San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
June 24, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 24, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 Francisco Giants 7, Cincinnati Reds 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 1 1 0
Evans 3b 4 2 3 2
Clark rf 4 2 1 3
McCovey 1b 3 0 1 1
Madlock 2b 4 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 3 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 1 0
Sadek c 3 1 1 0
  Herndon ph 1 0 0 0
  Hill c 0 0 0 0
Knepper p 3 1 1 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Ivie ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Concepcion ss 5 1 2 1
Morgan 2b 4 2 2 0
Griffey rf 3 2 1 1
Foster lf 5 1 2 3
Bench c 4 0 1 2
Driessen 1b 3 0 2 1
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 2 0
Blair cf 4 0 1 0
Bonham p 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  DeFreitas ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph,1b 2 2 2 0
Totals 36 8 15 8
San Francisco 000 240 1007101
Cincinnati 000 102 41x8150
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   6.0 11 6 6 1 5
  Griffin   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
  Roberts  L (0-2) 1.2 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
8
8
2
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham   4.1 5 6 6 5 0
  Tomlin   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Borbon   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Bair  W (4-2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
5
4

  E–North (4).  DP–San Francisco 2, Cincinnati 2.  2B–San Francisco Evans (9,off Bonham); Knepper (3,off Borbon); Whitfield (14,off Bair), Cincinnati Griffey (20,off Knepper); Concepcion (13,off Knepper).  3B–San Francisco North (2,off Bair), Cincinnati Collins (2,off Knepper).  HR–San Francisco Clark (13,5th inning off Bonham 2 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Foster (16,6th inning off Knepper 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Whitfield (3,by Bonham); Morgan (2,by Roberts).  SF–Griffey (3,off Roberts).  HBP–Griffey (1,by Griffin).  CS–McCovey (1,2nd base by Tomlin/Bench).  WP–Knepper (3), Bonham (4).  HBP–Griffin (4,Griffey).  IBB–Roberts (3,Morgan); Bonham (1,Whitfield).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–2:38.  A–32,829.
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