San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
September 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds 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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San Francisco Giants 5, Cincinnati Reds 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Venable rf 2 1 0 0
Andrews 2b 5 1 1 0
Evans 3b 5 1 2 1
Ivie 1b 4 1 1 2
Herndon cf 4 1 2 1
Johnston lf 4 0 1 1
LeMaster ss 4 0 0 0
Littlejohn c 3 0 0 0
Montefusco p 2 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  North ph 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 7 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 2 0 0 0
  Blair cf 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 5 1 0 0
Concepcion ss 2 2 1 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 2
Bench c 3 0 1 1
Driessen 1b 4 1 3 1
Knight 3b 4 1 2 2
Geronimo cf 2 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Norman p 2 0 0 0
  Soto p 1 0 1 0
  Cruz cf,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 9 6
San Francisco 200 020 010571
Cincinnati 011 120 10x693
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco  L (3-7) 5.0 6 5 5 6 2
  Borbon   1.1 2 1 1 2 2
  Griffin   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
9
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  W (11-10) 5.0 5 4 4 2 1
  Soto   2.0 2 1 1 2 4
  Hume  SV (13) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
4
5

  E–Venable (1), Collins (2), Knight (12), Norman (2).  DP–San Francisco 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–San Francisco Andrews (3,off Norman); Herndon (12,off Norman); Johnston (2,off Soto), Cincinnati Driessen 2 (21,off Montefusco,off Borbon).  HR–San Francisco Ivie (23,5th inning off Norman 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Knight (9,4th inning off Montefusco 0 on, 0 out); Foster (25,5th inning off Montefusco 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Collins (3,off Lavelle).  CS–Venable (2,3rd base by Soto/Bench).  SB–Concepcion (18,2nd base off Borbon/Littlejohn).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:52.  A–20,867.
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