San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers
October 2, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1976 at Dodger Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Diego Padres 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Grubb cf,rf,lf 4 1 1 0
Champion 2b 4 0 1 0
Turner lf 3 1 1 1
  Rettenmund rf 0 0 0 0
Valentine rf 3 0 1 0
  Melendez pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Ivie 1b 3 1 2 3
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 0 1 0
Torres ss 4 0 1 0
Griffin p 3 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 2 0 1 0
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Buckner lf 3 0 0 0
  Simpson lf 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Lyttle lf 0 0 0 0
Cey 3b 4 1 1 0
Garvey 1b 3 0 0 0
Lacy rf 4 0 0 0
Hale cf 3 0 1 0
Yeager c 3 0 1 0
  Pasley c 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Sutton p 1 0 0 0
  Goodson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 0
San Diego 000 000 040481
Los Angeles 000 000 001140
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  W (9-6) 8.1 4 1 1 4 2
  Metzger  SV (16) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (21-10) 9.0 8 4 4 4 5
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
5

  E–Torres (12).  2B–Los Angeles Lopes (17,off Griffin); Cey (18,off Griffin).  HR–San Diego Ivie (7,8th inning off Sutton 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Turner (4,off Sutton); Champion (1,off Sutton); Griffin (4,off Sutton); Sutton 2 (9,off Griffin 2).  CS–Ivie (6,3rd base by Sutton/Yeager).  WP–Griffin 2 (9).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Art Williams.  T–2:16.  A–15,034.
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