Montreal Expos vs San Diego Padres
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 San Diego Stadium. 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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Montreal Expos 12, San Diego Padres 1

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Dawson cf 4 1 1 1
  White cf 1 0 0 0
Scott 2b 3 1 0 0
  Cash 2b 1 0 1 0
Cromartie lf 4 2 2 0
Perez 1b 4 1 2 1
  Macha 1b 1 0 0 0
Carter c 5 2 2 4
Valentine rf 4 2 2 0
  Hutton rf 1 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 2 2 3
Speier ss 3 1 2 1
  Mason ss 1 0 0 0
Grimsley p 3 0 1 2
Totals 39 12 15 12
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 3 0 0 0
  Reynolds cf 1 0 1 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Turner lf 4 0 1 0
Winfield rf 3 1 1 1
Tenace c 2 0 0 0
  Kendall c 2 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 2 0 0 0
  Shirley p 1 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 1 0 0 0
  Almon 2b 1 0 0 0
D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Lolich p 1 0 0 0
  Perkins 1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Montreal 630 030 00012150
San Diego 000 000 100130
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  W (3-0) 9.0 3 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
1
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
D'Acquisto  L (2-2) 0.0 3 5 5 2 0
  Lee   1.2 4 4 4 0 1
  Lolich   2.1 5 3 3 0 0
  Shirley   5.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
12
12
2
2

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 2.  2B–Montreal Parrish 2 (10,off Lolich 2); Speier (5,off Lolich).  HR–San Diego Winfield (5,7th inning off Grimsley 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Grimsley (2,off Lee).  HBP–Parrish (2,by Lee).  HBP–Lee (2,Parrish).  U-HP–Steve Fields, 1B–Frank Campagna, 2B–Frank Fisher, 3B–John Stewart.  T–2:03.  A–20,309.
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