Cincinnati Reds vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 12, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1978 at Veteran's Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 3, Philadelphia Phillies 0

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 2 2 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 3 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 0 1 1
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 2 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 1 1
Geronimo cf 3 0 1 0
Bonham p 2 0 0 0
  Moskau p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Johnstone rf 4 0 2 0
Bowa ss 3 0 1 0
Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 1b 3 0 0 0
Maddox cf 0 0 0 0
  Martin ph,cf 4 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 2 0
Morrison 2b 2 0 0 0
Lerch p 2 0 1 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 6 0
Cincinnati 100 100 100370
Philadelphia 000 000 000060
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  W (4-0) 6.1 6 0 0 1 2
  Moskau  SV (1) 2.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
1
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch  L (3-2) 6.2 5 3 3 8 5
  Reed   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Brusstar   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
8
8

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Cincinnati Rose (10,off Lerch).  3B–Cincinnati Rose (2,off Brusstar).  HR–Cincinnati Driessen (7,4th inning off Lerch 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Bonham (3,off Lerch); Bowa (2,off Bonham).  HBP–Hebner (4,by Bonham).  SB–Rose (3,2nd base off Lerch/Boone); Morgan (8,2nd base off Lerch/Boone).  CS–Griffey (2,2nd base by Lerch/Boone); Concepcion (4,2nd base by Brusstar/Boone); Boone (2,2nd base by Bonham/Bench).  WP–Bonham (1), Lerch (1).  BK–Lerch (1).  HBP–Bonham (1,Hebner).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:18.  A–38,179.
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