Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 16, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1979 at Busch Stadium II. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 2 0 0
Russell ss 7 0 1 1
Garvey 1b 7 0 2 2
Cey 3b 7 1 2 1
Baker lf 5 0 1 0
  Beckwith p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Thomasson cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Hatcher rf 5 0 2 0
Yeager c 6 0 0 0
Sutton p 2 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
  Brett p 1 0 0 0
  Thomas cf 2 1 1 0
Totals 51 4 10 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Templeton ss 7 0 2 0
Brock lf 5 0 0 0
Hernandez 1b 7 0 3 1
Simmons c 6 1 1 1
Iorg rf 3 0 1 0
  Hendrick ph,rf 3 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 6 0 0 0
Oberkfell 3b,2b 5 0 1 0
Phillips 2b 2 0 0 0
  Reitz ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Forsch p 3 1 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Carbo ph 1 0 0 0
  Thomas p 0 0 0 0
  Herr ph 1 0 0 0
  Frazier p 0 0 0 0
Totals 52 2 9 2
Los Angeles 000 000 110 000 0024100
St. Louis 001 001 000 000 000290
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sutton   7.0 3 2 2 2 0
  Brett   3.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Beckwith   3.0 1 0 0 4 3
  Castillo  W (1-0) 2.0 4 0 0 0 3
Totals
15.0
9
2
2
6
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   10.0 7 2 2 2 8
  Littell   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Thomas   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Frazier  L (2-3) 1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
15.0
10
4
4
5
11

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1, St. Louis 3.  2B–Los Angeles Russell (22,off Forsch).  HR–Los Angeles Cey (23,7th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Simmons (20,6th inning off Sutton 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Hatcher (1,off Littell); Mota (2,off Thomas); Reitz (2,off Beckwith).  IBB–Thomasson (3,by Thomas).  SB–Lopes 2 (34,2nd base off Forsch/Simmons 2); Templeton (19,2nd base off Brett/Yeager).  WP–Forsch (6).  IBB–Thomas (1,Thomasson).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–3:39.  A–19,551.
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