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Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 20, 1979 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1979 at Busch Stadium II. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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"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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| Game played on Friday, April 20, 1979 at Busch Stadium II |
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| Cincinnati |
0 | 0 | 4 | | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 10 | 18 | 1 |
| St. Louis |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 9 | 2 |
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| Cincinnati Reds |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Norman W (1-2) |
9.0 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
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| St. Louis Cardinals |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Sykes L (1-1) |
3.1 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
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Schultz |
2.2 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
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Knowles |
2.0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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Littell |
1.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
18 |
10 |
10 |
6 |
12 |
E–Knight (3), Simmons (2), Grieve (1). DP–Cincinnati 1. 2B–Cincinnati Griffey (8,off Sykes); Bench (1,off Sykes); DeFreites (1,off Knowles), St. Louis Grieve (1,off Norman); Hernandez (5,off Norman); Templeton (2,off Norman). 3B–St. Louis Templeton (1,off Norman). HR–Cincinnati Griffey (2,4th inning off Sykes 0 on, 1 out); Bench (2,6th inning off Schultz 0 on, 1 out); Driessen (3,6th inning off Schultz 0 on, 1 out). SH–Norman (3,off Schultz). IBB–Tyson (2,by Norman). SB–Griffey (3,2nd base off Sykes/Simmons). CS–Driessen (2,2nd base by Sykes/Simmons). IBB–Norman (1,Tyson). U-HP–Bill Lawson, 1B–Jim Jones, 2B–Bob Sharp, 3B–Joe Bendekovits. T–2:47. A–17,311. |
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| Game played on Friday, April 20, 1979 at Busch Stadium II |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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