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Lineups and Summary
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Reds
@ Padres
San Diego Stadium
August 12, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Cincinnati Reds, played on August 12, 1978 at San Diego Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 12, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Home Team |
San Diego Padres
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 12, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Home Team | San Diego Padres |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Tom Seaver |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Gaylord Perry |
| Ballpark | San Diego Stadium |
| City | San Diego |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 38,543 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim Quick 1B: Jerry Crawford 2B: Doug Harvey 3B: Charlie Williams |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Pete Rose | Third Baseman |
| Ken Griffey | Right Fielder |
| Joe Morgan | Second Baseman |
| George Foster | Left Fielder |
| Dan Driessen | First Baseman |
| Johnny Bench | Catcher |
| Dave Concepcion | Shortstop |
| Cesar Geronimo | Center Fielder |
| Tom Seaver | Pitcher |
| Sparky Anderson | Manager |
San Diego Padres Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gene Richards | Left Fielder |
| Ozzie Smith | Shortstop |
| Oscar Gamble | Right Fielder |
| Dave Winfield | Center Fielder |
| Fernando Gonzalez | Second Baseman |
| Rick Sweet | Catcher |
| Derrel Thomas | First Baseman |
| Bill Almon | Third Baseman |
| Gaylord Perry | Pitcher |
| Roger Craig | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Reds
@ Padres
San Diego Stadium
August 12, 1978
Top 1
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Reds, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Perry
Rose hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Richards. Rose reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Griffey vs. Perry
Griffey hits a fly ball into left field. Richards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rose moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Morgan vs. Perry
Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Richards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rose tags and scores. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Perry
Foster is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Reds, 1 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richards vs. Seaver
Richards hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Geronimo. Richards reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Seaver
Smith bunts towards the mound. Seaver juggles the ball. That's an error on Seaver. Richards moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gamble vs. Seaver
Gamble strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Winfield vs. Seaver
Winfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Richards scores. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gonzalez vs. Seaver
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sweet vs. Seaver
Sweet hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Driessen vs. Perry
Driessen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bench vs. Perry
Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Driessen moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Concepcion vs. Perry
Concepcion is called out on strikes. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Geronimo vs. Perry
Geronimo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Seaver vs. Perry
Seaver hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Seaver
Thomas hits a popup towards first. Driessen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Almon vs. Seaver
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perry vs. Seaver
Perry hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Perry
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Perry, and towards Gonzalez, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Perry
Griffey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sweet settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Perry
Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richards vs. Seaver
Richards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Seaver
Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Smith reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gamble vs. Seaver
Gamble hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Winfield vs. Seaver
Winfield hits a popup into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foster vs. Perry
Foster takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Driessen vs. Perry
Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Foster for the double play. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Perry
Bench hits a fly ball into center field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Seaver
Gonzalez strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweet vs. Seaver
Sweet hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Seaver
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Almon vs. Seaver
Seaver fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Seaver. Thomas moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Almon vs. Seaver
Almon is walked intentionally. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Perry vs. Seaver
Perry hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Perry
Concepcion takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geronimo vs. Perry
There goes Concepcion. The throw from Sweet and he is out, Smith applying the tag. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Geronimo vs. Perry
Geronimo hits a fly ball into left field. Richards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seaver vs. Perry
Seaver strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richards vs. Seaver
Richards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Seaver
There goes Richards. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Richards steals second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Seaver
Smith bunts towards the mound. Seaver fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gamble vs. Seaver
Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Winfield vs. Seaver
Winfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Seaver
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Reds, 1 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Perry
Rose hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas juggles the ball. That's an error on Thomas. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Griffey vs. Perry
Griffey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Morgan vs. Perry
Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 1 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Foster vs. Perry
Foster hits a fly ball towards right. Gamble catches it and throws to Thomas who relays to second to double up Griffey. Rose tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play
Bottom 6
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Reds, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sweet vs. Seaver
Sweet hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Seaver
Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sweet moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Almon vs. Seaver
Almon bunts towards first. Driessen scoops it up and throws to first, with Morgan covering, for the out. Sweet moves to third. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Perry vs. Seaver
Sweet is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Perry vs. Seaver
Perry strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Reds, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Driessen vs. Perry
Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Perry
Bench strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Concepcion vs. Perry
Concepcion hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geronimo vs. Perry
Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Reds, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Richards vs. Seaver
Richards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Seaver
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen juggles the ball. That's an error on Driessen. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gamble vs. Seaver
The ball gets by Bench for a passed ball. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Gamble vs. Seaver
Gamble hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Winfield vs. Seaver
Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lum vs. Perry
Dave Roberts now playing first base. Dave Winfield now playing right field. Derrel Thomas now playing center field. Mike Lum pinch hits for Tom Se
Lum hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rose vs. Perry
Rose bunts towards the mound. Perry fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Griffey vs. Perry
Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Shirley
Bob Shirley now pitching.
Morgan takes first base on ball four. Griffey moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Foster vs. Fingers
Rollie Fingers now pitching.
Foster hits a fly ball into left field. Richards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Hume
Tom Hume now pitching.
Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sweet vs. Hume
Sweet hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Hume
Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Almon vs. Hume
Almon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to second for the out. Gonzalez moves to third. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fingers vs. Hume
There goes Almon. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Almon steals second. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fingers vs. Hume
Fingers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Driessen vs. Fingers
Driessen strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bench vs. Fingers
Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Concepcion vs. Fingers
Dave Collins pinch runs for Johnny Bench.
Concepcion strikes out. View Play -
Reds, 2 - Padres, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Geronimo vs. Fingers
Geronimo strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/12/1978 -- Cincinnati at San Diego (N)
Cincinnati AB R H RBI San Diego AB R H RBI
Rose P, 3b 4 2 1 0 Richards G, lf 4 1 2 0
Griffey K, rf 4 0 2 0 Smith O, ss 3 3 1 0
Morgan J, 2b 2 0 0 1 Gamble O, rf 3 0 0 1
Foster G, lf 2 0 0 1 Roberts D, 1b 0 0 0 0
Driessen D, 1b 4 0 1 0 Winfield D, cf-rf 4 0 2 2
Bench J, c 4 0 1 0 Gonzalez F, 2b 3 0 1 1
Collins D, pr 0 0 0 0 Sweet R, c 4 0 1 0
Concepcion D, ss 3 0 1 0 Thomas D, 1b-cf 3 0 2 0
Geronimo C, cf 3 0 0 0 Almon B, 3b 2 0 0 0
Seaver T, p 2 0 0 0 Perry G, p 3 0 0 0
Lum M, ph 1 0 0 0 Shirley B, p 0 0 0 0
Hume T, p 0 0 0 0 Fingers R, p 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
29 2 6 2 30 4 9 4
Cincinnati 100 001 000 -- 2
San Diego 200 010 10x -- 4
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver T (L) 7.0 7 4 2 2 3
Hume T 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO
Perry G (W) 7.2 5 2 1 3 4
Shirley B* 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Fingers R (S) 1.1 1 0 0 0 3
* Pitched to 1 batter in 8th
E -- Seaver T 2, Thomas D, Driessen D
DP -- San Diego 2
LOB -- Cincinnati 6, San Diego 8
2B -- Rose P, Richards G, Smith O
SB -- Richards G, Almon B
CS -- Concepcion D, Sweet R
SH -- Smith O, Almon B
SF -- Morgan J, Gonzalez F, Foster G, Gamble O
PB -- Bench J
T -- 2:40
A -- 38543
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