Montreal Expos vs San Francisco Giants
July 22, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 22, 1979 at Candlestick Park. The Montreal Expos defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 15, San Francisco Giants 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 4 0 1 1
Scott ss 5 1 3 1
Dawson cf 6 2 1 0
Valentine rf 5 3 3 1
Hutton 1b 5 2 2 2
Parrish 3b 6 2 2 2
Bernazard 2b 4 3 2 2
Dyer c 5 1 2 2
Sanderson p 1 0 1 1
  May p 2 1 1 3
Totals 43 15 18 15
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 4 0 1 2
Strain 2b,3b 5 1 2 0
Clark rf 4 0 1 0
  Sadek rf 1 1 1 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
  Andrews 2b 1 0 0 0
Ivie 1b 3 0 1 1
Whitfield lf 5 1 3 1
Metzger ss 5 1 1 0
Littlejohn c 3 1 1 1
Whitson p 1 0 1 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 0 1 0
  Montefusco pr 0 0 0 0
  Halicki p 0 0 0 0
  Nastu p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 13 5
Montreal 000 544 10115180
San Francisco 000 300 1015131
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson   3.2 7 3 3 3 2
  May  W (4-0) 5.1 6 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
5
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson  L (3-5) 3.1 7 5 5 0 2
  Minton   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Halicki   0.1 3 4 4 2 1
  Nastu   1.1 3 4 4 3 1
  Griffin   3.1 5 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
18
15
15
7
9

  E–Strain (2).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal Parrish (22,off Whitson); Dyer (4,off Nastu).  HR–Montreal Valentine (14,7th inning off Griffin 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Sanderson (4,off Minton).  SF–Cromartie (5,off Nastu).  HBP–May (1,by Halicki).  IBB–Cromartie (9,by Minton); Dyer (3,by Halicki).  SB–Scott (26,3rd base off Whitson/Littlejohn); Dawson 2 (20,2nd base off Halicki/Littlejohn,3rd base off Halicki/Littlejohn); Sadek (1,2nd base off May/Dyer).  CS–Evans (6,Home by Sanderson/Dyer).  HBP–Halicki (2,May).  IBB–Minton (4,Cromartie); Halicki (6,Dyer).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–3:09.  A–39,800.
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