San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1979 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 1 2 0
Strain 2b 5 0 0 1
Clark rf 4 1 3 1
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Ivie lf,3b 4 1 1 1
Evans 3b 5 0 1 0
  Johnston pr 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 1 0
  LeMaster ss 1 0 0 0
Littlejohn c 3 0 0 0
Montefusco p 3 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Herndon ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 1 2 0
Russell ss 5 1 2 0
Garvey 1b 5 0 2 1
Cey 3b 5 0 2 1
Baker lf 4 1 1 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
Hatcher rf 3 0 2 0
  Beckwith p 0 0 0 0
  Ferguson lf 1 1 1 0
Yeager c 3 0 0 0
Thomas cf 4 0 1 1
Sutcliffe p 2 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Thomasson rf 1 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 40 4 14 4
San Francisco 200 100 000 00380
Los Angeles 010 000 200 014141
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco   8.0 11 3 3 3 2
  Minton   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lavelle  L (7-6) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
10.1
14
4
4
3
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutcliffe   7.0 5 3 3 6 3
  Forster   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Beckwith   2.1 2 0 0 0 2
  Patterson  W (2-0) 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
8
3
3
8
6

  E–Beckwith (1).  DP–San Francisco 2, Los Angeles 2.  HR–San Francisco Clark (22,1st inning off Sutcliffe 0 on, 1 out); Ivie (16,4th inning off Sutcliffe 0 on, 0 out).  SH–LeMaster (2,off Beckwith); Littlejohn (2,off Beckwith); Yeager (5,off Lavelle).  IBB–Ivie (6,by Forster); North (2,by Patterson).  HBP–Thomas (4,by Lavelle).  SB–North 3 (47,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Yeager,3rd base off Sutcliffe/Yeager,2nd base off Beckwith/Yeager); Metzger (10,2nd base off Sutcliffe/Yeager).  CS–North (16,2nd base by Sutcliffe/Yeager).  BK–Beckwith (1).  HBP–Lavelle (2,Thomas).  IBB–Forster (4,Ivie); Patterson (3,North).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Steve Fields.  T–3:14.  A–44,818.
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