Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
September 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Cincinnati Reds 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 1 1 1
Thomas cf 3 0 1 1
Garvey 1b 5 1 1 0
Cey 3b 4 2 2 1
Baker lf 3 1 1 0
Ferguson c 4 0 1 1
  Martinez pr 0 0 0 0
  Yeager c 1 0 1 0
Thomasson rf 3 0 0 1
Russell ss 3 1 2 0
Hough p 3 0 1 0
  Brett p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 0 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph 1 0 0 0
  Hannahs p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 0 2 0
  Mejias pr 0 1 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 3 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 5 1 2 1
Bench c 3 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 2 2 1
Spilman 3b 2 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph,3b 2 1 1 2
Geronimo cf 4 0 0 0
LaCoss p 1 0 0 0
  Santo Domingo ph 0 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Blair ph,rf 1 0 0 1
Totals 36 5 10 5
Los Angeles 002 210 0016110
Cincinnati 010 001 1205101
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough   5.0 5 2 2 3 3
  Brett   1.2 3 1 1 0 1
  LaGrow   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Castillo  W (2-0) 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Hannahs  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss   5.0 5 5 4 5 2
  Sarmiento   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Bair   1.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Hume  L (9-8) 1.0 4 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
5
7
5

  E–Collins (3).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  PB–Ferguson (7).  2B–Los Angeles Russell (23,off LaCoss); Baker (28,off LaCoss), Cincinnati Foster (18,off Brett).  3B–Cincinnati Auerbach (1,off Castillo).  HR–Los Angeles Cey (25,5th inning off LaCoss 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Driessen (17,2nd inning off Hough 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Russell (12,off Bair).  SF–Thomas (3,off LaCoss); Thomasson (1,off Hume); Blair (2,off Castillo).  HBP–Thomas (5,by LaCoss).  IBB–Russell (2,by LaCoss); Joshua (1,by Bair).  SB–Baker (9,2nd base off LaCoss/Bench); Collins (14,2nd base off Hough/Ferguson).  WP–LaCoss (2).  HBP–LaCoss (1,Thomas).  IBB–LaCoss (6,Russell); Bair (11,Joshua).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–3:01.  A–33,937.
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