Cincinnati Reds vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 25, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1979 at Dodger 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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Cincinnati Reds 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 17

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 5 1 2 2
Kennedy 2b 5 1 2 1
Concepcion ss 5 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 5 1 1 0
Bench c 3 0 2 0
  Correll c 2 1 1 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Collins lf 3 0 1 0
  Tomlin p 1 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 2 2 1
Seaver p 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Pastore p 0 0 0 0
  Blair lf 2 0 1 1
Totals 41 6 14 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 2 1 3
Russell ss 5 0 2 0
  Martinez pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Smith rf 5 1 2 1
Garvey 1b 4 2 2 2
  Guerrero 1b,3b 1 0 0 0
Cey 3b 2 0 1 0
  Thomas pr,3b 3 2 1 1
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
Baker lf 4 4 3 2
  Joshua lf,cf 0 0 0 0
Thomasson cf,1b 5 2 3 2
Ferguson c 3 1 2 4
  Oates ph,c 2 1 1 0
Sutcliffe p 4 2 2 2
  Mota ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 17 20 17
Cincinnati 101 000 1306141
Los Angeles 124 505 00x17200
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (2-3) 2.0 10 7 7 1 1
  Hume   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Pastore   2.1 9 10 10 1 2
  Tomlin   2.2 1 0 0 3 1
Totals
8.0
20
17
17
5
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe  W (5-3) 8.0 14 6 6 0 7
  Forster   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
6
6
0
7

  E–Concepcion (11).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Geronimo (8,off Sutcliffe); Driessen (7,off Sutcliffe), Los Angeles Ferguson (4,off Seaver).  HR–Cincinnati Griffey (3,3rd inning off Sutcliffe 0 on, 0 out), Los Angeles Baker (4,2nd inning off Seaver 0 on, 0 out); Sutcliffe (1,2nd inning off Seaver 0 on, 2 out); Garvey (8,4th inning off Pastore 1 on, 0 out); Thomasson (4,4th inning off Pastore 1 on, 1 out); Ferguson (6,4th inning off Pastore 0 on, 1 out); Thomas (1,6th i.  SB–Lopes (13,2nd base off Seaver/Bench).  WP–Tomlin (1).  BK–Sutcliffe (2).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:54.  A–49,372.
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