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San Diego Padres @ Cincinnati Reds

1971-08-30 · Night game · Cinergy Field · Att: 18044 · 55°F · Wind 13 mph L to R · 2:31

San Diego Padres defeated Cincinnati Reds 4–3. San Diego Padres put up 2 in the 1st. Clay Kirby earned the win. Cito Gaston went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SDN	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	11
CIN	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5

W: Clay Kirby L: Wayne Granger SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ken Burkhart · 1B: Lee Weyer · 2B: Bob Engel · 3B: John McSherry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Enzo Hernandez	4	1	2	0	1	0
Don Mason	4	1	1	0	1	0
Cito Gaston	5	1	2	3	0	1
Nate Colbert	5	1	3	0	0	1
Ollie Brown	5	0	1	1	0	1
Ivan Murrell	4	0	2	0	0	0
Bob Barton	3	0	0	0	1	0
Garry Jestadt	3	0	0	0	0	0
Clay Kirby	4	0	0	0	0	1
Leron Lee	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	2	1	1	1	1	0
Woody Woodward	4	1	1	0	0	1
Lee May	4	0	1	0	0	2
Tony Perez	3	0	1	1	1	1
Johnny Bench	3	0	0	0	1	0
George Foster	4	0	0	0	0	3
Pat Corrales	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Concepcion	3	1	1	0	0	1
Ross Grimsley	1	0	0	0	0	1
Wayne Granger	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ty Cline	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Stewart	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clay Kirby	9.0	5	3	11

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ross Grimsley	5.2	9	3	1
Wayne Granger	3.1	2	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Enzo Hernandez: S6
Don Mason: 2/FL
Cito Gaston: HR/8.1-H
Nate Colbert: S
Ollie Brown: 8
Ivan Murrell: S.1-3
Bob Barton: SB2#
Bob Barton: W
Garry Jestadt: 7

Bot 1

Pete Rose: 8
Woody Woodward: 6
Lee May: K

Top 2

Clay Kirby: 53
Enzo Hernandez: 8
Don Mason: 13

Bot 2

Tony Perez: D
Johnny Bench: 43.2-3
George Foster: K
Pat Corrales: 53

Top 3

Cito Gaston: 53
Nate Colbert: S
Ollie Brown: E6.1-2
Ivan Murrell: S7.2XH(72);1-3;B-2
Bob Barton: 2/FL

Bot 3

Dave Concepcion: S7
Ross Grimsley: 14/SH.1-2
Pete Rose: S7.2-H
Woody Woodward: S.1-2
Lee May: S.2-3;1-2
Tony Perez: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Johnny Bench: OA.3-H(E1)(UR);1-2
Johnny Bench: IW
George Foster: K

Top 4

Garry Jestadt: 53
Clay Kirby: K
Enzo Hernandez: S
Don Mason: 13

Bot 4

Pat Corrales: K
Dave Concepcion: K
Ross Grimsley: K23

Top 5

Cito Gaston: 53
Nate Colbert: D7
Ollie Brown: S.2-H
Ivan Murrell: 6
Bob Barton: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Pete Rose: W
Woody Woodward: K
Lee May: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Garry Jestadt: 8
Clay Kirby: 8
Enzo Hernandez: W
Don Mason: SB2#
Don Mason: W
Cito Gaston: K/C

Bot 6

Tony Perez: K
Johnny Bench: 6
George Foster: K

Top 7

Nate Colbert: 53
Ollie Brown: 53
Ivan Murrell: 43

Bot 7

Pat Corrales: 53
Dave Concepcion: 43
Wayne Granger: K/C

Top 8

Bob Barton: 53
Leron Lee: 143
Clay Kirby: 63

Bot 8

Pete Rose: C/E2.B-1
Woody Woodward: 43.1-2
Lee May: K
Tony Perez: IW
Johnny Bench: 7/L7

Top 9

Enzo Hernandez: 63
Don Mason: S7
Cito Gaston: D8/78.1-H
Nate Colbert: K
Ollie Brown: K

Bot 9

George Foster: 5
Ty Cline: 4
Jimmy Stewart: 5/FL

Notes & reviews

Kirby's pitch hit the backstop and Woodward broke for home, Kirby rushed in to field the ball which had bounced back but he dropped the ball after tagging Woodward

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