Cincinnati Reds vs Montreal Expos
July 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 23, 1978 at Stade Olympique. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, Montreal Expos 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 6 0 2 1
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Lum rf 3 0 1 1
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 3 1 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 1 3
Bench c 4 0 0 0
  Correll c 1 0 0 0
Henderson cf,rf 4 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 0 1 0 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 1 1 0
Seaver p 2 0 1 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Griffey rf 3 0 1 0
Totals 44 5 9 5
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 7 1 1 0
Dawson cf 6 1 2 1
Valentine rf 6 0 2 1
Perez 1b 3 0 1 0
  Knowles p 1 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder ph 0 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 7 1 2 0
Cromartie lf,1b,lf 6 1 3 1
Carter c,1b 6 0 1 0
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 0 0 0 0
  Papi ph,ss 1 0 0 0
  Frias ss 2 0 0 0
Rogers p 2 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph,1b 0 0 0 0
  Mejias ph,lf 1 0 1 1
  Herrmann ph,c 3 0 0 0
Totals 54 4 13 4
Cincinnati 001 003 000 000 01590
Montreal 000 003 010 000 004130
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   7.1 8 4 4 3 7
  Tomlin   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Bair   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Sarmiento  W (8-6) 3.0 3 0 0 2 0
  Borbon  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
14.0
13
4
4
7
9
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   6.0 6 4 4 2 2
  Garman   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Knowles   3.1 1 0 0 3 1
  Bahnsen   2.2 0 0 0 2 2
  Twitchell  L (3-9) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
14.0
9
5
5
8
5

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 3.  PB–Bench (7).  2B–Cincinnati Morgan (23,off Rogers); Rose (28,off Knowles), Montreal Parrish (25,off Seaver); Cromartie (19,off Seaver).  3B–Montreal Perez (3,off Seaver); Dawson (5,off Seaver).  HR–Cincinnati Driessen (12,6th inning off Rogers 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Seaver (7,off Rogers); Driessen (3,off Knowles); Concepcion (3,off Twitchell); Cromartie (1,off Bair); Bahnsen (1,off Sarmiento).  SF–Rose (4,off Twitchell).  IBB–Bench (5,by Knowles); Carter (8,by Bair).  CS–Morgan (5,2nd base by Bahnsen/Herrmann).  SB–Dawson (20,2nd base off Seaver/Bench).  WP–Bahnsen (2), Twitchell (9).  IBB–Bair (1,Carter); Knowles (2,Bench).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–4:22.  A–28,391.
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