Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 7, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 7, 1976 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 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Office cf 3 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Perez 3b,ss 4 0 1 0
Wynn lf 3 0 0 0
Henderson rf 4 1 1 0
Williams 1b 4 0 1 0
Lacy 2b 3 0 1 0
Correll c 3 0 1 1
Chaney ss 2 0 0 0
  Gaston ph 1 0 0 0
  Royster 3b 0 0 0 0
Messersmith p 2 0 0 0
  Gilbreath ph 1 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 4 0 2 0
Hebner 3b 2 0 0 0
Oliver cf 4 1 2 0
Stargell 1b 4 1 1 0
Parker rf 4 1 2 1
Zisk lf 4 0 1 1
Sanguillen c 3 0 0 0
Mendoza ss 3 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 0 0 0 0
  Taveras ss 0 0 0 0
Candelaria p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 2
Atlanta 010 000 000152
Pittsburgh 300 000 00x380
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Messersmith  L (0-3) 7.0 7 3 3 2 6
  Dal Canton   1.0 1 0 0 2 3
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
4
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  W (3-1) 9.0 5 1 1 1 10
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
10

  E–Messersmith 2 (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Atlanta Correll (3,off Candelaria).  3B–Pittsburgh Parker (3,off Messersmith).  IBB–Sanguillen (2,by Dal Canton); Kirkpatrick (1,by Dal Canton).  SB–Stennett (1,2nd base off Messersmith/Correll); Parker (2,2nd base off Dal Canton/Correll).  WP–Dal Canton (2).  IBB–Dal Canton 2 (3,Sanguillen,Kirkpatrick).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:10.  A–6,049.
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