San Francisco Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 6, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1979 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 1, Philadelphia Phillies 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 0 1 0
Strain 2b 5 0 1 1
Clark rf 4 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 2 0 1 0
Whitfield lf 4 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 0 0
Sadek c 4 1 2 0
Curtis p 1 0 1 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Herndon ph 1 0 1 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Ivie ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 1 11 1
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 4 0 1 0
Bowa ss 4 0 1 0
Rose 1b 4 2 0 0
Luzinski lf 3 1 1 0
  Anderson lf 0 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 2 2 3
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Boone c 4 1 2 1
Espinosa p 2 0 1 0
Totals 32 6 9 4
San Francisco 000 010 0001111
Philadelphia 301 000 20x690
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Curtis  L (4-5) 3.0 4 4 2 6 1
  Griffin   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Minton   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Lavelle   2.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
4
6
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa  W (8-7) 9.0 11 1 1 3 6
Totals
9.0
11
1
1
3
6

  E–LeMaster (8).  DP–Philadelphia 2.  2B–San Francisco Curtis (1,off Espinosa); Ivie (7,off Espinosa).  HR–Philadelphia Schmidt (24,7th inning off Lavelle 0 on, 0 out); Boone (6,7th inning off Lavelle 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Schmidt (4,off Curtis).  SB–Whitfield (4,2nd base off Espinosa/Boone).  CS–North (13,2nd base by Espinosa/Boone); McBride (6,2nd base by Curtis/Sadek).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:27.  A–36,097.
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