Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
May 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1979 at Candlestick Park. 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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Atlanta Braves 10, San Francisco Giants 8

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b,3b 2 3 1 0
Frias ss 4 1 0 0
Matthews rf 3 1 2 2
Burroughs lf 3 1 0 2
  Office cf 0 0 0 0
Horner 3b,1b 3 1 0 0
Bonnell cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Benedict c 3 1 1 0
Lum 1b 2 0 0 0
  Hubbard ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Solomon p 2 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Spikes ph 1 1 1 3
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Skok p 0 0 0 0
  Chaney ph 1 0 1 2
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 10 7 9
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 0 0 1
Whitfield lf 5 0 0 0
Clark rf 5 1 2 0
McCovey 1b 5 1 2 2
Madlock 2b 5 1 1 0
Evans 3b 3 2 1 0
Metzger ss 3 2 2 2
Sadek c 4 1 2 1
Blue p 2 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Tamargo ph 0 0 0 1
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Ivie ph 1 0 1 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 7
Atlanta 102 023 2001071
San Francisco 000 602 0008111
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Solomon   3.1 6 6 5 0 4
  Easterly   1.2 0 0 0 1 3
  Devine   0.1 1 2 2 2 0
  Skok  W (1-1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Garber  SV (10) 3.0 4 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
3
9
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue   4.0 4 5 5 5 2
  Griffin   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Roberts   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Moffitt  L (0-2) 0.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Lavelle   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Curtis   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
10
10
10
7

  E–Horner (3), Whitfield (3).  PB–Benedict (1).  2B–Atlanta Matthews (13,off Blue); Royster (8,off Blue); Benedict (2,off Blue); Bonnell (5,off Griffin).  HR–Atlanta Matthews (11,3rd inning off Blue 1 on, 1 out); Spikes (2,6th inning off Roberts 2 on, 1 out), San Francisco McCovey (4,4th inning off Solomon 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Lum (3,off Roberts); Bonnell (3,off Moffitt).  SF–Burroughs (2,off Blue); Tamargo (2,off Devine).  HBP–Horner (1,by Moffitt).  CS–Burroughs (2,3rd base by Griffin/Sadek); Matthews (3,2nd base by Lavelle/Sadek); North (8,2nd base by Skok/Benedict).  SB–Madlock (5,2nd base off Solomon/Benedict); North (11,2nd base off Easterly/Benedict).  WP–Griffin (3).  HBP–Moffitt (1,Horner).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–3:07.  A–18,936.
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