San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1979 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Diego Padres 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 4 1 0 0
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 1 2 1
Winfield rf 1 0 0 0
Turner lf 3 0 1 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 1
Tenace c 2 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 3 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 3 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 1 2 0
Russell ss 4 1 3 1
Smith rf 3 1 0 0
Garvey 1b 5 1 2 1
Cey 3b 4 1 1 1
Baker lf 3 0 1 0
  Ferguson ph 1 0 0 0
  Thomasson lf 0 0 0 0
Monday cf 3 0 2 2
  Thomas pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Yeager c 4 0 0 0
Messersmith p 3 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
San Diego 000 001 010230
Los Angeles 000 010 40x5110
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  L (0-1) 6.1 7 4 4 5 4
  D'Acquisto   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Shirley   1.2 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
6
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith  W (1-0) 7.0 2 1 1 5 2
  Hough   0.2 1 1 1 3 1
  Rautzhan  SV (1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
8
4

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1.  PB–Yeager (1).  2B–San Diego Turner (1,off Messersmith); Hargrove (1,off Messersmith), Los Angeles Lopes (2,off Rasmussen); Russell (2,off Rasmussen).  SH–Smith (1,off Messersmith); Russell (1,off Shirley).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Charlie Lupo, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Jim Scott.  T–3:18.  A–44,327.
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