San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
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 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."

"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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 8

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 0 1 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Herndon ph 1 0 1 0
Strain 2b 4 0 0 0
Clark rf,3b,rf 3 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0
  Nastu p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Ivie lf,3b,1b 4 1 2 1
Evans 3b 1 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Johnston ph,rf,cf 2 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 2 0
Littlejohn c 4 0 1 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 0
  Whitfield lf 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 2 3 3
Russell ss 2 1 1 0
  Martinez ss 1 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 1 1 3
Cey 3b 2 1 1 1
Baker lf 4 0 1 0
  Thomasson lf 0 0 0 0
Ferguson rf 2 0 1 0
  Thomas cf 2 0 1 0
Hatcher cf,rf 3 1 1 1
Yeager c 4 1 1 0
Sutton p 3 1 1 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 12 8
San Francisco 000 000 010171
Los Angeles 400 301 00x8120
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (8-6) 3.0 9 7 5 1 1
  Griffin   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Nastu   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Lavelle   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
8
6
4
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton  W (9-12) 8.0 6 1 1 4 6
  Castillo   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
4
7

  E–Evans (22).  DP–San Francisco 3.  HR–San Francisco Ivie (17,8th inning off Sutton 0 on, 1 out), Los Angeles Garvey (17,1st inning off Knepper 2 on, 0 out); Lopes (24,6th inning off Nastu 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Sutton (5,off Knepper); Russell (8,off Griffin).  SF–Cey (3,off Griffin).  IBB–Garvey (11,by Griffin).  SB–Thomas (13,2nd base off Griffin/Littlejohn).  IBB–Griffin (6,Garvey).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:37.  A–38,962.
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