Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres
April 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 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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Atlanta Braves 4, San Diego Padres 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 4 0 1 0
Bonnell cf,rf 5 1 1 1
Burroughs lf 5 1 4 3
Gaston rf 4 0 1 0
  Office pr,cf 2 0 1 0
Murphy 1b 5 0 0 0
  Solomon p 1 0 0 0
Pocoroba c 5 0 0 0
Gilbreath 3b 4 0 0 0
Rockett ss 3 0 0 0
  Chaney ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Ruthven p 2 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 1 1 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Beall 1b 1 1 1 0
Totals 45 4 10 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards 1b 5 1 0 0
Thomas 2b,lf,2b 6 0 1 1
Gamble lf 3 0 0 0
  Baker 2b 2 0 0 0
  Wehrmeister p 0 0 0 0
Winfield rf 6 0 1 0
Hendrick cf 4 1 1 0
Sweet c 5 1 3 0
Almon 3b 6 1 2 0
Smith ss 6 1 2 1
Shirley p 2 0 0 0
  Lee p 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 1 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph,lf 1 0 1 0
Totals 47 5 11 2
Atlanta 000 000 030 0014104
San Diego 000 021 000 0025110
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven   7.0 6 3 2 3 5
  Camp   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Devine   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Mahler   1.2 0 0 0 2 4
  Solomon  L (0-1) 2.0 3 2 0 2 2
Totals
11.2
11
5
2
7
11
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley   7.2 6 3 3 2 6
  Lee   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Spillner   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Wehrmeister  W (1-0) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
12.0
10
4
4
4
7

  E–Gaston (1), Murphy (2), Chaney 2 (2).  DP–Atlanta 1.  PB–Sweet (2).  2B–Atlanta Burroughs (3,off Shirley); Bonnell (2,off Shirley), San Diego Smith (1,off Ruthven); Turner (2,off Solomon).  HR–Atlanta Burroughs (1,8th inning off Shirley 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Royster (3,off Wehrmeister); Shirley (1,off Ruthven).  IBB–Richards (2,by Solomon); Turner (1,by Solomon).  SB–Royster (7,2nd base off Shirley/Sweet); Richards 2 (4,2nd base off Ruthven/Pocoroba 2); Smith (1,2nd base off Ruthven/Pocoroba).  WP–Solomon (3).  BK–Lee (1).  IBB–Solomon 2 (3,Richards,Turner).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–3:20.  A–19,502.
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