Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves
May 31, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1978 at Fulton County Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 10, Atlanta Braves 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 1 2 2
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 5 1 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 1 1 0
  Auerbach ss 0 0 0 0
Foster lf 5 2 2 3
Driessen 1b 3 2 1 0
Lum cf 4 2 3 2
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 4 0 2 1
Werner c 3 1 0 1
Seaver p 3 0 2 1
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 13 10
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 4 1 2 1
Asselstine cf 3 0 0 1
  Gilbreath 3b 1 0 0 0
Pocoroba c 4 1 2 2
Burroughs lf 3 0 1 0
Matthews rf 4 0 1 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0
Bonnell 3b,cf 4 0 1 0
Chaney ss 4 1 2 0
Ruthven p 0 0 0 0
  Skok p 1 1 1 0
  Beall ph 1 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Solomon p 0 0 0 0
  Office ph 1 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Nolan ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Cincinnati 005 031 00110132
Atlanta 004 000 0004101
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (5-4) 8.0 9 4 3 2 8
  Sarmiento   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
3
2
8
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven  L (2-5) 2.1 4 5 4 1 2
  Skok   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Devine   0.2 3 3 3 2 0
  Solomon   1.1 2 1 1 2 1
  Campbell   3.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
13
10
9
5
6

  E–Concepcion (6), Driessen (1), Ruthven (5).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Lum (2,off Ruthven); Foster (8,off Devine), Atlanta Skok (1,off Seaver); Bonnell (5,off Seaver).  HR–Cincinnati Rose (4,3rd inning off Ruthven 1 on, 1 out); Foster (9,3rd inning off Ruthven 2 on, 1 out); Lum (3,9th inning off Campbell 0 on, 1 out), Atlanta Pocoroba (1,3rd inning off Seaver 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Seaver (2,off Ruthven).  SF–Werner (2,off Devine); Asselstine (5,off Seaver).  IBB–Kennedy (2,by Devine).  SB–Royster (13,2nd base off Seaver/Werner).  IBB–Devine (5,Kennedy).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Joe West, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:54.  A–10,933.
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