San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 5, 1979 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."

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San Diego Padres 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 5 0 2 1
Smith ss 5 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 1 3 0
Turner lf 4 0 1 1
Evans 3b 4 1 2 0
Tenace c 3 0 0 0
  Almon pr 0 0 0 0
  Fahey c 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 1 2 1
Perry p 2 0 1 0
  Perkins ph 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 0 1 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 1 1
Smith rf 4 1 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 2 0
Cey 3b 4 1 1 2
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Monday cf 3 0 0 0
  Thomas cf 0 0 0 0
Yeager c 3 0 0 0
Hooton p 3 1 1 0
  Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
San Diego 000 100 1024110
Los Angeles 000 000 210360
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (1-0) 8.0 5 3 3 1 4
  Fingers  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton   8.1 10 3 3 1 5
  Rautzhan  L (0-1) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
5

  E–None.  2B–San Diego Evans 2 (2,off Hooton 2); Perry (1,off Hooton); Winfield (1,off Hooton), Los Angeles Hooton (1,off Perry).  HR–San Diego Gonzalez (1,7th inning off Hooton 0 on, 1 out), Los Angeles Cey (1,7th inning off Perry 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Perry (1,off Hooton).  IBB–Lopes (1,by Perry).  SB–Winfield (1,2nd base off Hooton/Yeager); Cey (1,2nd base off Perry/Tenace).  CS–Garvey (1,2nd base by Fingers/Fahey).  WP–Rautzhan (1).  IBB–Perry (1,Lopes).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Jim Scott, 2B–Charlie Lupo, 3B–Boyd Mauer.  T–2:35.  A–46,536.
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