San Diego Padres vs Atlanta Braves
July 7, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 1978 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 3, Atlanta Braves 11

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 3 2 1 0
  Sweet c 0 0 0 0
Smith ss 3 1 1 1
  Turner cf 1 0 1 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0
  Kinney p 1 0 0 0
Winfield cf 2 0 1 1
  Baker ss 1 0 0 0
Gamble rf 3 0 1 0
  Reynolds pr,rf 1 0 1 1
Ashford 3b,2b 2 0 0 0
Tenace 1b 2 0 0 0
  Perkins ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Roberts c,lf 4 0 0 0
Perry p 2 0 0 0
  Wiley p 0 0 0 0
  Almon 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 3 1 1 1
  Gilbreath 2b 0 0 0 0
Office cf 5 2 3 4
Matthews rf 4 0 3 1
  Gaston pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 5 1 1 0
  Bonnell rf 0 0 0 0
Nolan c 3 1 1 0
Horner 3b 5 2 3 3
Murphy 1b 5 1 1 0
Chaney ss 5 1 2 1
Mahler p 3 2 1 1
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 16 11
San Diego 000 200 010371
Atlanta 004 052 00x11160
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (9-4) 4.1 9 7 7 5 5
  Wiley   0.2 6 4 4 0 0
  Kinney   3.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
16
11
11
6
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler  W (3-4) 7.0 4 2 2 3 6
  Campbell   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
6

  E–Ashford (4).  DP–San Diego 1, Atlanta 2.  2B–San Diego Richards (12,off Mahler); Smith (9,off Mahler); Winfield (12,off Mahler), Atlanta Matthews (8,off Perry); Burroughs (17,off Perry); Chaney (6,off Perry).  HR–Atlanta Office (8,3rd inning off Perry 2 on, 1 out); Horner (3,6th inning off Wiley 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Nolan (2,by Perry).  CS–Matthews (2,3rd base by Perry/Roberts).  IBB–Perry (6,Nolan).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:51.  A–9,605.
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