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Reds top Padres
The Reds beat the Padres friday night in San Diego, thanks in large part to solid pitching and some timely hitting. San Diego got the scoring underway, however, when Bob Davis led off the bottom of the third inning with a solo blast off Reds starting pitcher Don Gullet. Gullet would limit the damage afterward, allowing 3 runs and scattering 9 hits while striking out 5 through 6.1 innings. In the 6th Johnny Bench belted a double that scored Joe Morgan who had singled and stole second. Tony Perez immediately returned the favor singling in bench from second on the first pitch he saw to make the score 3-1 Redlegs. In the eighth Perez was left gasping for air when a George Foster crushed double scored him from first. Yes folks, Doggy Perez ran from first to home....without stopping. Dave Concepcion would bring Foster home on a single later in the inning to make the score 5-3. And 5-3 it would stay as Pedro Borbon and Will McEnaney would team up to finish off the last two innings without allowing a baserunner and striking out a Dodger a piece.
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