Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 12, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1977 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster ss 5 0 0 0
Chaney 2b 3 0 1 0
  Gilbreath 2b 2 0 0 0
Moore 3b 5 1 1 0
Burroughs rf 4 2 1 0
Pocoroba c 3 1 0 0
Paciorek 1b 3 1 1 1
Asselstine lf 3 1 2 1
Bonnell cf 2 0 1 0
Leon p 2 0 1 3
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 3 0 1 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Stargell ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Garner 3b 4 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 0 0 0
Oliver lf 4 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 4 0 0 0
Kirkpatrick 1b,3b 2 1 1 0
Dyer c 3 0 1 0
Mendoza ss 1 0 0 0
  Dilone ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Kison p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Taveras ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Atlanta 001 100 040680
Pittsburgh 000 000 010141
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Leon  W (1-1) 7.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Camp   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison  L (3-2) 6.0 5 2 2 2 1
  Forster   1.1 2 2 1 1 0
  Tekulve   0.2 1 2 0 2 0
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
3
5
3

  E–Parker (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Atlanta Asselstine (1,off Kison), Pittsburgh Kirkpatrick (1,off Leon).  3B–Atlanta Chaney (1,off Kison).  SH–Leon (1,off Forster).  SF–Leon (1,off Kison); Paciorek (1,off Tekulve).  IBB–Bonnell (1,by Kison); Pocoroba (1,by Tekulve); Asselstine (1,by Tekulve).  SB–Moreno (13,2nd base off Leon/Pocoroba).  BK–Kison (1).  IBB–Kison (2,Bonnell); Tekulve 2 (2,Pocoroba,Asselstine).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:23.  A–10,161.
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