Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres
April 13, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 13, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds 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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Cincinnati Reds 4, San Diego Padres 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 4 1 1 0
Kennedy 2b 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 2 4 1
Foster lf 3 0 0 1
Bench c 2 1 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 2 2
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 0 0
Bonham p 2 0 0 0
  DeFreitas ph 1 0 0 0
  Pastore p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 4 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 1 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 1 2 0
Turner lf 4 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 1 2 1
Gonzalez 2b 4 0 2 0
Evans 3b 4 0 2 1
Shirley p 2 0 0 0
  Briggs ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Perkins ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Cincinnati 300 001 000480
San Diego 010 100 000290
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  W (1-0) 6.0 7 2 2 1 2
  Pastore  SV (2) 3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  L (0-2) 7.0 6 4 4 2 4
  Lee   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
5

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–Cincinnati Griffey (6,off Shirley); Driessen (3,off Shirley), San Diego Gonzalez (2,off Bonham); Winfield (3,off Bonham); Smith (1,off Bonham).  3B–Cincinnati Concepcion (1,off Shirley).  SF–Foster (1,off Shirley).  HBP–Knight (1,by Lee).  IBB–Bench (4,by Shirley).  SB–Bench (1,2nd base off Shirley/Tenace); Driessen (2,2nd base off Lee/Tenace).  HBP–Lee (1,Knight).  IBB–Shirley (1,Bench).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Frank Campagna, 2B–Frank Fisher, 3B–Terry Bovey.  T–2:30.  A–44,858.
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