Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves
April 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 10, 1979 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 4, Atlanta Braves 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 5 1 2 0
Concepcion ss 5 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 1 2 0
Foster lf 5 0 3 1
Driessen 1b 5 0 2 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 1 2 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 1 1
Norman p 2 0 1 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Summers ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 14 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 5 1 4 1
Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0
Matthews rf 4 0 1 1
Burroughs lf 3 1 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Murphy c 2 2 1 1
Bonnell cf,lf 2 1 1 0
Lum 1b 4 1 2 1
Frias ss 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 3 0 1 1
  Office cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 10 5
Cincinnati 200 000 0114140
Atlanta 010 102 11x6102
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  L (0-1) 5.1 6 4 4 4 0
  LaCoss   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Borbon   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
5
1
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (1-1) 7.0 10 2 1 2 3
  Garber  SV (1) 2.0 4 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
14
4
3
2
5

  E–Frias 2 (3).  DP–Atlanta 1.  PB–Murphy (1).  2B–Cincinnati Morgan 2 (4,off Niekro,off Garber); Driessen (1,off Niekro); Knight (1,off Garber), Atlanta Royster (1,off LaCoss); Lum (1,off Borbon).  HR–Atlanta Murphy (1,4th inning off Norman 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Norman (1,off Niekro); Bonnell (1,off Norman); Frias (1,off LaCoss); Hubbard (1,off LaCoss).  IBB–Bench (2,by Niekro).  SB–Griffey (2,2nd base off Niekro/Murphy); Geronimo (1,2nd base off Garber/Murphy); Royster (2,2nd base off Norman/Bench); Matthews (1,2nd base off LaCoss/Bench).  CS–Bonnell (1,2nd base by Norman/Bench).  WP–Norman (1), Niekro (2).  IBB–Niekro (1,Bench).  U-HP–Hank Rountree, 1B–Ed Norris, 2B–Andy Anderson, 3B–Dick Tremblay.  T–2:27.  A–5,624.
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