San Diego Padres vs Atlanta Braves
April 18, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1977 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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San Diego Padres 12, Atlanta Braves 6

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards 1b,cf 4 1 0 0
Almon ss 5 1 1 0
Turner lf 5 1 1 2
Winfield rf 5 2 2 0
Hendrick cf 3 2 1 1
  Valentine ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Tenace c 4 3 3 5
Rader 3b 4 1 2 4
Champion 2b 5 0 2 0
Sawyer p 2 1 2 0
  Metzger p 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 12 14 12
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Office cf 4 0 2 0
Royster 3b 5 0 1 0
Montanez 1b 5 1 1 1
Burroughs rf 4 2 2 1
Matthews lf 4 1 2 0
Pocoroba c 3 1 2 1
Gilbreath 2b 4 1 1 2
Rockett ss 3 0 1 0
LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
  Capra p 0 0 0 0
  Moore ph 1 0 1 1
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 13 6
San Diego 010 360 10112140
Atlanta 100 004 0016131
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Sawyer  W (1-1) 5.2 10 5 5 3 3
  Metzger   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Fingers   2.1 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
5
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
LaCorte  L (1-1) 4.0 7 8 8 2 5
  Johnson   1.0 2 2 2 2 1
  Capra   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Marshall   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Easterly   1.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
12
12
4
12

  E–Easterly (1).  DP–San Diego 3.  2B–San Diego Champion (3,off Easterly), Atlanta Pocoroba (1,off Sawyer); Gilbreath (2,off Sawyer).  HR–San Diego Tenace 2 (3,2nd inning off LaCorte 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off Johnson 3 on, 1 out); Rader (3,4th inning off LaCorte 2 on, 2 out); Hendrick (1,7th inning off Marshall 0 on, 0 out), Atlanta Montanez (2,1st inning off Sawyer 0 on, 2 out); Burroughs (4,9th inning off Fingers 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Sawyer (2,off LaCorte); LaCorte (2,off Sawyer).  CS–Royster (2,2nd base by Sawyer/Tenace).  U-HP–Art Williams, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:45.  A–3,933.
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