Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 19, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 1979 at Busch Stadium II. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 16, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 6 0 2 1
Morgan 2b 4 1 0 0
Griffey rf 6 3 3 0
Driessen 1b 4 2 2 1
  Spilman pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 2 3 1
  Auerbach pr,ss 2 1 1 0
Knight 3b 4 4 2 6
Bench c 2 2 1 1
  Correll c 2 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 2 3
  Blair cf 1 0 0 0
Norman p 4 0 2 2
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Soto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 16 19 15
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 5 2 3 0
Brock lf 5 0 3 3
Hernandez 1b 5 0 1 0
Hendrick rf 5 0 3 0
Scott cf 5 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 1 0
Swisher c 3 0 1 0
  Kennedy ph,c 1 0 0 0
Tyson 2b 3 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Mumphrey ph 1 1 1 0
Vuckovich p 1 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell 2b 1 1 0 0
Totals 40 4 14 3
Cincinnati 503 102 01416190
St. Louis 101 000 0024142
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  W (6-8) 7.0 11 2 2 0 2
  Soto   2.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
14
4
4
1
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Vuckovich  L (8-7) 2.0 7 8 7 3 0
  Thomas   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Knowles   2.0 3 2 2 2 0
  Frazier   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
  McEnaney   1.0 3 4 4 0 0
Totals
9.0
19
16
15
6
2

  E–Brock (4), Tyson (6).  DP–Cincinnati 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Cincinnati Driessen (14,off Thomas); Collins (4,off Knowles), St. Louis Templeton (13,off Norman); Hendrick (21,off Norman).  3B–St. Louis Templeton (11,off Norman).  HR–Cincinnati Knight (3,9th inning off McEnaney 3 on, 2 out).  SF–Knight (4,off Frazier).  HBP–Driessen (2,by McEnaney).  WP–Norman (2), Thomas (1), Knowles (2).  HBP–McEnaney (1,Driessen).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:52.  A–27,228.
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