San Diego Padres vs Atlanta Braves
August 2, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1976 at Fulton County Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 7, Atlanta Braves 0

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Grubb rf 5 2 3 4
Hernandez ss 5 1 1 0
Winfield cf 3 1 2 0
Turner lf 4 1 1 0
Ivie 1b 5 0 2 1
Fuentes 2b 4 1 2 0
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 0 0 1
Sawyer p 4 1 2 0
Totals 38 7 13 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Chaney ss 3 0 1 0
Gilbreath 2b 3 0 0 0
Wynn cf 4 0 0 0
  Torrealba p 0 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0
Henderson rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Gaston lf 4 0 1 0
Moore 3b 3 0 0 0
Correll c 2 0 0 0
LaCorte p 1 0 1 0
  Eden ph 1 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Leon p 0 0 0 0
  May ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
San Diego 101 102 2007131
Atlanta 000 000 000050
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Sawyer  W (1-0) 9.0 5 0 0 3 4
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
3
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
LaCorte  L (0-5) 5.0 6 3 2 3 3
  Dal Canton   1.1 5 4 4 1 1
  Leon   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Torrealba   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
6
5
5

  E–Hernandez (13).  DP–San Diego 2, Atlanta 1.  PB–Correll (5).  2B–San Diego Hernandez (10,off LaCorte).  HR–San Diego Grubb 2 (5,1st inning off LaCorte 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Dal Canton 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Fuentes (12,off Dal Canton).  IBB–Rader (2,by Dal Canton).  SB–Winfield (18,2nd base off LaCorte/Correll).  WP–LaCorte (2).  IBB–Dal Canton (7,Rader).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:09.  A–4,933.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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