Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
September 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Cincinnati Reds 4

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 1 0
Russell ss 4 1 1 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 0 2 1
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Ferguson rf 4 0 1 0
Thomas cf 1 0 0 0
Yeager c 3 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
Reuss p 1 0 1 0
  Thomasson ph 1 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Joshua ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 0 0 0
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 0
  Mejias cf 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 2 2
Foster lf 4 0 2 1
Bench c 3 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 1 1 0
  Auerbach 3b 1 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 2 1 0 0
Cruz cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Bonham p 2 1 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 3
Los Angeles 000 000 010162
Cincinnati 000 040 00x451
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  L (5-13) 6.0 4 4 0 3 5
  Patterson   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
5
4
0
3
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  W (8-5) 7.1 6 1 1 5 2
  Hume  SV (14) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
6
2

  E–Lopes (13), Cey (8), Concepcion (22).  DP–Cincinnati 3.  2B–Los Angeles Cey (18,off Bonham).  SH–Bonham (5,off Reuss).  SB–Concepcion (19,2nd base off Reuss/Yeager).  CS–Foster (2,2nd base by Patterson/Yeager).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:21.  A–40,345.
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