San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds
September 25, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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 8, Cincinnati Reds 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 5 2 2 1
Smith ss 5 2 2 1
Tenace 1b 3 2 1 1
Winfield rf 3 1 3 2
Bevacqua 3b 4 0 1 2
Johnstone lf 4 0 0 1
Fahey c 3 1 1 0
Almon 2b 4 0 0 0
Shirley p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 10 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Blair ph 1 0 0 0
  Soto p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 1 0 0 0
  Correll c 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 1 1 1
Foster lf 4 1 2 1
Bench c 4 0 0 0
  Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 0 2 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0
Cruz cf 4 0 0 0
Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph,2b 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
San Diego 300 000 5008100
Cincinnati 000 000 020270
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  W (8-16) 9.0 7 2 2 4 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  L (11-12) 3.0 5 3 3 2 0
  Sarmiento   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Soto   1.2 3 4 4 2 1
  Bair   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Tomlin   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Leibrandt   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
4
5

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–San Diego Smith (18,off Norman); Bevacqua (11,off Bair).  HR–Cincinnati Concepcion (16,8th inning off Shirley 0 on, 1 out); Foster (29,8th inning off Shirley 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Morgan (1,by Shirley).  SB–Richards (22,2nd base off Norman/Bench); Fahey (1,2nd base off Soto/Bench); Smith (28,2nd base off Soto/Bench).  CS–Winfield (8,2nd base by Norman/Bench).  HBP–Shirley (6,Morgan).  T–2:55.  A–20,336.
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