Cincinnati Reds vs Montreal Expos
August 31, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1979 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 7, Montreal Expos 8

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 1 2 0
  Blair cf 1 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 2 2
Concepcion ss 5 1 0 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 2
Bench c 6 0 1 0
Knight 3b 5 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 5 0 1 1
Cruz cf,rf 4 2 1 0
Norman p 2 0 1 0
  Auerbach ph 0 1 0 0
  Soto p 1 1 1 1
  Hume p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 7 10 6
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cromartie lf 5 2 2 1
Cash 2b 4 3 3 1
Dawson cf 5 2 2 4
Perez 1b 4 0 0 0
Carter c 4 0 2 1
Valentine rf 5 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 5 1 3 0
Speier ss 2 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Mason ss 1 0 0 0
Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 1 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  May p 0 0 0 0
  Staub ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Tamargo ph 1 0 1 0
  Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 41 8 14 8
Cincinnati 110 012 200 07100
Montreal 100 030 102 18143
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   5.0 6 4 4 1 4
  Soto   1.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Hume  L (9-7) 3.1 6 3 3 0 1
Totals
9.1
14
8
8
3
6
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Schatzeder   1.2 2 2 0 3 2
  Bahnsen   3.1 3 1 1 1 4
  May   1.0 1 2 0 1 0
  Sosa   2.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Fryman  W (3-5) 2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
10.0
10
7
3
7
9

  E–Parrish (19), Speier (16), Schatzeder (2).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  PB–Bench (3).  2B–Cincinnati Foster (14,off May); Cruz (7,off Sosa), Montreal Cash 2 (5,off Norman,off Hume); Parrish (29,off Hume).  3B–Montreal Cash (1,off Norman); Dawson (10,off Hume).  HR–Montreal Dawson (19,5th inning off Norman 1 on, 1 out); Cromartie (8,7th inning off Soto 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Morgan (5,off Schatzeder); Carter (6,off Hume).  SB–Morgan (23,2nd base off Fryman/Carter); Parrish (5,2nd base off Soto/Bench).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:32.  A–34,820.
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