San Francisco Giants vs San Diego Padres
July 29, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the San Diego Padres 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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San Francisco Giants 4, San Diego Padres 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 1 1 0
Strain 2b 3 1 1 1
Clark rf 4 1 1 2
Ivie 1b 3 0 2 1
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
Herndon lf 4 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 0 0
Littlejohn c 4 0 0 0
Montefusco p 3 1 1 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 3 0 1 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
Dade 3b 4 0 1 0
Bevacqua 2b 4 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 1 3 0
Johnstone lf,cf 3 1 0 0
Tenace c 4 0 1 0
Briggs 1b 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 1 2
  Almon pr 0 0 0 0
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
  Wilhelm ph 1 0 0 0
Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Tolan ph 1 0 0 0
  Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
San Francisco 003 000 010460
San Diego 000 000 002270
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco  W (3-4) 8.1 6 2 2 3 1
  Lavelle  SV (13) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
2
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  L (4-11) 6.0 4 3 3 1 4
  Rasmussen   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Lee   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
1
6

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–San Diego Dade (7,off Montefusco).  3B–San Francisco Montefusco (1,off Shirley).  HR–San Francisco Clark (21,3rd inning off Shirley 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Strain (4,off Rasmussen).  HBP–Ivie (1,by Shirley).  CS–Almon (3,2nd base by Lavelle/Littlejohn).  HBP–Shirley (2,Ivie).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:21.  A–15,878.
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