St. Louis Cardinals vs San Diego Padres
June 20, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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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St. Louis Cardinals 1, San Diego Padres 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 4 0 1 0
Scott cf 4 1 3 0
Hernandez 1b 4 0 2 0
Simmons c 4 0 3 1
Hendrick rf 4 0 0 0
Iorg lf 3 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Oberkfell 2b 4 0 0 0
Vuckovich p 2 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Brock ph 1 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 11 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 4 0 1 0
Dade 3b 4 0 1 0
Johnstone rf 3 1 3 0
  Winfield rf 1 0 0 0
Turner lf 4 1 1 0
Tenace c 3 1 1 1
Briggs 1b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 0 0 0
Smith ss 2 0 1 0
Perry p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 1
St. Louis 000 001 0001111
San Diego 000 300 00x380
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich  L (6-4) 5.0 7 3 2 2 5
  Schultz   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  McEnaney   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
3
2
2
7
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (7-5) 9.0 11 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
11
1
1
1
5

  E–Iorg (2).  DP–San Diego 2.  3B–St. Louis Scott (8,off Perry).  SH–Perry (7,off Schultz).  HBP–Briggs (5,by Vuckovich).  IBB–Smith (1,by Vuckovich).  CS–Iorg (2,2nd base by Perry/Tenace); Richards (5,2nd base by Vuckovich/Simmons).  SB–Briggs (2,2nd base off Vuckovich/Simmons).  WP–Vuckovich (5).  HBP–Vuckovich (1,Briggs).  IBB–Vuckovich (2,Smith).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:14.  A–20,653.
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