San Diego Padres vs Montreal Expos
April 24, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 24, 1979 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos 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 1, Montreal Expos 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 3 1 1 1
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
Turner lf 4 0 1 0
Winfield rf 4 0 1 0
Tenace c 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 2 0
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
  Almon ph 1 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Dawson cf 3 0 1 1
Scott 2b 4 1 2 1
Cromartie lf 4 0 1 0
Valentine rf 4 1 2 2
Perez 1b 3 0 1 0
Carter c 4 1 2 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 1 0
Speier ss 4 1 2 1
Grimsley p 4 1 0 0
Totals 34 5 12 5
San Diego 000 000 010161
Montreal 040 000 10x5120
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (3-2) 4.0 7 4 4 0 3
  Rasmussen   3.0 5 1 1 2 2
  Lee   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
2
5
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  W (2-0) 9.0 6 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
1

  E–Winfield (1).  2B–Montreal Scott (3,off Jones); Cromartie (6,off Rasmussen).  HR–San Diego Richards (1,8th inning off Grimsley 0 on, 1 out), Montreal Valentine (1,2nd inning off Jones 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Winfield (3,2nd base by Grimsley/Carter); Dawson (2,2nd base by Rasmussen/Tenace).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Michel Spinelli, 2B–John Baird, 3B–Emilien Cote.  T–2:10.  A–5,152.
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