Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
May 20, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Cincinnati Reds 4

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 2 3 2
Russell ss 5 0 1 0
Thomasson cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 3 0 0 1
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Joshua rf 4 2 3 1
  Welch p 0 0 0 0
Thomas 3b,cf 2 2 1 0
Yeager c 3 0 1 1
Sutton p 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 1
  Martinez pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 5 1 1 0
Kennedy 2b 3 0 2 0
  Auerbach 2b 1 1 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 1 2 1
Driessen 1b 4 1 1 3
Bench c 4 0 1 0
Summers lf 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 3 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Pastore p 0 0 0 0
  Blair ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Los Angeles 002 000 1126102
Cincinnati 001 000 0304101
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (5-3) 8.0 9 4 3 0 6
  Welch  SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
0
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   7.0 7 3 3 3 3
  Hume  L (3-4) 1.0 2 3 2 1 1
  Pastore   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
4
4

  E–Lopes (1), Thomas (2), Auerbach (3).  DP–Los Angeles 1, Cincinnati 1.  PB–Yeager (5).  2B–Los Angeles Joshua (3,off Seaver); Lopes (7,off Hume), Cincinnati Concepcion (7,off Sutton); Geronimo 2 (7,off Sutton,off Welch).  HR–Los Angeles Lopes (7,3rd inning off Seaver 1 on, 2 out); Joshua (3,9th inning off Hume 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Driessen (6,8th inning off Sutton 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Yeager (1,off Pastore).  SF–Garvey (2,off Hume); Concepcion (2,off Sutton).  CS–Joshua (1,2nd base by Seaver/Bench).  WP–Sutton (1).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:34.  A–40,087.
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