Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
July 14, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 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."

"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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Chicago Cubs 1, Cincinnati Reds 0

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 0 1 0
Thompson rf 3 0 1 0
Henderson lf 1 0 1 0
  Dilone lf 1 0 0 0
Martin cf 4 1 1 0
Biittner 1b 4 0 1 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 3 1
Foote c 4 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0
Krukow p 2 0 2 0
  Tidrow p 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 10 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 2 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 2 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
Correll c 3 0 1 0
Bonham p 2 0 0 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Chicago 000 000 0101100
Cincinnati 000 000 000050
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  W (7-5) 7.2 5 0 0 2 6
  Tidrow   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Sutter  SV (22) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
3
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  L (3-4) 7.0 8 1 1 4 0
  LaCoss   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bair   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
1
1
5
1

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 3.  2B–Chicago Henderson (2,off Bonham); DeJesus (13,off Bair).  3B–Cincinnati Foster (3,off Krukow).  HBP–Krukow (2,by Bonham).  IBB–Thompson (1,by Bair).  CS–Geronimo (1,2nd base by Krukow/Foote); Knight (3,2nd base by Krukow/Foote).  WP–Bonham (5).  HBP–Bonham (4,Krukow).  IBB–Bair (7,Thompson).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:45.  A–50,335.
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