Padres sweep Reds.

Gwynn smacks two round trippers in victory

Cincinnati,

Game 1,

Ed Whitson had great plate control and kept the Reds off balance for seven innings as he surrendered one run on only 4 hits.  However, matters became a little tight when Gary Lucas come in to relieve a tiring Whitson.  Lucas surrendered a two-run homerun to shortstop Dave Conception to tighten the noose on the Padres. However, the Goose came on with one out in the ninth and runners on base.  Gossage struck out Ron Oester and got Bell to fly out to deep left center field to end the game. Padres 5...Reds 3.

Game 2,

Tony Gwynn went deep twice and drove in 3 runs to help the Friars take the second game of the series.  Gwynn's first round tripper happened in the first as he touched up Mario Soto for 2 runs on a blast down the right field line. Gwynn was not through. Tony hit another homerun to right to increase the Padres lead to 4-1 in the 5th inning. That would be all the visitors from So. Cal would need as Eric Show kept the Red's batters in check for most of the game.  Show improves to 2-0 and lowers his ERA to 1.15.  Reds starter Mario Soto fell to 0-1.  Padres 5....Reds 1.

San Diego

Game 3,

Lollar goes 8 innings in Padre win.

South paw Tim Lollar was fantastic as he won his first game of the year with an 8 inning performance.  Goose Gossage came in the ninth inning to seal the Padre win and earn his 2nd save of the season.  Second baseman Alan Wiggins drove in a pair of runs and Tim Lollar helped his cause with a sacrifice fly. Padres 4...Reds 1.

Game 4,

Dave Draveck turned in the fourth straight quality start for the Padres hurlers in the series finale.  George Foster and Johnny Bench connected for early homeruns to give Cincy a 2-0 lead. However, that was short lived as San Diego struck for 3 runs in the bottom of the third inning. The game was still a single run affair until the bottom of the eigth. Light hitting shortstop Garry Templeton strode to the dish with two runners of base.  Frank Pastore hung a pitch and Tempy  made him pay with three runs. Padres 7....Reds 2