Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants
August 11, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1979 at Candlestick Park. 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Francisco Giants 4

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 5 0 1 2
Russell ss 5 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 4 1 1 1
Baker lf 4 1 0 0
Ferguson c 4 1 1 1
Thomasson rf,cf 4 3 3 1
Thomas cf 3 1 2 1
  Joshua rf 1 0 0 0
Hough p 3 0 0 0
  Beckwith p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 8 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 4 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Johnston ph 1 0 0 0
Strain 2b 4 1 1 0
Clark rf 3 1 2 0
Evans 3b 4 0 2 2
Ivie 1b 3 1 0 0
Whitfield lf 4 1 1 0
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Littlejohn c 2 0 0 0
  North ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Whitson p 2 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 1 2
  Sadek pr,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Los Angeles 000 110 230780
San Francisco 000 000 220485
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (3-4) 6.2 5 2 2 2 6
  Beckwith   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Patterson  SV (5) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson  L (5-7) 6.1 6 4 3 0 3
  Minton   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Borbon   2.0 2 3 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
3
0
3

  E–Strain 2 (5), Evans (25), Metzger 2 (15).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Los Angeles Thomasson (6,off Whitson); Thomas (11,off Whitson); Ferguson (7,off Borbon), San Francisco Metzger (6,off Hough); Evans (16,off Beckwith).  HR–Los Angeles Cey (22,4th inning off Whitson 0 on, 1 out); Thomasson (8,8th inning off Borbon 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Lopes (30,2nd base off Whitson/Littlejohn).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Steve Fields.  T–2:43.  A–42,477.
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