Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 9, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 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."

"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 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
Perez 2b,ss 5 0 0 0
Wynn lf 2 0 0 0
Henderson rf 4 0 2 0
Lacy cf 4 0 2 0
Williams 1b 4 0 0 0
Correll c 3 0 0 0
Chaney ss 2 0 0 0
  Gilbreath ph,2b 1 1 1 0
Ruthven p 2 0 0 0
  Gaston ph 1 1 1 2
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Moret p 0 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b 4 0 1 2
Hebner 3b 2 1 1 0
Oliver cf 4 0 2 1
Stargell 1b 4 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 1 1 0
Zisk lf 4 1 3 1
Sanguillen c 4 1 2 0
Mendoza ss 4 1 1 1
Reuss p 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 5
Atlanta 000 000 200260
Pittsburgh 000 400 10x5111
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  L (3-4) 6.0 8 4 4 2 7
  Dal Canton   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Moret   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
2
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  W (4-2) 9.0 6 2 2 5 3
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
5
3

  E–Mendoza (1).  DP–Atlanta 2, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Zisk (10,off Ruthven); Stennett (5,off Ruthven); Hebner (3,off Dal Canton).  3B–Pittsburgh Oliver (1,off Ruthven).  HR–Atlanta Gaston (1,7th inning off Reuss 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Reuss (1,off Ruthven).  WP–Dal Canton (3), Reuss (3).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:17.  A–9,275.
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