Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
October 1, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 8, Cincinnati Reds 10

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 8 0 1 1
Hubbard 2b 7 1 1 1
Beall 1b 6 1 0 0
Whisenton rf 6 1 1 1
Bonnell lf 6 3 5 0
Ruiz 3b 4 0 2 1
  Nolan ph 0 0 0 1
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph 1 0 0 0
  Skok p 0 0 0 0
  Matthews ph 1 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Chaney ss 7 0 2 3
Benedict c 5 1 2 0
  Gilbreath pr 0 0 0 0
  Murphy c 1 0 0 0
Mahler p 1 0 0 0
  Theiss p 1 0 0 0
  Office ph 1 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Royster ph,3b 3 1 2 0
Totals 58 8 16 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 2 1 1 1
  Knight 3b 1 0 0 0
  Driessen ph 1 0 0 0
  Soto p 0 0 0 0
  Moskau ph 1 0 1 0
  Dumoulin p 0 0 0 0
  LaCoss ph 1 0 0 0
Collins cf 7 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 1 1 0 0
  Oester ss 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 5 4 3 3
Bench c 2 1 1 4
  Spilman ph 1 1 1 0
  Correll c 2 0 0 0
DeFreitas 1b 2 0 0 0
  Lum ph,1b 4 0 1 0
Henderson rf 4 0 1 1
Kennedy 2b 4 1 1 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Summers ph 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Griffey ph 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach pr,3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 46 10 12 9
Atlanta 012 000 005 000 008160
Cincinnati 005 001 020 000 0210122
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler   2.2 2 5 5 5 2
  Theiss   3.1 1 1 1 2 1
  Camp   2.0 5 2 2 1 1
  Garber   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Skok   2.0 1 0 0 4 2
  Campbell  L (4-4) 1.2 2 2 2 2 2
Totals
13.2
12
10
10
16
11
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   8.0 7 3 2 2 11
  Borbon   0.2 4 5 5 1 0
  Sarmiento   1.1 1 0 0 1 4
  Soto   2.0 2 0 0 1 3
  Dumoulin  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
14.0
16
8
7
6
19

  E–Rose (15), Kennedy (5).  DP–Atlanta 3, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Atlanta Bonnell (11,off Seaver); Benedict (2,off Borbon); Royster (17,off Dumoulin), Cincinnati Foster (26,off Theiss).  HR–Atlanta Hubbard (2,3rd inning off Seaver 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Bench (23,3rd inning off Mahler 3 on, 2 out); Foster 2 (40,8th inning off Camp 0 on, 0 out,14th inning off Campbell 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Seaver (13,off Mahler); Oester (1,off Skok).  SF–Henderson (2,off Theiss).  HBP–Bench (1,by Theiss); Kennedy (1,by Campbell).  IBB–Foster (16,by Skok); Correll (3,by Skok).  SB–Bonnell (12,2nd base off Seaver/Bench); Collins (7,2nd base off Skok/Benedict).  CS–Bonnell (6,2nd base by Seaver/Bench); Collins (7,2nd base by Mahler/Benedict); Rose (9,2nd base by Theiss/Benedict).  WP–Garber (3).  HBP–Theiss (1,Bench); Campbell (5,Kennedy).  IBB–Skok 2 (8,Foster,Correll).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–4:15.  A–35,840.
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