San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
May 16, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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San Diego Padres 0, Cincinnati Reds 7
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 3 0 1 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0
Turner lf 4 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 0 2 0
Bevacqua 3b 4 0 2 0
Fahey c 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 1 0
Almon ss 3 0 1 0
Mura p 1 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Lolich p 0 0 0 0
  Perkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Kinney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 7 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey cf 4 0 1 0
  Blair pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 3 1 1 0
Summers rf 2 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 1
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 3 1 1 0
Knight 3b 3 2 1 2
Auerbach ss 4 0 1 2
Correll c 4 1 1 2
Bonham p 3 0 1 0
  Collins lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 9 7
San Diego 000 000 000–070
Cincinnati 005 020 00x–790
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Mura  L (2-2) 2.2 5 5 5 3 1
  D'Acquisto   2.1 2 2 2 2 4
  Shirley   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lolich   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Kinney   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
5
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  W (2-0) 7.0 4 0 0 1 3
  Borbon   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
1
4
  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1, Cincinnati 2.  SB–Richards (4,2nd base off Bonham/Correll).  U-HP–Dick Urlage, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Mick Sharkey, 3B–Cliff Schaller.  T–2:15.  A–25,327.
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