San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
May 18, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1979 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants 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)
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San Francisco Giants 4, Atlanta Braves 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 5 2 2 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
Clark rf 3 0 0 0
Ivie 1b 3 1 1 1
Evans 3b 4 0 1 2
Herndon cf 3 0 1 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Hill c 2 0 0 1
  Metzger ph 1 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 1 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 1 0
Blue p 2 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 1 1 1 0
  North cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 5 1 1 0
Matthews rf 4 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 4 1 1 0
Murphy c 3 3 3 5
Horner 1b 3 1 2 1
  Lum pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Bonnell cf 3 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 0
Frias ss 3 0 0 0
Mahler p 3 0 0 0
  Garber p 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
San Francisco 010 001 020481
Atlanta 401 000 10x690
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (6-4) 4.2 5 5 4 4 2
  Griffin   2.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Moffitt   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
4
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler  W (1-3) 7.1 6 4 4 2 3
  Garber  SV (7) 1.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
5

  E–Evans (8).  DP–San Francisco 1.  HR–Atlanta Murphy 3 (13,1st inning off Blue 2 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Blue 0 on, 2 out,7th inning off Griffin 0 on, 2 out); Horner (1,1st inning off Blue 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Hill (2,off M Mahler); Ivie (1,off M Mahler).  SB–Royster (7,2nd base off Blue/Hill).  U-HP–Jack Baswell, 1B–Bill Lawson, 2B–Jim Waller, 3B–Jack Stansell.  T–2:12.  A–13,896.
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