San Diego Padres vs Atlanta Braves
September 5, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 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."

"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 Diego Padres 1, Atlanta Braves 8

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 4 1 1 0
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 4 0 0 1
Winfield rf 3 0 0 0
Turner lf 4 0 2 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0
Beswick cf 2 0 0 0
Sweet c 3 0 0 0
  Shirley p 0 0 0 0
  Mura p 0 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 2 0 0 0
  Roberts c 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0
Office cf 4 0 3 0
Matthews rf 3 2 0 0
Burroughs lf 4 2 3 2
  Bonnell lf 0 0 0 0
Nolan c 3 1 0 0
Murphy 1b 3 2 1 1
Gilbreath 3b 3 1 2 4
Chaney ss 4 0 1 1
Niekro p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 8
San Diego 001 000 000130
Atlanta 200 104 01x8100
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  L (14-11) 6.0 8 7 7 2 2
  Shirley   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Mura   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
4
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (17-15) 9.0 3 1 1 2 6
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
6

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Turner (9,off Niekro).  HR–Atlanta Burroughs (21,1st inning off Rasmussen 1 on, 2 out); Murphy (22,4th inning off Rasmussen 0 on, 2 out); Gilbreath (3,6th inning off Rasmussen 3 on, 2 out).  IBB–Murphy (2,by Rasmussen).  SB–Smith (34,2nd base off Niekro/Nolan); Turner (2,2nd base off Niekro/Nolan).  CS–Gilbreath (6,2nd base by Rasmussen/Sweet).  IBB–Rasmussen (8,Murphy).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:11.  A–1,192.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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