Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres
April 21, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1978 at San Diego 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

Atlanta Braves 3, San Diego Padres 9

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 3 1 1 0
Office cf 3 0 0 0
Asselstine rf 3 0 0 1
Burroughs lf 3 0 2 0
Pocoroba c 4 0 0 0
Murphy 1b 4 2 2 0
Chaney ss,3b 4 0 2 1
Gilbreath 3b 2 0 0 0
  Nolan ph 1 0 0 0
  Rockett ss 1 0 0 0
Easterly p 2 0 1 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Beall ph 1 0 0 1
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Gaston ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Almon 3b 5 2 4 2
Thomas lf 4 1 1 1
Tenace 1b 5 1 2 0
Winfield rf 4 0 2 2
Hendrick cf 5 0 2 0
Davis c 5 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 1 1 0
Baker 2b 3 2 3 0
Perry p 3 2 3 2
Totals 38 9 18 7
Atlanta 100 100 100381
San Diego 100 102 14x9183
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Easterly  L (0-1) 5.2 9 4 2 1 4
  Camp   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Devine   1.1 6 5 5 0 0
  Campbell   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
18
9
7
1
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (1-0) 9.0 8 3 2 1 5
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
1
5

  E–Pocoroba (1), Almon (2), Baker 2 (2).  DP–San Diego 1.  PB–Pocoroba (2).  2B–San Diego Perry 2 (2,off Easterly,off Devine); Almon (2,off Camp).  3B–San Diego Tenace (1,off Devine).  SH–Office (2,off Perry); Royster (1,off Perry); Thomas (2,off Easterly); Perry (1,off Easterly); Baker (1,off Devine).  SF–Asselstine (1,off Perry).  SB–Royster (5,2nd base off Perry/Davis); Almon (2,2nd base off Easterly/Pocoroba).  CS–Office (1,2nd base by Perry/Davis).  WP–Perry 2 (2).  BK–Perry (1).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:42.  A–37,113.
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