San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
September 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1978 at Fulton County Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 8, Atlanta Braves 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 4 3 3 4
Whitfield lf 4 0 1 0
  Heintzelman ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Clark rf 5 0 1 0
Evans 3b 4 1 1 2
Ivie 1b 4 1 2 0
  Barr p 1 0 0 0
Dwyer cf 2 0 0 0
  Cruz ph,cf,lf 1 0 0 0
Tamargo c 4 1 2 1
  Herndon pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 2 1 0
Montefusco p 1 0 0 0
  James 1b 0 0 0 0
  Hill ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 12 8
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Gilbreath 2b 5 0 1 1
Office cf 3 0 1 1
Matthews rf 4 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 3 0 0 0
  Bonnell pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Horner 3b 2 2 0 0
Nolan c 4 1 3 2
Murphy 1b 4 1 2 1
Chaney ss 4 0 0 0
Solomon p 2 0 0 0
  Beall ph 0 1 0 0
  Skok p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Royster ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 7 5
San Francisco 200 300 1028120
Atlanta 010 200 200571
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco  W (11-6) 7.0 6 5 5 3 3
  Barr  SV (1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
4
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Solomon  L (4-5) 7.0 8 6 6 1 1
  Skok   1.2 3 2 2 1 1
  Campbell   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Easterly   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
3
2

  E–Gilbreath (4).  DP–San Francisco 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–San Francisco Ivie (11,off Solomon), Atlanta Nolan (7,off Montefusco); Office (10,off Montefusco).  HR–San Francisco Madlock 2 (14,1st inning off Solomon 0 on, 0 out,7th inning off Solomon 0 on, 2 out); Evans (18,1st inning off Solomon 0 on, 2 out), Atlanta Nolan (4,4th inning off Montefusco 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Montefusco 2 (9,off Solomon 2).  IBB–Madlock (10,by Skok).  HBP–Horner (1,by Montefusco).  SB–Metzger (8,2nd base off Skok/Nolan).  WP–Solomon (5).  HBP–Montefusco (3,Horner).  IBB–Skok (6,Madlock).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:28.  A–6,063.
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