Cincinnati Reds vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 21, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1980 at Dodger 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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Cincinnati Reds 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins cf 3 0 0 0
  Mejias cf 1 0 1 0
  Bench ph,c 0 1 0 0
Griffey rf,cf 6 1 3 3
Concepcion ss 6 1 2 1
Foster lf 5 1 1 1
Driessen 1b 5 0 2 1
Knight 3b 4 0 2 0
  Milner pr 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy 2b 2 0 1 0
Nolan c 4 0 2 1
  Householder pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Oester 2b,3b 4 2 2 0
Soto p 3 0 0 0
  Hume p 1 1 0 0
Totals 45 7 16 7
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Lopes 2b 6 0 0 0
Johnstone rf 5 1 2 0
Garvey 1b 2 0 2 0
  Perconte pr 0 1 0 0
  Scioscia c 1 0 1 0
Baker lf 2 0 0 1
Cey 3b 3 0 0 0
Thomasson cf,1b 4 0 1 0
Yeager c 3 0 0 0
  Law ph 1 0 0 0
  Frias ss 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
Thomas ss,cf 5 0 0 0
Goltz p 2 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
  Monday ph 1 0 0 0
  Valenzuela p 0 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0
  Howe p 0 0 0 0
  Beckwith p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrero ph 1 0 1 0
  Weiss pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 2 7 1
Cincinnati 001 100 000 057162
Los Angeles 001 000 001 00271
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto   8.0 4 2 1 2 10
  Hume  W (8-10) 3.0 3 0 0 3 3
Totals
11.0
7
2
1
5
13
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz   7.1 9 2 2 4 3
  Castillo   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Valenzuela   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Howe  L (6-8) 1.1 4 5 5 0 1
  Beckwith   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
16
7
7
4
4

  E–Griffey (6), Soto (3), Lopes (11).  DP–Los Angeles 2.  2B–Cincinnati Knight (36,off Goltz); Mejias (5,off Valenzuela), Los Angeles Garvey (22,off Soto).  SH–Soto (8,off Goltz); Baker (1,off Soto).  SF–Nolan (6,off Goltz); Baker (12,off Soto).  HBP–Bench (1,by Howe); Garvey (3,by Soto).  IBB–Oester (5,by Goltz); Cey (5,by Hume); Thomasson (2,by Hume).  SB–Collins (73,2nd base off Goltz/Yeager).  CS–Garvey (11,2nd base by Soto/Nolan).  HBP–Soto (2,Garvey); Howe (2,Bench).  IBB–Hume 2 (13,Cey,Thomasson); Goltz (2,Oester).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:43.  A–43,716.
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