Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
July 13, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 13, 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 3, Cincinnati Reds 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 0 0 0
Biittner 1b 4 1 2 0
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Martin cf 4 1 3 1
Vail rf 2 1 0 0
  Thompson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 1 2
Foote c 3 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0
Lamp p 3 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 4 1 1 0
Kennedy ss 4 0 0 1
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 2 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 3 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 0 2 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
Norman p 1 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Chicago 000 300 000360
Cincinnati 100 000 000161
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp  W (7-4) 8.2 6 1 1 0 7
  Sutter  SV (21) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  L (5-8) 5.0 5 3 3 2 2
  Hume   3.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Bair   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
7

  E–Hume (2).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Chicago Martin (22,off Norman); Ontiveros (11,off Norman), Cincinnati Morgan (18,off Lamp); Knight 2 (17,off Lamp 2).  3B–Cincinnati Griffey (3,off Lamp).  CS–Martin (4,2nd base by Norman/Bench).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:04.  A–23,990.
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