April 13 Highlights

San Diego laced three Cincinnati pitchers today at Crosley Field, collecting 20 hits in a 15-6 rout of the Reds. Five players had at least three hits apiece, Cito Gaston leading the way with four hits. Nate Colbert went 3-for-4 with a three run second inning home run off starter and loser Jim McGlothin (0-2). The win was the Padres second straight and moved them into a three-way tie on top of the N.L. West.

Ted Savage’s pinch-hit three-run homerun in the top of the eighth was the deciding blow in a 4-2 win for the Milwaukee Brewers in the opening game of their two-game series against the Oakland A’s. Until that point Catfish Hunter had been cruising along with a 2-1 lead. Tommy Harper had given the Brewers the lead with a lead-off home run in the third, but Oakland took the lead in the bottom of the fourth on a two-run homer by Don Mincher, off Milwaukee starter Marty “Bulldog” Pattin. John Gelnar relieved Pattin after seven and got the win, his first after two losses.