Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
August 1, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 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."

"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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Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Cincinnati Reds 10

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Thomas cf,2b 5 1 1 0
Russell ss 3 1 2 1
  Mota ph 1 0 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 2 3 1
Cey 3b 5 0 2 2
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Ferguson rf 5 1 1 0
Yeager c 2 0 1 0
  Oates c 2 0 0 0
Martinez 2b 3 0 0 0
  Joshua ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  Brett p 3 0 2 1
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 13 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 2 1 0
Kennedy 2b 2 2 0 1
Concepcion ss 4 2 3 3
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
  Spilman 1b 1 0 0 1
Knight 3b 5 1 2 3
Cruz rf 4 1 1 0
Geronimo cf 2 1 0 0
Correll c 4 1 1 2
LaCoss p 3 0 1 0
  Hume p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 9 10
Los Angeles 010 010 3005132
Cincinnati 800 001 01x1091
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  L (2-3) 0.2 5 8 8 3 0
  Brett   6.1 4 1 0 3 3
  Patterson   1.0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
10
8
7
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  W (11-4) 6.0 11 5 5 3 3
  Hume  SV (6) 3.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
3
7

  E–Garvey (7), Cey (5), Concepcion (20).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Los Angeles Garvey (24,off LaCoss); Cey (12,off Hume), Cincinnati Collins (9,off Hough); Knight (24,off Hough); Correll (8,off Hough).  HR–Los Angeles Garvey (16,5th inning off LaCoss 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Thomas (12,2nd base off LaCoss/Correll); Concepcion (15,2nd base off Hough/Yeager).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:28.  A–28,409.
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