San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 3, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1979 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Diego Padres 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 4 0 0 0
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
  Kinney p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
Winfield rf 3 0 0 0
Briggs lf 3 0 0 0
Tenace c 2 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 1 0
Owchinko p 1 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Hargrove ph 1 0 0 0
  Almon ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 1 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 1 1 1
Foli ss 4 1 2 0
Parker rf 4 2 2 1
Robinson 1b 4 2 2 4
Lacy lf 4 1 1 1
Garner 3b 3 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 4 0 1 0
Nicosia c 2 0 1 0
Kison p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 10 7
San Diego 000 000 000011
Pittsburgh 303 001 00x7100
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Owchinko  L (2-2) 2.1 7 6 6 0 0
  Shirley   2.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Kinney   3.0 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
2
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison  W (3-1) 9.0 1 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
2
6

  E–Perkins (1).  DP–San Diego 3.  2B–San Diego Evans (5,off Kison).  HR–Pittsburgh B Robinson 2 (12,1st inning off Owchinko 2 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Owchinko 0 on, 1 out); Moreno (3,3rd inning off Owchinko 0 on, 0 out); Parker (9,3rd inning off Owchinko 0 on, 1 out); Lacy (1,6th inning off Kinney 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kison (5,off Shirley).  SB–Winfield (3,2nd base off Kison/Nicosia).  CS–Nicosia (1,2nd base by Kinney/Tenace).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:14.  A–13,370.
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