Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 24, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 1978 at Veteran's Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 5, Philadelphia Phillies 1

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster ss 2 0 1 0
  Chaney pr,ss 3 0 0 0
Office cf 4 0 0 0
Matthews rf 4 1 1 0
Burroughs lf 3 1 0 0
Horner 3b 4 1 3 0
Pocoroba c 3 1 1 3
Murphy 1b 3 1 2 1
Gilbreath 2b 4 0 1 1
Solomon p 3 0 0 0
  Skok p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Bowa ss 4 0 3 0
Maddox cf 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 3 0 0 0
Hebner 1b 3 1 2 1
Boone c,lf 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez rf 3 0 1 0
  Foote ph,c 1 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 0
Lonborg p 1 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Harrelson ph 0 0 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Atlanta 000 320 000590
Philadelphia 000 001 000170
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Solomon  W (3-4) 7.1 7 1 1 4 4
  Skok  SV (2) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
5
4
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Lonborg  L (7-8) 4.1 8 5 5 3 2
  Brusstar   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Reed   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Horner (8,off Lonborg).  3B–Atlanta Gilbreath (2,off Lonborg).  HR–Atlanta Pocoroba (5,4th inning off Lonborg 1 on, 1 out), Philadelphia Hebner (12,6th inning off Solomon 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Murphy (3,off Brusstar).  CS–Murphy (4,2nd base by Reed/Boone).  SB–Sizemore (3,2nd base off Solomon/Pocoroba).  WP–Lonborg (4).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:25.  A–30,184.
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