San Diego Padres vs Philadelphia Phillies
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 Veterans Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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San Diego Padres 3, Philadelphia Phillies 4

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 5 0 1 0
Smith ss 4 0 1 0
Turner lf 4 0 0 0
Winfield rf 2 1 0 0
Tenace 1b 3 2 1 1
Bevacqua 3b 3 0 2 1
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 1 1
Kendall c 4 0 0 0
Shirley p 2 0 0 0
  Wilhelm ph 1 0 1 0
  Owchinko p 0 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 4 0 2 1
Bowa ss 3 0 1 0
Rose 1b 3 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 2 1 1 0
Boone c 4 1 2 1
Maddox cf 4 0 2 0
Trillo 2b 4 2 2 2
Anderson lf 2 0 1 0
  Gross ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Carlton p 3 0 0 0
  Unser ph 0 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 12 4
San Diego 000 200 010370
Philadelphia 000 201 01x4120
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley   6.0 9 3 3 4 1
  Owchinko   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Fingers  L (7-7) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals 8.0 12 4 4 6 2
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  W (11-8) 8.0 7 3 3 6 5
  McGraw  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 9.0 7 3 3 6 6

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 2, Philadelphia 2.  2B–San Diego Tenace (7,off Carlton); Gonzalez (10,off Carlton), Philadelphia Anderson (2,off Shirley); Schmidt (12,off Shirley); Boone (17,off Shirley); Gross (4,off Fingers).  HR–Philadelphia Trillo (2,4th inning off Shirley 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bowa (6,off Owchinko).  SF–McBride (3,off Fingers).  IBB–Schmidt (7,by Owchinko); Unser (1,by Fingers).  CS–Richards (6,3rd base by Carlton/Boone); McBride (7,2nd base by Shirley/Kendall).  BK–Carlton 2 (7).  IBB–Owchinko (4,Schmidt); Fingers (6,Unser).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:43.  A–33,501.

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