Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
June 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1979 at Candlestick Park. 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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Cincinnati Reds 2, San Francisco Giants 0

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Concepcion ss 5 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Griffey rf 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 3 1 2 0
Spilman 3b 2 0 1 0
  Kennedy pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 1
Correll c 3 0 0 1
Seaver p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 0 1 0
Strain 2b 4 0 1 0
Clark rf 3 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Sadek c 3 0 0 0
Montefusco p 2 0 1 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Venable ph 1 0 0 0
  Whitson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Cincinnati 000 000 002260
San Francisco 000 000 000030
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (6-5) 9.0 3 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
1
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco   6.0 3 0 0 2 5
  Minton   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Whitson  L (2-4) 1.0 1 2 2 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
4
6

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–Cincinnati Driessen (11,off Montefusco), San Francisco Montefusco (1,off Seaver).  SH–Seaver (2,off Montefusco).  HBP–Spilman (1,by Whitson).  IBB–Driessen (6,by Whitson).  SB–Strain 2 (2,2nd base off Seaver/Correll,3rd base off Seaver/Correll); Clark (4,2nd base off Seaver/Correll); North (30,2nd base off Seaver/Correll).  WP–Whitson (3).  HBP–Whitson (2,Spilman).  IBB–Whitson (4,Driessen).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:38.  A–28,512.
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