Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
August 24, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1979 at Candlestick Park. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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Chicago Cubs 4, San Francisco Giants 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 0 2 0
Vail rf 3 1 1 0
  Thompson rf 1 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 3 1 0 0
Kingman lf 4 1 1 1
Ontiveros 3b 4 1 1 0
Martin cf 4 0 1 0
Foote c 2 0 0 1
Dillard 2b 3 0 0 1
Reuschel p 4 0 1 0
Totals 33 4 7 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 3 0 1 0
Strain 2b 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 2 0
  Moffitt pr 0 0 0 0
Ivie lf 3 0 1 0
Evans 3b 4 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 4 1 2 0
Littlejohn c 2 0 0 0
Blue p 2 0 1 1
  Halicki p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 8 1
Chicago 010 003 000473
San Francisco 000 010 000181
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (15-7) 9.0 8 1 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
8
1
0
1
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (10-11) 5.2 7 4 4 4 5
  Halicki   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Borbon   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
8

  E–DeJesus (26), Foote (16), Reuschel (3), Evans (26).  DP–Chicago 4.  2B–Chicago DeJesus (20,off Blue).  HR–Chicago Kingman (41,2nd inning off Blue 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Littlejohn (4,off Reuschel); Herndon (3,off Reuschel).  CS–Foote (1,2nd base by Blue/Littlejohn); DeJesus (16,2nd base by Blue/Littlejohn); Clark (7,2nd base by Reuschel/Foote).  WP–Halicki (2).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:17.  A–9,352.
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