St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
April 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 1 3 0
Scott cf 4 0 1 1
Hernandez 1b 4 1 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 0 0
Hendrick rf 3 0 1 1
Iorg lf 4 0 2 0
  Mumphrey lf 0 0 0 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Tyson 2b 4 1 1 0
Denny p 4 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 3 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 2 2 0
Foster lf 4 1 2 2
Driessen 1b 3 0 0 1
Bench c 3 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
LaCoss p 1 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 1 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Summers ph 1 0 0 0
  Pastore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 3
St. Louis 000 030 0003101
Cincinnati 000 000 202472
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Denny   8.0 6 3 3 1 7
  Littell  L (3-1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.1
7
4
4
2
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss   6.0 9 3 3 2 5
  Borbon   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Pastore  W (1-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
6

  E–Tyson (3), Knight (4), LaCoss (2).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Morgan 2 (8,off Denny 2).  3B–St. Louis Templeton (2,off LaCoss); Scott (4,off LaCoss).  IBB–Simmons (4,by LaCoss); Driessen (2,by Littell).  SH–Bench (1,off Littell).  CS–Denny (1,2nd base by Pastore/Bench); Griffey (1,2nd base by Denny/Simmons).  WP–Littell (4).  IBB–Littell (1,Driessen); LaCoss (1,Simmons).  U-HP–Jerry Fick, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Ed Oliger, 3B–Cliff Schaller.  T–2:10.  A–23,285.
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