Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
May 19, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 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 4, Cincinnati Reds 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 1 1
Thomasson cf 4 1 1 0
Garvey 1b 5 0 1 0
Baker lf 4 1 1 1
Joshua rf 3 1 3 0
  Ferguson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Thomas 3b 4 0 1 2
Yeager c 4 0 2 0
Sutcliffe p 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 0 0 0 0
  Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 1 0
  Martinez pr 0 1 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 3 1 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 3 2 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 2 2
Bench c 4 0 1 2
Summers lf 2 0 0 0
  Blair lf 1 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 2 0
Moskau p 3 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 4
Los Angeles 020 000 1104111
Cincinnati 103 010 00x5102
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  L (4-3) 5.0 8 5 5 2 1
  Hough   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  LaGrow   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
3
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Moskau  W (4-0) 6.2 10 3 3 4 5
  Tomlin   0.2 1 1 0 1 0
  Borbon  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
3
5
7

  E–Russell (7), Concepcion 2 (8).  DP–Los Angeles 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Los Angeles Thomas (4,off Moskau); Joshua (2,off Moskau); Russell (8,off Moskau); Baker (10,off Moskau), Cincinnati Morgan 2 (12,off Sutcliffe 2); Knight (10,off Sutcliffe); Geronimo (5,off LaGrow).  3B–Cincinnati Geronimo (3,off Hough).  SH–Sutcliffe 2 (2,off Moskau 2).  SF–Russell (2,off Borbon).  WP–Moskau 2 (2).  BK–Sutcliffe (1).  U-HP–Les Treitel, 1B–Lanny Harris, 2B–Roger Grooms, 3B–Joe Schratz.  T–2:40.  A–46,753.
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