Foster to second]; Knight singled to
center [Summers scored, Foster scored, Driessen to third];
Auerbach doubled to center [Driessen scored, Knight scored];
D'ACQUISTO REPLACED MURA (PITCHING); Correll flied out to right;
5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

PADRES 4TH: Hargrove flied out to left; Turner popped to catcher
in foul territory; Winfield popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

REDS 4TH: Bonham doubled to right; Griffey was called out on
strikes; Kennedy was called out on strikes; Summers walked;
Foster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

PADRES 5TH: Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop to first); Fahey
grounded out (second to first); Gonzalez popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 5.

REDS 5TH: Driessen grounded out (first unassisted); Knight
walked; Auerbach lined to left; Correll homered [Knight scored];
Bonham struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 7.

PADRES 6TH: Almon singled to left; REYNOLDS BATTED FOR
D'ACQUISTO; Reynolds grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Almon out at second]; Richards singled to right;
Hargrove flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Reds 7.

REDS 6TH: SHIRLEY REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); Griffey singled
to shortstop; BLAIR RAN FOR GRIFFEY; Kennedy flied out to right;
Summers was called out on strikes; Foster popped to first; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 7.

PADRES 7TH: BLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Turner was called
out on strikes; Winfield singled to center; Bevacqua singled to
left [Winfield to second]; Fahey grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Bevacqua out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 7.

REDS 7TH: LOLICH REPLACED SHIRLEY (PITCHING); Driessen singled
to first; Knight grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Driessen out at second]; Auerbach struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 7.

PADRES 8TH: COLLINS REPLACED BONHAM (PLAYING LF); BORBON
REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Gonzalez singled to left; Almon
popped to catcher in foul territory; PERKINS BATTED FOR LOLICH;
Perkins struck out; Richards forced Gonzalez (third to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 7.

REDS 8TH: KINNEY REPLACED PERKINS (PITCHING); Correll flied out
to left; Collins grounded out (second to first); Blair grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 7.

PADRES 9TH: Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first); Turner
grounded out (second to first); Winfield singled to center;
Bevacqua singled to right [Winfield to second]; Fahey popped to
third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 7.



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