Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
September 5, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1983 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 2, San Francisco Giants 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 4 1 1 0
Redus lf 4 0 0 0
Walker rf 4 0 1 1
Driessen 1b 4 1 2 0
Oester 2b 2 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
Esasky 3b 3 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 2 0 0 0
Christmas c 1 0 0 1
  Bench ph 1 0 0 0
Russell p 3 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
LeMaster ss 4 0 0 0
O'Malley 3b 2 1 0 0
Gladden cf 2 0 0 0
Evans 1b 2 0 0 1
Leonard lf 3 0 0 0
Davis rf 3 0 0 0
Youngblood 2b 1 1 1 0
  Wellman 2b 0 0 0 0
Rabb c 1 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 1 1 2
  Brenly c 0 0 0 0
Breining p 2 0 0 0
  Venable ph 1 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 22 3 2 3
Cincinnati 100 100 000250
San Francisco 000 100 02x321
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Russell  L (2-2) 8.0 2 3 2 5 5
Totals
8.0
2
3
2
5
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Breining  W (9-11) 8.0 4 2 2 3 7
  Lavelle   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Minton  SV (19) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
7

  E–Leonard (7).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  PB–Christmas (1).  2B–San Francisco Youngblood (17,off Russell).  HR–San Francisco Bergman (5,8th inning off Russell 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Christmas (1,off Breining); Evans (2,off Russell).  HBP–Oester (1,by Breining).  SH–Gladden (1,off Russell).  SB–Driessen (6,2nd base off Breining/Rabb); Esasky (6,2nd base off Breining/Rabb); Oester (2,2nd base off Breining/Rabb).  HBP–Breining (5,Oester).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:19.  A–12,446.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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