Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
July 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 10, Cincinnati Reds 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 1 2 1
  Caudill p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 1 0 1 2
Thompson rf 6 0 1 1
Buckner 1b 2 0 1 0
  Henderson lf 3 1 1 0
Martin cf 5 2 2 0
Biittner lf,1b 4 2 2 2
Ontiveros 3b 4 2 2 1
Foote c 4 1 1 1
Sizemore 2b 3 0 1 0
  Kelleher ss 2 0 1 1
Holtzman p 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Dillard ph,2b 3 1 2 1
Totals 43 10 17 10
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 1 2 2
  Cruz pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Kennedy ss 5 0 0 1
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 3 1 2 4
  Blair pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 5 1 0 0
Driessen 1b 5 1 1 0
Geronimo cf 2 1 1 0
Correll c 3 1 0 1
Moskau p 2 1 0 0
  Hume p 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 8 8 8
Chicago 000 000 23510171
Cincinnati 000 502 001880
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman   3.1 4 5 2 3 0
  Hernandez   2.2 3 2 2 5 3
  Caudill   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Moore   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Sutter  W (4-2) 1.2 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
8
5
10
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Moskau   5.2 5 0 0 2 1
  Hume   1.1 6 5 5 0 1
  Bair  L (5-5) 1.0 4 5 5 1 0
  Sarmiento   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
10
10
3
3

  E–Ontiveros (11).  PB–Correll (1).  2B–Chicago Sizemore (16,off Moskau); Dillard (2,off Hume); Thompson (8,off Hume); Biittner 2 (4,off Hume,off Bair).  3B–Chicago DeJesus (4,off Hume).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (20,6th inning off Hernandez 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Henderson (1,by Bair); Foote (4,by Bair); Geronimo (2,by Holtzman); Foster (3,by Moore).  IBB–Ontiveros (2,by Bair).  CS–DeJesus (13,2nd base by Moskau/Correll).  WP–Holtzman (5).  HBP–Holtzman (6,Geronimo); Moore (2,Foster); Bair 2 (2,Henderson,Foote).  IBB–Bair (6,Ontiveros).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–3:23.  A–21,804.
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