Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
July 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Cincinnati Reds 9

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 3 2 1 0
Russell ss 3 2 2 1
Garvey 1b 5 0 2 3
Cey 3b 3 0 0 0
  Martinez 3b 1 0 0 0
Baker lf 4 0 2 0
Thomasson rf 4 0 0 0
Thomas cf 2 0 0 0
Yeager c 4 0 0 0
Sutcliffe p 2 0 0 0
  Brett p 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 1 2 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 1 1 2
  Soto p 0 0 0 0
Collins lf 4 1 2 0
Griffey rf 1 0 0 0
  Cruz rf 2 0 1 4
Bench c 5 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 2 2 0
Knight 3b 3 2 2 3
Geronimo cf 3 1 0 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph,2b 0 1 0 0
Totals 33 9 11 9
Los Angeles 201 010 000470
Cincinnati 000 211 05x9112
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe   5.2 7 4 4 4 4
  Brett  L (2-2) 1.2 2 3 3 2 0
  Patterson   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
7
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   6.0 6 4 4 2 6
  Bair  W (7-5) 2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Soto   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
6
8

  E–Morgan (6), Bench (6).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Los Angeles Garvey (23,off Seaver); Baker (23,off Bair), Cincinnati Spilman (2,off Patterson); Cruz (3,off Patterson).  3B–Los Angeles Russell (2,off Seaver).  HR–Cincinnati Knight 2 (6,4th inning off Sutcliffe 1 on, 1 out,6th inning off Sutcliffe 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Russell (6,off Seaver).  IBB–Thomas (6,by Bair).  SF–Cruz (1,off Sutcliffe).  SB–Lopes (27,2nd base off Seaver/Bench); Thomas (11,2nd base off Seaver/Bench).  CS–Concepcion (5,2nd base by Brett/Yeager).  IBB–Bair (8,Thomas).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–3:04.  A–34,562.
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