Philadelphia Phillies vs Cincinnati Reds
May 9, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1980 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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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Philadelphia Phillies 2, Cincinnati Reds 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 4 1 1 0
McBride rf 4 0 1 1
Schmidt 3b 3 0 0 0
Luzinski lf 4 0 0 0
Boone c 4 0 1 1
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
Bowa ss 4 0 1 0
Aviles 2b 4 0 0 0
Lerch p 1 0 1 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 1 1 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Trillo ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 1 1 0
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 3 1 1 1
  Cruz rf,lf 2 0 2 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Bench c 4 1 1 1
Knight 3b 2 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 2 1 0 0
Driessen 1b 3 1 1 0
Mejias cf,rf 4 0 1 3
Leibrandt p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
Philadelphia 100 000 100271
Cincinnati 110 030 00x590
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lerch  L (0-4) 4.1 7 5 5 6 3
  LaGrow   1.2 1 0 0 2 1
  Reed   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
8
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  W (3-2) 9.0 7 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
1

  E–Aviles (2).  DP–Philadelphia 1.  2B–Philadelphia Boone (5,off Leibrandt); Smith (1,off Leibrandt), Cincinnati Collins (3,off Lerch).  3B–Cincinnati Leibrandt (1,off Lerch); Mejias (1,off Lerch); Cruz (1,off Reed).  SH–Lerch (1,off Leibrandt).  SF–Bench (1,off Lerch).  IBB–Kennedy (2,by Lerch); Knight (2,by LaGrow).  SB–Bench (2,2nd base off Lerch/Boone).  BK–LaGrow (1), Leibrandt (1).  IBB–Lerch (4,Kennedy); LaGrow (1,Knight).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Lanny Harris, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:29.  A–32,583.
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