San Francisco Giants vs Montreal Expos
July 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 10, 1979 at Stade Olympique. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Montreal Expos 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 11, Montreal Expos 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 1 1 1 0
  Nastu p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 1 1 1 0
  Minton p 1 0 0 0
  Ivie ph,1b 1 1 1 0
Strain 2b 7 2 2 2
Clark rf 7 2 2 1
McCovey 1b 5 1 2 3
  Knepper pr 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Blue ph 1 0 0 0
  Griffin p 1 1 1 0
Evans 3b 5 1 0 0
Whitfield lf 6 1 1 1
Metzger ss 7 0 3 2
Littlejohn c 3 0 0 0
  Hill ph,c 1 0 0 0
  LeMaster pr 0 0 0 0
  Sadek c 2 0 1 0
Whitson p 0 0 0 0
  Herndon ph,cf 6 0 0 0
Totals 55 11 15 9
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 5 1 1 0
Scott 2b,ss 4 0 1 2
Dawson cf 5 1 0 0
Perez 1b 6 1 1 0
Carter c 5 1 2 3
Valentine rf 6 0 1 0
Parrish 3b 6 2 2 1
Mason ss 2 0 0 0
  White ph 1 1 1 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Solaita ph 1 0 0 0
Sanderson p 1 0 1 0
  May p 1 0 0 0
  Cash ph,2b 3 0 2 1
Totals 47 7 12 7
San Francisco 001 040 002 000 411151
Montreal 311 000 002 000 07123
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson   2.0 5 4 4 2 1
  Nastu   2.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Minton   4.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Borbon   0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Lavelle   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Griffin  W (4-4) 3.0 1 0 0 3 3
Totals
13.0
12
7
7
6
8
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson   4.1 7 5 4 1 7
  May   4.2 4 2 2 2 6
  Sosa   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Fryman  L (2-4) 2.0 4 4 3 1 2
Totals
13.0
15
11
9
6
16

  E–Whitfield (8), Cromartie (5), Perez (7), Parrish (8).  DP–San Francisco 2, Montreal 1.  2B–San Francisco North (8,off Sanderson); Whitfield (15,off Sanderson); Clark (18,off Sanderson), Montreal Sanderson (2,off Whitson); Cash (3,off Borbon).  3B–Montreal Scott (1,off Whitson); Carter (2,off Whitson).  HR–San Francisco McCovey (14,5th inning off Sanderson 2 on, 1 out); Strain (1,9th inning off May 1 on, 1 out), Montreal Parrish (8,2nd inning off Whitson 0 on, 0 out); Carter (13,3rd inning off Nastu 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Whitfield (4,by Fryman).  IBB–Ivie (4,by Sosa); Cromartie 2 (8,by Whitson,by Griffin).  SH–Sanderson (3,off Nastu).  SF–Scott (3,off Lavelle).  SB–North 2 (37,2nd base off Sanderson/Carter,3rd base off Sanderson/Carter); Metzger (6,2nd base off Sanderson/Carter); Clark (5,2nd base off May/Carter); Dawson (17,2nd base off Whitson/Littlejohn); Cash (1,2nd base off Griffin/Sadek).  BK–Fryman (1).  HBP–Fryman (2,Whitfield).  IBB–Whitson (5,Cromartie); Griffin (5,Cromartie); Sosa (7,Ivie).  U-HP–Steve Fields, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–3:53.  A–21,055.
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