Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
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 Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 2, San Francisco Giants 12

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 4 1 2 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 1 1
Morgan 2b 2 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 1 0
Summers lf 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 1 3 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 0 0
Bonham p 1 0 0 0
  Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 1 0
  Pastore p 0 0 0 0
  DeFreitas ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 35 2 9 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 3 2 0
  Herndon cf 0 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 4 0 1 0
Clark rf 5 2 2 2
McCovey 1b 5 2 2 1
  Andrews pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Madlock 2b,1b 4 2 2 1
Evans 3b 4 2 3 3
Metzger ss 4 0 1 3
Sadek c 4 0 1 1
Halicki p 4 0 0 0
Totals 37 12 14 11
Cincinnati 000 001 001293
San Francisco 300 121 05x12142
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  L (2-1) 4.1 7 6 4 2 1
  Norman   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Pastore   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Tomlin   1.2 4 5 1 2 0
  Bair   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
12
6
6
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Halicki  W (5-3) 9.0 9 2 2 3 5
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
5

  E–Concepcion (9), Summers (2), Knight (5), McCovey (3), Halicki (1).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Cincinnati Kennedy (4,off Halicki); Concepcion (8,off Halicki); Knight (11,off Halicki), San Francisco McCovey (4,off Bonham); Madlock (5,off Tomlin).  3B–San Francisco Metzger (4,off Bair).  SH–Whitfield (6,off Bonham).  IBB–Madlock (1,by Tomlin).  SB–Morgan (11,2nd base off Halicki/Sadek); North (9,2nd base off Pastore/Bench).  CS–Evans (3,3rd base by Norman/Bench).  WP–Bonham (3).  BK–Bonham (1), Halicki (1).  IBB–Tomlin (2,Madlock).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:33.  A–20,058.
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