San Diego Padres vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 20, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1979 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 3, St. Louis Cardinals 6

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 0 1 0
Dade 3b 4 1 0 0
Winfield rf 3 1 1 0
Johnstone lf 4 0 2 1
Tenace 1b 3 0 2 1
  Briggs pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Fahey c 2 0 1 0
Wilhelm cf 4 0 2 1
Almon 2b 2 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez 2b 0 0 0 0
  Richards ph 1 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
Perry p 3 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Bevacqua ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 1 0
Oberkfell 2b 4 2 3 2
Hernandez 1b 3 1 1 0
Simmons c 3 0 0 1
Carbo rf 4 0 2 2
Scott cf 3 0 0 1
Reitz 3b 3 0 1 0
Phillips ss 3 1 1 0
Martinez p 2 0 1 0
Totals 29 6 10 6
San Diego 100 010 010391
St. Louis 100 002 30x6102
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (10-11) 6.1 9 6 6 3 3
  Lee   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  D'Acquisto   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
5
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  W (11-6) 9.0 9 3 2 5 5
Totals
9.0
9
3
2
5
5

  E–Tenace (5), Hernandez (7), Reitz (6).  DP–San Diego 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Oberkfell (14,off Perry); Phillips (2,off Perry).  SH–Dade (6,off Martinez); Martinez 2 (9,off Perry 2).  SF–Scott (5,off Perry).  IBB–Simmons (17,by Perry); Hernandez (5,by Lee).  SB–Dade (5,2nd base off Martinez/Simmons); Brock 2 (14,2nd base off Perry/Fahey 2); Oberkfell (3,2nd base off Perry/Fahey).  CS–Johnstone (2,2nd base by Martinez/Simmons).  IBB–Perry (10,Simmons); Lee (4,Hernandez).  U-HP–Dave Pallone, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:44.  A–12,372.
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