Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
July 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1979 at Wrigley Field. The Montreal Expos defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, Chicago Cubs 1

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 3 1 1 1
Scott 2b 3 0 0 0
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 1 0
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Valentine rf 3 1 1 1
Parrish 3b 2 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
Lee p 3 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 3 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Kingman lf 4 0 2 0
Martin cf 3 1 0 0
Vail rf 4 0 2 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 0 0
Foote c 4 0 1 1
Caudill p 2 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Montreal 100 010 000230
Chicago 000 000 100161
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Lee  W (8-5) 7.2 6 1 1 2 3
  Sosa  SV (8) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Caudill  L (0-2) 7.0 2 2 1 2 7
  Tidrow   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
2
1
2
7

  E–Ontiveros (8).  2B–Chicago Kingman (9,off Lee).  HR–Montreal Cromartie (6,1st inning off Caudill 0 on, 0 out); Valentine (9,5th inning off Caudill 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Scott (6,off Caudill).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:10.  A–29,705.
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