San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
August 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds 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 Diego Padres 1, Cincinnati Reds 9

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 4 1 3 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Dade cf 4 0 0 0
Winfield rf 3 0 1 1
  Tolan rf 1 0 0 0
Tenace c 3 0 1 0
  Fahey c 1 0 0 0
Bevacqua 3b 4 0 0 0
Briggs 1b 4 0 1 0
Almon 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
  Johnstone ph 1 0 1 0
  Gonzalez 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 1 1 1
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Auerbach ss 3 2 2 1
Collins lf 4 1 1 0
Bench 1b 3 2 2 4
  Spilman ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 1 1 2
Cruz rf 4 1 1 1
Blair cf 4 0 0 0
Correll c 3 1 1 0
Pastore p 2 0 0 0
  Kennedy 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 9 9
San Diego 100 000 000171
Cincinnati 301 041 00x990
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (8-7) 4.2 7 7 7 1 2
  Rasmussen   1.1 2 2 2 0 1
  Fingers   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
9
9
2
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore  W (2-5) 7.0 7 1 1 1 6
  Hume   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
6

  E–Bevacqua (9).  DP–San Diego 1.  PB–Tenace (7).  2B–San Diego Richards (12,off Pastore), Cincinnati Bench (12,off Jones).  HR–Cincinnati Knight (7,1st inning off Jones 1 on, 2 out); Morgan (7,3rd inning off Jones 0 on, 0 out); Bench (12,5th inning off Rasmussen 2 on, 2 out); Cruz (2,6th inning off Rasmussen 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Pastore (1,off Jones).  SB–Richards (13,2nd base off Pastore/Correll).  CS–Morgan (5,3rd base by Jones/Tenace).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:00.  A–42,812.
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