Montreal Expos vs San Diego Padres
May 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 3, San Diego Padres 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Dawson cf 2 1 2 2
Scott 2b 4 0 0 0
Cromartie lf 4 0 1 0
Perez 1b 4 0 0 0
Carter c 3 0 1 0
Valentine rf 4 0 1 0
Parrish 3b 3 0 0 0
Speier ss 4 1 1 1
Rogers p 2 1 1 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Solaita ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 4 1 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 1 0 0
Turner lf 4 1 1 1
Winfield rf 4 2 3 4
Hargrove 1b 3 1 0 0
Tenace c 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 3 0 2 1
Gonzalez 2b 4 0 1 0
Mura p 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 0 0 0 0
  Briggs cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6
Montreal 000 030 000372
San Diego 300 000 30x680
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   6.0 5 3 0 2 1
  Fryman  L (1-2) 0.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Sosa   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
3
3
1
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Mura  W (2-0) 7.0 5 3 3 4 6
  Fingers  SV (5) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
8

  E–Scott 2 (4).  DP–San Diego 3.  PB–Tenace (2).  2B–Montreal Dawson (8,off Mura); Carter (5,off Mura); Cromartie (10,off Fingers).  HR–Montreal Speier (2,5th inning off Mura 0 on, 1 out); Dawson (8,5th inning off Mura 1 on, 1 out), San Diego Winfield 2 (7,1st inning off Rogers 1 on, 2 out,7th inning off Sosa 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Mura (2,off Rogers).  SB–Dawson 2 (4,2nd base off Mura/Tenace 2); Richards (3,2nd base off Rogers/Carter).  CS–Evans (2,2nd base by Sosa/Carter).  WP–Mura (1).  U-HP–Frank Campagna, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–John Stewart, 3B–Frank Fisher.  T–2:32.  A–45,500.
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