Cincinnati Reds vs San Diego Padres
August 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 4, San Diego Padres 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 1 1 0
Kennedy 2b 4 1 2 0
Cruz rf 2 1 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 1
Knight 3b 4 1 2 1
Spilman 1b 3 0 0 0
Blair cf 3 0 1 2
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
Correll c 3 0 0 0
  Bench ph 1 0 0 0
LaCoss p 2 0 1 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Foster ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Dade 3b 5 0 0 0
Smith ss 5 2 2 0
Tenace 1b 4 0 4 0
Winfield rf 3 0 1 0
Johnstone lf 3 2 2 2
Gonzalez 2b 3 1 1 1
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph 0 0 0 0
  Briggs cf 0 0 0 0
Wilhelm cf 2 0 1 1
  Turner ph 1 0 1 1
  Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
Fahey c 4 0 1 0
Shirley p 2 0 0 0
  Almon 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 13 5
Cincinnati 100 003 000480
San Diego 000 210 20x5130
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (12-5) 6.2 12 5 5 2 3
  Hume   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
5
5
2
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley   5.1 8 4 4 3 5
  Lee  W (2-2) 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Rasmussen  SV (2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1, San Diego 1.  2B–Cincinnati Knight (27,off Shirley), San Diego Tenace (11,off LaCoss).  3B–San Diego Gonzalez (3,off LaCoss); Johnstone (1,off LaCoss).  HBP–Spilman (2,by Shirley).  SF–Wilhelm (1,off LaCoss); Johnstone (2,off LaCoss).  IBB–Winfield (14,by LaCoss).  CS–Kennedy (3,2nd base by Shirley/Fahey); Cruz (1,2nd base by Shirley/Fahey).  HBP–Shirley (3,Spilman).  IBB–LaCoss (5,Winfield).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:31.  A–25,049.
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