Philadelphia Phillies vs San Diego Padres
May 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 9, San Diego Padres 8

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 5 3 1 0
Bowa ss 6 2 2 2
Rose 1b 6 0 3 4
Luzinski lf 5 0 0 0
  Gross lf 0 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 5 1 1 0
Maddox cf 5 1 1 1
Boone c 3 0 1 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph 0 0 0 1
  Kaat p 1 0 0 0
Aviles 2b 2 1 1 0
  Meoli ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Lerch p 1 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 0 1 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Rader c 2 0 0 0
Totals 43 9 10 8
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Reynolds cf 3 1 1 0
  Perkins ph 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 0 0 0 1
  Fingers p 1 0 0 0
  Richards ph 1 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Hargrove ph 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 6 1 2 0
Turner lf 5 1 2 2
Winfield rf 4 1 0 1
Tenace 1b 4 1 2 0
Evans 3b 6 1 1 0
Fahey c 5 1 2 1
Smith ss 4 1 2 1
Jones p 1 0 0 1
  Briggs ph,cf 2 0 2 1
Totals 43 8 14 8
Philadelphia 000 003 022 0029101
San Diego 110 021 200 0018142
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch   5.0 7 4 4 3 2
  Bird   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  McGraw   0.2 0 2 2 2 0
  Reed   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Kaat  W (1-0) 4.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
12.0
14
8
8
6
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   6.0 3 3 3 1 3
  Fingers   4.0 5 4 2 0 5
  D'Acquisto  L (2-3) 2.0 2 2 2 3 2
Totals
12.0
10
9
7
4
10

  E–Bowa (2), Winfield (2), Briggs (1).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–San Diego Gonzalez (4,off Lerch).  3B–Philadelphia McBride (2,off Fingers), San Diego Fahey (1,off Bird); Briggs (1,off Kaat); Smith (1,off Kaat).  HR–San Diego Turner (3,5th inning off Lerch 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Unser (1,off Fingers); Winfield (1,off Lerch); Bevacqua (1,off McGraw); Fahey (1,off Reed).  SH–Smith (6,off Lerch); Jones (1,off Lerch).  HBP–Briggs (2,by Bird).  IBB–Briggs (1,by Reed).  CS–Smith (3,2nd base by Lerch/Boone).  WP–Lerch (1).  HBP–Bird (1,Briggs).  IBB–Reed (3,Briggs).  U-HP–Terry Bovey, 1B–Bill Lawson, 2B–Frank Campagna, 3B–Frank Fisher.  T–3:10.  A–12,288.
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