Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants
September 21, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1976 at Candlestick Park. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 3, San Francisco Giants 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 0 1 0
Buckner lf 5 1 3 0
  Simpson lf 0 0 0 0
Smith rf 4 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 2 2 1
  Burke cf 0 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Hale cf 2 0 1 1
  DeJesus 3b 0 0 0 0
Pasley c 4 0 0 0
Rau p 3 0 0 0
  Hough p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Clark cf 2 0 0 0
Perez 2b 4 0 0 0
Matthews lf 4 0 0 0
Murcer rf 4 1 1 1
Reitz 3b 3 0 2 0
  LeMaster pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
Speier ss,3b 4 0 0 0
Thomasson 1b 3 0 1 0
Alexander c 3 1 1 0
Barr p 2 0 2 1
  Arnold ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Los Angeles 011 000 010380
San Francisco 000 001 100271
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Rau  W (15-11) 7.0 6 2 2 2 3
  Hough  SV (16) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr   7.0 6 2 2 3 0
  Moffitt  L (6-6) 2.0 2 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
5
3

  E–Speier (19).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Buckner (25,off Barr).  3B–Los Angeles Lopes (7,off Barr); Buckner (4,off Moffitt), San Francisco Alexander (1,off Rau); Thomasson (4,off Hough).  HR–Los Angeles Cey (23,8th inning off Moffitt 0 on, 1 out), San Francisco Murcer (22,7th inning off Rau 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Smith (6,by Moffitt).  SH–Clark (3,off Rau).  SB–Buckner (27,Home off Barr/Alexander); Garvey (16,2nd base off Barr/Alexander); Clark (4,2nd base off Hough/Pasley).  WP–Barr (3).  IBB–Moffitt (9,Smith).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:17.  A–3,370.
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