San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
September 6, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 6, 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 3, Cincinnati Reds 12

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Venable rf 3 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 3 2 2 2
Ivie 1b 4 0 0 0
Evans 3b 2 1 0 0
Herndon cf 4 0 2 0
Johnston lf 4 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 1 0
Littlejohn c 3 0 0 1
Knepper p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Plank p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Metzger ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 2 1 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 3 3 4
Foster lf 4 2 2 2
Bench c 2 1 2 3
  Correll c 2 0 1 0
Knight 3b 1 1 1 0
  Auerbach 3b 3 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 2 3
Cruz cf 4 1 1 0
Seaver p 4 0 0 0
  Kennedy 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 12 13 12
San Francisco 001 110 000350
Cincinnati 632 000 01x12130
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (9-11) 0.1 5 6 6 1 0
  Griffin   2.0 5 5 5 1 3
  Plank   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Holland   3.0 0 0 0 3 1
  Borbon   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
13
12
12
7
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (14-6) 8.0 5 3 3 3 6
  Sarmiento   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
7

  E–None.  PB–Littlejohn 2 (5); Correll (3).  2B–Cincinnati Foster (17,off Knepper); Knight (31,off Knepper); Concepcion (22,off Plank); Correll (12,off Borbon).  HR–San Francisco Andrews 2 (2,3rd inning off Seaver 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Bench (19,1st inning off Knepper 2 on, 1 out); Driessen (16,1st inning off Knepper 1 on, 1 out); Concepcion (14,2nd inning off Griffin 1 on, 1 out); Foster (26,2nd inning off Griffin 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Andrews (3,off Seaver).  SF–Littlejohn (3,off Seaver).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:47.  A–20,935.
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