Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
May 18, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Cincinnati Reds 7

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 2 1 1
Russell ss 4 1 2 2
Thomasson cf 3 1 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 1 1 2
  Reuss p 0 0 0 0
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Joshua rf 4 1 2 0
Thomas 3b 4 0 2 1
Yeager c 1 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Oates c 1 0 0 0
Hooton p 1 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Guerrero 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 4 1 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 2 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 1
  Blair lf,cf 0 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 2 1
Bench c 2 2 1 2
Knight 3b 4 1 1 0
Geronimo cf 2 0 1 3
  Collins ph,lf 1 0 1 0
LaCoss p 3 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
Los Angeles 110 000 040691
Cincinnati 200 102 101790
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton   7.0 6 6 5 6 3
  Reuss  L (1-3) 1.1 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.1
9
7
6
6
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss   7.1 7 5 5 3 4
  Bair   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Borbon  W (2-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
3
5

  E–Thomas (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Los Angeles Joshua (1,off LaCoss), Cincinnati Geronimo (4,off Hooton).  3B–Los Angeles Thomas (2,off Borbon).  HR–Los Angeles Lopes (6,1st inning off LaCoss 0 on, 0 out); Russell (3,8th inning off LaCoss 1 on, 1 out); Garvey (7,8th inning off Bair 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Hooton (2,off LaCoss); Blair (1,off Reuss).  SF–Geronimo (1,off Hooton).  CS–Russell (5,2nd base by LaCoss/Bench).  SB–Morgan (10,2nd base off Hooton/Oates).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Les Treitel, 2B–Joe Schratz, 3B–Roger Grooms.  T–2:34.  A–34,192.
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