San Diego Padres vs Atlanta Braves
July 9, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 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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San Diego Padres 2, Atlanta Braves 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 4 1 1 0
Smith ss 2 1 0 0
Perkins 1b 5 0 2 1
Winfield cf 4 0 0 0
Gamble rf 2 0 1 0
Tenace c 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 0 1 0
Almon 3b 4 0 0 0
Shirley p 2 0 1 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 4 1 2 0
Bonnell cf,lf 3 1 1 0
Matthews rf 2 1 1 1
Burroughs lf 4 1 2 3
  Office pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Horner 3b 4 0 2 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 1 1
Pocoroba c 4 0 0 0
Chaney ss 3 0 0 0
Hanna p 2 0 0 0
  Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
San Diego 100 010 000260
Atlanta 200 020 01x591
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Shirley  L (5-10) 5.0 7 4 4 2 1
  D'Acquisto   2.0 0 0 0 1 5
  Fingers   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
4
7
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Hanna  W (7-5) 5.0 5 2 1 4 1
  Niekro   3.0 1 0 0 1 5
  Garber  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
5
7

  E–Burroughs (4).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Perkins 2 (2,off Hanna 2), Atlanta Bonnell (6,off Shirley); Horner (7,off Shirley).  HR–Atlanta Burroughs (10,5th inning off Shirley 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Smith (19,off Hanna).  HBP–Gamble (4,by Hanna).  IBB–Tenace (4,by Hanna); Chaney (7,by Shirley).  SB–Richards 2 (26,2nd base off Hanna/Pocoroba 2); Smith (21,2nd base off Niekro/Pocoroba).  HBP–Hanna (2,Gamble).  IBB–Shirley (8,Chaney); Hanna (1,Tenace).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:29.  A–8,621.
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