Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 31, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1975 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 11

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 5 0 0 0
Perez 2b 3 0 2 2
May cf 4 0 1 0
Williams 1b 3 0 0 1
Baker rf 4 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
Pocoroba c 4 2 3 0
Robinson ss 4 1 1 0
Harrison p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson p 0 0 0 0
  Beall ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Gilbreath ph 0 1 0 0
  Beard p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 1 0
  Sadecki p 0 0 0 0
  Office ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 1 2 1
Stennett 2b 5 1 3 1
Stargell 1b 4 1 0 0
Parker rf 4 3 3 2
Oliver cf 5 1 2 1
Sanguillen c 4 1 2 2
Robinson lf 5 1 2 2
Howe 3b 3 2 2 2
Kison p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 16 11
Atlanta 000 031 000481
Pittsburgh 421 200 20x11161
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Harrison  L (3-4) 1.2 7 6 5 2 1
  Thompson   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Sosa   2.0 6 3 3 0 2
  Beard   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Sadecki   3.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
11
10
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison  W (5-1) 9.0 8 4 4 3 7
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
7

  E–Pocoroba (2), Taveras (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Taveras (1,off Harrison); Howe 2 (3,off Sosa,off Sadecki); Robinson (7,off Sadecki).  3B–Pittsburgh Stennett (3,off Harrison); Parker (4,off Harrison).  SF–Williams (2,off Kison).  SH–Kison 2 (3,off Sosa,off Sadecki).  HBP–Parker (1,by Sadecki).  IBB–Howe (1,by Harrison).  SB–Taveras (7,3rd base off Harrison/Pocoroba); Sanguillen (4,2nd base off Sosa/Pocoroba).  WP–Kison (3).  HBP–Sadecki (1,Parker).  IBB–Harrison (1,Howe).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:17.  A–13,423.
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