Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres
May 22, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres 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, San Diego Padres 7

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 2 1 2
Russell ss 5 1 2 0
Baker lf 4 2 2 1
Garvey 1b 4 0 2 2
Ferguson rf 4 0 0 0
Thomas cf,3b 4 0 0 0
Martinez 3b 4 0 2 0
  Welch p 0 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
  Reuss p 0 0 0 0
Yeager c 5 0 0 0
Rau p 1 1 0 0
  LaGrow p 1 0 0 0
  Thomasson cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 9 5
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 5 1 2 1
Bevacqua 3b 6 0 1 0
Turner lf 6 2 2 0
Winfield rf 4 1 3 3
Tenace 1b,c 4 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 5 1 3 0
Kendall c 3 1 2 0
  Perkins ph,1b 3 0 2 1
Smith ss 2 0 0 0
  Almon ph,ss 0 1 0 0
  Briggs ph 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 1 0 0 0
Owchinko p 1 0 0 0
  Hargrove ph 1 0 1 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 0 0 0 1
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Evans ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 44 7 16 6
Los Angeles 101 020 200 0694
San Diego 000 003 210 17163
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Rau   5.2 7 3 1 3 3
  LaGrow   1.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Welch   2.0 5 1 1 1 1
  Reuss  L (1-4) 0.1 1 1 0 2 1
Totals
9.1
16
7
4
6
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Owchinko   5.0 5 4 3 2 2
  Shirley   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  D'Acquisto   1.0 1 2 1 2 0
  Fingers  W (4-3) 3.0 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
10.0
9
6
4
6
6

  E–Lopes 2 (3), Ferguson (4), Welch (2), Richards 2 (6), Tenace (2).  DP–Los Angeles 2.  2B–Los Angeles Garvey (9,off Owchinko); Baker (12,off Owchinko); Russell (9,off Fingers), San Diego Gonzalez (5,off Rau).  HR–Los Angeles Lopes (8,5th inning off Owchinko 1 on, 0 out), San Diego Winfield (8,7th inning off LaGrow 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Garvey (3,by Owchinko); Winfield (3,by Reuss); Gonzalez (5,by Reuss).  SF–Reynolds (1,off Rau); Richards (1,off Rau).  CS–Martinez (1,Home by Fingers/Tenace).  WP–Reuss (1).  BK–LaGrow (1).  IBB–Reuss 2 (2,Winfield,Gonzalez); Owchinko (2,Garvey).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–3:12.  A–29,830.
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