Montreal Expos vs Cincinnati Reds
June 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, Cincinnati Reds 3

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Dawson cf 4 0 3 1
Scott 2b 4 0 0 0
Cromartie lf 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 1 0
Carter c 3 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 0 2 0
Parrish 3b 4 1 1 1
Speier ss 2 0 0 0
  White ph 1 1 0 0
Rogers p 2 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Solaita ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 3 0 1 0
Kennedy 2b 3 2 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 2 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 1
Driessen 1b 4 1 2 2
Bench c 3 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 1 0
LaCoss p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Montreal 000 001 001270
Cincinnati 000 100 11x381
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   6.0 5 1 1 1 3
  Schatzeder  L (1-1) 1.1 1 2 2 1 0
  Sosa   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
2
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  W (7-0) 9.0 7 2 1 4 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
4
3

  E–Kennedy (2).  DP–Montreal 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Montreal Valentine 2 (8,off LaCoss 2).  HR–Montreal Parrish (3,6th inning off LaCoss 0 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Driessen (11,7th inning off Schatzeder 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Dawson (2,off LaCoss).  IBB–Speier (6,by LaCoss).  SB–Dawson 2 (10,2nd base off LaCoss/Bench 2); Scott (14,2nd base off LaCoss/Bench); Driessen (4,2nd base off Rogers/Carter).  CS–Griffey (3,2nd base by Rogers/Carter).  WP–LaCoss (1).  IBB–LaCoss (3,Speier).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:32.  A–27,833.
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