Cincinnati Reds vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 20, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1974 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 2 3
Bench 3b 4 0 1 0
Perez 1b 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Rettenmund rf 4 0 1 0
Foster cf 3 0 0 0
Plummer c 3 1 1 0
Billingham p 1 0 0 0
  Driessen ph 1 1 1 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lacy 2b 4 1 2 0
  Lopes 2b 0 0 0 0
Buckner lf 3 1 0 0
  Paciorek lf 0 0 0 0
Wynn cf 3 2 2 4
Garvey 1b 4 1 2 0
Crawford rf 3 0 1 1
Cey 3b 4 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Yeager c 3 0 1 0
John p 1 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 5
Cincinnati 000 002 010370
Los Angeles 300 020 00x580
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (5-3) 5.0 7 5 5 2 2
  Carroll   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Hall   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
John  W (6-1) 7.2 7 3 3 1 5
  Marshall  SV (4) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Cincinnati Driessen (6,off John); Plummer (2,off John), Los Angeles Lacy (2,off Billingham); Crawford (6,off Billingham).  HR–Cincinnati Morgan (3,6th inning off John 1 on, 1 out), Los Angeles Wynn 2 (14,1st inning off Billingham 2 on, 0 out,5th inning off Billingham 0 on, 1 out).  SH–John 2 (5,off Billingham 2).  HBP–Buckner (1,by Billingham).  CS–Morgan (6,2nd base by John/Yeager); Wynn (4,2nd base by C Carroll/Plummer).  BK–Marshall (1).  HBP–Billingham (1,Buckner).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:06.  A–37,339.
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