San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
April 26, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1978 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 1, Atlanta Braves 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 4 1 1 1
Whitfield lf 4 0 2 0
Evans 3b 4 0 1 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 1 0
Harris cf 3 0 0 0
Andrews ss 4 0 1 0
Sadek c 4 0 3 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 0
  Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Ivie ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 9 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 5 2 2 0
Bonnell cf,lf 4 0 1 1
Burroughs lf 3 1 2 0
  Office cf 1 0 1 0
Gaston rf 3 1 1 0
  Asselstine ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Murphy 1b 4 1 2 3
Pocoroba c 3 0 0 0
Gilbreath 3b 4 1 2 1
Rockett ss 3 0 0 0
Hanna p 3 0 0 0
  Solomon p 1 0 1 1
Totals 34 6 12 6
San Francisco 000 001 000190
Atlanta 000 300 12x6120
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (2-1) 4.0 5 3 3 3 2
  Minton   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Williams   2.0 6 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
5
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Hanna  W (2-0) 6.1 7 1 1 0 7
  Solomon  SV (1) 2.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
0
7

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco Clark (4,off Hanna); Evans (4,off Hanna), Atlanta Royster (1,off Knepper); Gilbreath (1,off Williams); Bonnell (3,off Williams).  3B–Atlanta Murphy (1,off Knepper); Gilbreath (1,off Knepper).  HR–San Francisco Madlock (1,6th inning off Hanna 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Harris (1,off Hanna).  IBB–Rockett (1,by Knepper); Asselstine (1,by Williams).  SB–Royster (8,2nd base off Williams/Sadek).  IBB–Knepper (1,Rockett); Williams (1,Asselstine).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:19.  A–3,284.
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