Montreal Expos vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1979 at Veteran's Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Montreal Expos 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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Montreal Expos 2, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 4 1 2 0
Scott 2b 4 1 1 0
Dawson cf 4 0 1 0
Perez 1b 2 0 1 2
Carter c 4 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 0 1 0
Parrish 3b 3 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
Schatzeder p 1 0 0 0
  Sanderson p 1 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 1 2 0
Trillo 2b 5 2 3 1
Schmidt 3b 3 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 3 0 0 0
  Gross ph,lf 0 0 0 1
Boone c 4 0 2 1
Maddox cf 4 1 1 1
Anderson rf 4 0 0 0
Bowa ss 2 0 0 0
Christenson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Montreal 100 000 001260
Philadelphia 100 001 20x480
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Schatzeder   4.0 4 1 1 1 2
  Sanderson  L (7-7) 3.0 4 3 3 1 2
  Bahnsen   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
4
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Christenson  W (3-7) 9.0 6 2 2 1 10
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
10

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Montreal Cromartie (32,off Christenson); Scott (10,off Christenson), Philadelphia Boone (20,off Schatzeder); Trillo (12,off Schatzeder).  3B–Montreal Cromartie (5,off Christenson).  HR–Philadelphia Trillo (3,1st inning off Schatzeder 0 on, 1 out); Maddox (11,6th inning off Sanderson 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Perez (5,off Christenson); Gross (2,off Sanderson).  SH–Christenson 2 (2,off Schatzeder,off Bahnsen).  IBB–Schmidt (9,by Sanderson); Rose (4,by Bahnsen).  IBB–Sanderson (3,Schmidt); Bahnsen (2,Rose).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–(none), 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:19.  A–38,237.
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