Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 18, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 18, 1972 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Atlanta Braves 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Baker cf 4 0 2 0
Garr lf 4 1 1 1
  Brown lf 1 0 0 0
Aaron 1b 4 0 0 0
Williams c 5 1 1 2
Lum rf 5 0 1 1
Evans 3b 4 0 1 0
Perez ss 4 0 1 0
Garrido 2b 2 1 2 0
Reed p 4 1 1 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Davalillo lf 4 1 1 0
Clines rf 4 1 3 0
Oliver cf 3 0 1 2
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0
Sanguillen c 4 0 1 0
Stennett 2b 4 0 1 0
Pagan 3b 4 0 2 0
Alley ss 3 0 0 0
  Hebner ph 1 0 0 0
Blass p 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Mazeroski ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 10 2
Atlanta 000 030 1004101
Pittsburgh 000 100 0102101
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (8-10) 9.0 10 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
0
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  L (10-4) 5.1 7 3 2 4 3
  Johnson   2.2 3 1 1 1 1
  Hernandez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
5
4

  E–Lum (5), Pagan (6).  DP–Atlanta 3, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Atlanta Baker (12,off Blass); Garr (8,off Blass), Pittsburgh Clines (9,off Reed); Pagan (9,off Reed); Stennett (8,off Reed).  HR–Atlanta Williams (14,7th inning off Johnson 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Aaron (9,by Blass); Evans (2,by Blass).  SH–Blass (5,off Reed).  SF–Oliver (6,off Reed).  WP–Johnson (2).  IBB–Blass 2 (3,Aaron,Evans).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:25.  A–20,162.
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