Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
June 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1979 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 2, San Francisco Giants 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 1 2 0
Buckner 1b 5 0 2 0
Kingman lf 5 0 0 0
Martin cf 3 1 2 2
Murcer rf 3 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 1 0
Foote c 2 0 0 0
  Blackwell c 2 0 0 0
Holtzman p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 2 0 1 0
  Dillard ph 0 0 0 0
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 1 1 1
Herndon lf 5 2 2 0
Clark rf 4 2 3 2
Ivie 1b 5 1 1 3
Madlock 2b 4 0 1 0
  Andrews 2b 0 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 1 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0
Hill c 3 0 1 0
Knepper p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 6
Chicago 001 000 001293
San Francisco 410 110 00x790
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (4-5) 0.1 5 4 4 1 0
  Moore   4.2 4 3 2 3 3
  Caudill   2.0 0 0 0 1 4
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
6
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (6-2) 9.0 9 2 2 7 6
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
7
6

  E–Buckner (2), Kingman (6), Blackwell (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–San Francisco Madlock (9,off Holtzman); Herndon (6,off Moore).  3B–San Francisco Clark (2,off Moore).  HR–Chicago Martin (8,9th inning off Knepper 0 on, 1 out), San Francisco North (2,1st inning off Holtzman 0 on, 0 out); Ivie (8,1st inning off Holtzman 2 on, 0 out); Clark (10,4th inning off Moore 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Sizemore (2,by Knepper).  IBB–Hill (3,by Moore).  SB–Clark (3,2nd base off Caudill/Blackwell).  BK–Knepper (1).  HBP–Knepper (1,Sizemore).  IBB–Moore (4,Hill).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:54.  A–28,210.
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