San Diego Padres vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 15, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1979 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 0 1 0
Dade 3b 4 0 2 0
Tenace c 3 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 0 0 0
Johnstone lf 2 0 0 0
Wilhelm cf 3 0 0 0
Briggs 1b 3 0 0 0
Almon 2b 3 1 1 1
Jones p 2 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 1 1
Foli ss 3 1 1 0
Parker rf 4 1 1 2
Robinson lf 4 1 2 1
Stargell 1b 4 0 0 0
Garner 3b 4 0 1 0
Stennett 2b 4 1 1 0
Nicosia c 2 1 2 0
Blyleven p 3 0 1 1
Totals 32 5 10 5
San Diego 000 000 010140
Pittsburgh 201 002 00x5101
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (9-8) 7.0 10 5 5 2 4
  Rasmussen   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (10-4) 9.0 4 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
5

  E–Garner (17).  DP–San Diego 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–San Diego Dade (10,off Blyleven), Pittsburgh B Robinson (13,off Jones); Nicosia (11,off Jones); Moreno (13,off Jones).  HR–San Diego Almon (1,8th inning off Blyleven 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Parker (21,1st inning off Jones 1 on, 1 out); B Robinson (23,3rd inning off Jones 0 on, 2 out).  CS–Dade (3,2nd base by Blyleven/Nicosia).
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