San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
April 16, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1980 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 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 2 0 0 0
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 0
Whitfield lf 3 1 1 0
Stennett 2b 4 1 1 1
May c 4 0 1 2
LeMaster ss 4 0 1 0
Montefusco p 2 0 0 0
  Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Herndon ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 5 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins cf 4 1 1 0
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 2 1 1
Foster lf 2 1 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 2 4
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy 2b 3 0 1 0
Werner c 3 0 0 0
LaCoss p 3 0 1 0
Totals 30 5 8 5
San Francisco 000 300 000351
Cincinnati 201 020 00x581
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco  L (0-2) 6.0 6 5 5 4 8
  Holland   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
5
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  W (2-0) 9.0 5 3 3 3 2
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
2

  E–May (1), Knight (1).  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–San Francisco LeMaster (3,off LaCoss); McCovey (2,off LaCoss); May (2,off LaCoss), Cincinnati LaCoss (1,off Montefusco).  HR–Cincinnati Concepcion (2,3rd inning off Montefusco 0 on, 0 out); Driessen (1,5th inning off Montefusco 1 on, 2 out).  SB–North 2 (3,2nd base off LaCoss/Werner 2); Werner (1,2nd base off Montefusco/May).  BK–Montefusco (1).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:22.  A–15,603.
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