Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
April 17, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1978 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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 1, San Francisco Giants 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 4 1 1 0
Bonnell cf 3 0 0 0
  Office ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Gaston rf 3 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 3 0 1 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0
Pocoroba c 3 0 2 0
Gilbreath 3b 3 0 1 0
Rockett ss 3 0 0 0
Boggs p 2 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Beall ph 1 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 0
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Herndon cf 4 1 2 0
Evans 3b 3 2 1 0
Madlock 2b 3 1 1 1
McCovey 1b 3 0 1 2
  James pr,1b 1 0 1 2
Clark rf 3 0 0 0
Whitfield lf 4 0 2 0
Hill c 3 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 2 0 0 0
Blue p 1 1 0 0
  Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 9 5
Atlanta 100 000 000160
San Francisco 000 030 20x590
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Boggs  L (0-2) 4.2 5 3 3 4 2
  Camp   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Easterly   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Campbell   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
6
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (1-1) 7.0 5 1 1 2 4
  Moffitt   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
7

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–San Francisco Herndon (3,off Boggs); James (1,off Easterly).  3B–San Francisco McCovey (1,off Boggs).  SH–LeMaster (1,off Campbell).  SF–Madlock (1,off Boggs).  IBB–Evans (1,by Boggs); Clark (1,by Easterly).  SB–Royster (3,2nd base off Blue/Hill).  CS–Burroughs (1,2nd base by Blue/Hill); Gilbreath (1,2nd base by Blue/Hill); Hill (2,2nd base by Camp/Pocoroba).  WP–Easterly (1), Blue (1).  BK–Boggs (1).  IBB–Boggs (1,Evans); Easterly (1,Clark).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:17.  A–5,882.
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