Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
June 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1978 at Riverfront 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Cincinnati Reds 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 1 1 0
Smith rf 4 1 2 0
Cey 3b 2 0 0 2
Garvey 1b 3 1 1 0
Baker lf 2 2 1 2
  Forster p 1 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
North cf 4 0 1 0
Grote c 3 0 0 0
  Yeager c 1 0 0 0
Welch p 1 0 1 1
  Monday ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b,lf,3b 5 1 3 0
Griffey rf 5 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
  Auerbach pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Foster lf,cf 4 0 2 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 2 0
Geronimo cf 2 0 0 0
  Knight ph,3b 1 0 0 0
  Lum ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Werner c 2 0 0 0
  Correll ph,c 2 0 1 0
Sarmiento p 2 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 11 1
Los Angeles 000 013 010573
Cincinnati 000 000 0202110
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Welch  W (2-0) 6.0 5 0 0 0 6
  Forster   1.2 4 2 0 0 2
  Hough  SV (3) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
2
0
0
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Sarmiento  L (6-4) 7.0 5 4 4 3 5
  Borbon   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
3
7

  E–Smith (5), Baker (3), North (2).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Los Angeles Smith (15,off Borbon); Garvey (14,off Borbon), Cincinnati Morgan (18,off Welch); Driessen (16,off Welch); Concepcion (18,off Forster).  HR–Los Angeles Baker (5,6th inning off Sarmiento 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Welch (1,off Sarmiento).  SF–Cey 2 (5,off Sarmiento,off Borbon).  SB–Baker (4,2nd base off Sarmiento/Werner).  BK–Welch (1), Borbon (1).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:24.  A–50,370.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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