After being held to one hit in the first five innings, the Padres broke loose for 13 hits in the last four frames and defeated the Reds, 6-4. The Padres, after taking a 4-2 lead, bunched four hits for their deciding pair in the ninth, one scoring on a single by Jim Wilhelm and the another on a squeeze bunt by Rollie Fingers.

The Reds came back with two runs in their half on a pass to Dan Driessen and homer by Hector Cruz to kayo Fingers before Mark Lee relieved. With one out, Harry Spilman singled and Joe Morgan walked, but Dave Collins and Dave Concepcion grounded into successive forceouts at second to end the game. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 6, Cincinnati Reds 4

Game Played on Friday, August 3, 1979 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Padres       0  0  0    0  0  2    1  1  2  -   6 14  2
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  2  -   4  7  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           4   1   2   1     1   0   .277      Morgan 2b             3   0   0   1     2   1   .251
Dade cf,3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Collins lf            5   0   0   0     0   2   .327
Bevacqua 3b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .263      Concepcion ss         4   1   0   0     1   0   .308
  Wilhelm pr,cf       1   2   1   1     0   0   .167      Bench c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .261
Winfield rf           5   0   2   1     0   0   .341      Knight 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .309
Johnstone 1b          4   0   2   1     0   0   .269      Driessen 1b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .244
  Fingers p           0   0   0   1     0   0   .083      Cruz rf               3   2   2   2     1   1   .181
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Blair cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .183
Tenace c              5   0   2   1     0   0   .255        Geronimo ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Gonzalez 2b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .226      Bonham p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .171
Smith ss              4   1   1   0     1   0   .198        Auerbach ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Shirley p             2   1   1   0     0   1   .091        Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .100        Soto p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Briggs ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .211        Spilman ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .333

Totals               39   6  14   6     2   4             Totals               32   4   7   3     6   5

Time of Game: 3:12   Attendance: 35,311
Left on Base: Padres 11, Reds 8
DP: Padres 2, Reds 0
Errors: Johnstone 2
Doubles: Gonzalez (11), Tenace (9)
Home Runs: Cruz (1)
Stolen Bases: Richards (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Shirley (2), Dade (4), Fingers (1), Bonham (2)
GIDP: Knight (14), Collins (4)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shirley W(5-11)         6     3   2   2   4   5   0  25   2.84
Owchinko                1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.36
Fingers                 1     1   2   2   1   0   1   5   4.12
Lee SV(2)               1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   4.78
Totals                  9     7   4   4   6   5   1  39

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham L(5-5)           7     7   3   3   1   2   0  29   4.23
Bair                    1.1   6   3   3   1   2   0  12   3.90
Soto                    0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   6.63
Totals                  9    14   6   6   2   4   0  44

Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Charlie Williams, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Terry Tata


PADRES 1ST: Richards walked; Richards stole second; Dade struck
out; Bevacqua flied out to left; Winfield grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Morgan grounded out (first to pitcher); Collins struck
out; Concepcion grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 2ND: Johnstone grounded out (shortstop to first); Tenace
flied out to right; Gonzalez doubled to center; Smith flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench reached on an error by Johnstone [Bench to
second (error by Johnstone)]; Knight flied out to left; Driessen
popped to catcher in foul territory; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
2 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 3RD: Shirley struck out; Richards flied out to left; Dade
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Blair flied out to right; Bonham popped to first;
Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 4TH: Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); Winfield
flied out to center; Johnstone flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Collins struck out; Concepcion popped to first; Bench
walked; Knight struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Reds
0.

PADRES 5TH: Tenace grounded out (third to first); Gonzalez flied
out to right; Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: On a bunt Driessen singled; Cruz singled to left
[Driessen to second]; Blair lined to second; Bonham out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Driessen to third, Cruz to
second]; Morgan walked; Collins lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Padres 0, Reds 0.

PADRES 6TH: Shirley singled to shortstop; Richards flied out to
left; Dade lined to shortstop; Bevacqua singled to center
[Shirley to second]; Winfield singled to right [Shirley scored,
Bevacqua to third]; Johnstone singled to left [Bevacqua scored,
Winfield to third]; Tenace popped to shortstop; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 2, Reds 0.

REDS 6TH: Concepcion walked; Bench singled to center [Concepcion
to third]; Knight grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Concepcion scored (no RBI), Bench out at
second]; Driessen grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Reds 1.

PADRES 7TH: Gonzalez popped to catcher; Smith singled to first;
Shirley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Smith to
second]; Richards singled to right [Smith scored]; Dade grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Reds 1.

REDS 7TH: Cruz walked; OWCHINKO REPLACED SHIRLEY (PITCHING);
Blair singled [Cruz to second]; AUERBACH BATTED FOR BONHAM; On a
bunt Auerbach singled [Cruz to third, Blair to second]; Morgan
forced Auerbach (first to shortstop) [Cruz scored, Blair to
third]; Collins grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Morgan out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3,
Reds 2.

PADRES 8TH: BAIR REPLACED AUERBACH (PITCHING); Bevacqua singled
to pitcher; WILHELM RAN FOR BEVACQUA; Winfield flied out to
right; Johnstone singled to center [Wilhelm to second]; Tenace
doubled to center [Wilhelm scored, Johnstone to third]; Gonzalez
struck out; Smith was walked intentionally; BRIGGS BATTED FOR
OWCHINKO; Briggs struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 4,
Reds 2.

REDS 8TH: BRIGGS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WILHELM STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); DADE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); FINGERS
REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Concepcion flied out to right;
Bench grounded out (pitcher to first); Knight grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Reds 2.

PADRES 9TH: Richards singled to center; Dade out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Richards to second]; Wilhelm singled to
left [Richards scored]; Winfield singled to right [Wilhelm to
third]; Fingers reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice
bunt [Wilhelm scored, Winfield to second]; SOTO REPLACED BAIR
(PITCHING); Tenace singled to third [Winfield to third, Fingers
to second]; Gonzalez popped to shortstop; Smith popped to
catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 6, Reds
2.

REDS 9TH: Driessen walked; Cruz homered [Driessen scored];
GERONIMO BATTED FOR BLAIR; LEE REPLACED FINGERS (PITCHING);
Geronimo flied out to center; SPILMAN BATTED FOR SOTO; Spilman
singled to left; Morgan walked [Spilman to second]; Collins
forced Morgan (shortstop to second) [Spilman to third];
Concepcion forced Collins (third to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 6, Reds 4.

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