San Diego Padres vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1979 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 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 Diego Padres 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 4 0 4 1
Flannery 2b 3 0 1 0
  Briggs ph 1 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
Dade 3b 4 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 1 1 1
Turner lf 4 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 2 0 0 0
Fahey c 4 0 2 0
Smith ss 4 1 0 0
Rasmussen p 2 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Perkins ph 1 0 0 0
  Perlozzo 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 4 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 2 3 1
Garvey 1b 4 0 3 1
Cey 3b 4 0 2 1
Baker lf 4 1 1 0
Guerrero rf 4 1 1 0
  Thomasson rf 0 0 0 0
Thomas cf 3 0 0 0
Oates c 3 1 1 1
Hough p 3 0 0 0
  Castillo p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 4
San Diego 000 000 110281
Los Angeles 002 011 01x5111
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  L (4-9) 4.2 7 3 3 1 1
  Lee   2.1 3 1 1 0 2
  D'Acquisto   1.0 1 1 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
11
5
4
2
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  W (5-5) 7.1 7 2 1 1 3
  Castillo  SV (6) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
2
5

  E–Perlozzo (1), Russell (27).  DP–San Diego 1, Los Angeles 2.  PB–Oates (4).  3B–Los Angeles Russell (4,off Rasmussen).  HR–San Diego Winfield (30,7th inning off Hough 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Tenace (6,2nd base by Hough/Oates).  SB–Russell (6,2nd base off Rasmussen/Fahey).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Dave Pallone, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:50.  A–20,600.
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