Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres
May 31, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1979 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 1, San Diego Padres 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 4 0 0 0
Office cf 4 0 0 0
Matthews rf 4 1 3 0
Burroughs lf 4 0 0 0
Lum 1b 4 0 0 0
Nolan c 3 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 2 0 0 1
Frias ss 3 0 1 0
Matula p 1 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards cf 4 0 1 1
Smith ss 3 1 1 0
Winfield rf 3 1 1 2
Briggs lf 4 0 2 0
Bevacqua 3b 3 0 0 0
  Evans 3b 0 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0
Tenace c 2 1 1 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 1 0
Rasmussen p 2 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 7 3
Atlanta 000 000 100150
San Diego 001 002 00x371
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Matula  L (2-4) 7.0 7 3 3 2 1
  Garber   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
2
2
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  W (2-5) 7.0 4 1 0 0 4
  Fingers  SV (8) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
0
6

  E–Evans (6).  DP–Atlanta 2, San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Tenace (3,off Matula).  HR–San Diego Winfield (11,6th inning off Matula 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Matula (2,off Rasmussen).  SF–Hubbard (2,off Rasmussen).  HBP–Winfield (2,by Garber).  HBP–Garber (3,Winfield).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–1:57.  A–11,143.
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