Philadelphia Phillies vs Cincinnati Reds
July 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1978 at Riverfront 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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Philadelphia Phillies 3, Cincinnati Reds 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 4 1 1 0
Bowa ss 5 1 1 2
Schmidt 3b 4 1 2 0
Luzinski lf 5 0 0 0
Hebner 1b 5 0 5 0
  McBride pr 0 0 0 0
Martin rf 4 0 2 0
  McCarver ph 1 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 2 1
Sizemore 2b 2 0 1 0
  Johnson ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Christenson p 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Harrelson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 14 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 0 2 0
Griffey rf 3 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 2 0
  Kennedy pr,2b 1 1 0 0
Foster lf 3 1 2 1
Driessen 1b 3 1 1 2
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 2 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 2 1
Hume p 3 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 4
Philadelphia 000 001 0023141
Cincinnati 020 020 10x5110
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Christenson  L (7-10) 6.0 9 4 3 2 1
  Reed   2.0 2 1 1 0 4
Totals
8.0
11
5
4
2
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hume  W (5-10) 7.2 12 1 1 0 4
  Sarmiento   0.2 1 2 2 1 2
  Bair  SV (19) 0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
3
3
2
7

  E–Schmidt (12).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia Martin (10,off Hume); Boone (12,off Hume), Cincinnati Geronimo (12,off Christenson); Foster (16,off Christenson); Concepcion (24,off Reed).  3B–Cincinnati Concepcion (3,off Christenson).  HR–Philadelphia Bowa (3,9th inning off Sarmiento 1 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Foster (25,2nd inning off Christenson 0 on, 0 out); Driessen (13,7th inning off Reed 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Christenson (3,off Hume).  SF–Boone (5,off Hume); Driessen (3,off Christenson).  CS–Hebner (4,2nd base by Hume/Bench).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:23.  A–44,092.
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