Philadelphia Phillies vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1979 at Dodger Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 4 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 0 2 0
Rose 1b 4 1 1 0
Luzinski lf 4 1 2 0
  Anderson pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Schmidt 3b 2 1 1 1
Maddox cf 3 1 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 1
Meoli 2b 2 0 0 0
  Unser ph 1 0 0 0
  Aviles 2b 1 0 1 2
Lerch p 4 0 1 0
Totals 32 5 8 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 1 0
Russell ss 4 0 1 0
Baker lf 4 1 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 1 2 2
Ferguson rf 2 0 0 0
Thomas cf 3 0 1 0
Yeager c 4 0 0 0
Sutton p 2 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Philadelphia 000 010 202581
Los Angeles 000 101 000262
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch  W (2-1) 9.0 6 2 2 4 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
1
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  L (3-3) 7.0 5 3 2 3 5
  Hough   1.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Rautzhan   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
4
4
6

  E–Luzinski (2), Garvey 2 (4).  DP–Los Angeles 2.  2B–Philadelphia Rose (4,off Sutton); Luzinski (5,off Hough), Los Angeles Cey (5,off Lerch).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (6,5th inning off Sutton 0 on, 0 out), Los Angeles Cey (4,4th inning off Lerch 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Boone (1,off Sutton).  IBB–Maddox (1,by Hough).  SB–Maddox (4,2nd base off Hough/Yeager).  CS–Bowa (3,2nd base by Sutton/Yeager); Russell (4,2nd base by Lerch/Boone); Lopes (1,2nd base by Lerch/Boone).  IBB–Hough (1,Maddox).  U-HP–Boyd Mauer, 1B–Lanny Harris, 2B–Charlie Lupo, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:13.  A–42,717.
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