San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
April 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 Francisco Giants 6, Cincinnati Reds 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 1 0 0
  Herndon cf 0 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 4 1 0 0
Madlock 2b 5 0 0 0
Clark rf 3 1 2 1
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 1 0
  Venable pr 0 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
Evans 3b 4 0 1 0
Ivie 1b 5 2 4 1
Hill c 4 1 1 1
Metzger ss 4 0 2 3
Halicki p 2 0 0 0
  Tamargo ph 1 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf,cf 6 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 6 2 1 0
Morgan 2b 6 1 4 1
Foster lf 4 1 2 4
Driessen 1b 4 1 2 2
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 2 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 2 0 1 0
  DeFreitas rf 1 0 0 0
LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Moskau p 1 0 0 0
  Capilla p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 1 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Summers ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 1 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 40 7 12 7
San Francisco 500 001 000 06113
Cincinnati 000 150 000 17122
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Halicki   5.0 7 6 0 2 1
  Coleman   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Lavelle   1.1 2 0 0 2 2
  Griffin   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Roberts   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Curtis  L (0-1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.2
12
7
1
7
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss   0.2 4 5 0 1 0
  Moskau   3.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Capilla   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Borbon   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Bair  W (1-0) 4.0 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
10.0
11
6
1
3
4

  E–Madlock (1), Evans (1), Metzger (1), Geronimo (1), LaCoss (1).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco McCovey (2,off Bair), Cincinnati Griffey (4,off Halicki); Morgan (2,off Griffin); Auerbach (1,off Curtis).  3B–San Francisco Metzger (1,off LaCoss).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (1,5th inning off Halicki 3 on, 2 out); Driessen (2,5th inning off Halicki 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Hill (1,off Borbon); Geronimo (1,off Coleman).  IBB–Evans (1,by Bair); Foster (1,by Lavelle); Driessen (1,by Griffin).  CS–Evans (1,2nd base by Bair/Bench).  SB–Morgan (2,2nd base off Lavelle/Hill).  IBB–Lavelle (1,Foster); Griffin (1,Driessen); Bair (1,Evans).  U-HP–Dick Tremblay, 1B–Mick Sharkey, 2B–Les Treitel, 3B–Roger Grooms.  T–3:05.  A–30,196.
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