San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 21, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1979 at Three Rivers Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 Francisco Giants 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 5 1 2 0
Strain 2b 5 1 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 3
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
  Herndon lf 0 0 0 0
Ivie lf,1b 3 0 2 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 4 1 2 0
Littlejohn c 4 1 1 2
Knepper p 3 1 1 0
Totals 35 6 9 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 2 0
Foli ss 4 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 1 1 1
Robinson 1b 3 0 1 0
Lacy lf 3 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 0 0
Garner 2b 2 0 1 0
Nicosia c 2 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Stennett ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Kison p 1 0 1 0
  Sanguillen c 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
San Francisco 000 004 002691
Pittsburgh 100 000 000161
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (9-8) 9.0 6 1 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison  L (8-7) 5.2 5 4 3 2 3
  Romo   2.1 2 0 0 1 1
  Jackson   1.0 2 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
6
5
3
6

  E–Ivie (3), Madlock (11).  DP–San Francisco 3, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–San Francisco Ivie (11,off Kison); North (15,off Kison); LeMaster (9,off Jackson), Pittsburgh Kison (2,off Knepper).  HR–San Francisco Clark (25,6th inning off Kison 2 on, 1 out); Littlejohn (1,9th inning off Jackson 1 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Parker (22,1st inning off Knepper 0 on, 2 out).  CS–North (20,2nd base by Kison/Nicosia).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:17.  A–20,999.
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