Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies
June 8, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1979 at Veteran's Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 11, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b,2b 6 3 2 1
Matthews rf 5 0 3 3
Horner 1b,3b 5 1 4 3
Burroughs lf 5 0 0 0
  Bonnell pr,lf 1 0 1 0
Nolan c 4 2 0 0
Office cf 4 2 2 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 1
  Lum ph,1b 0 1 0 0
Frias ss 3 0 0 1
  Pocoroba ph 1 1 1 2
  Chaney ss 0 0 0 0
Solomon p 3 0 1 0
  Garber p 1 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 0 1 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 11 15 11
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
McBride rf 6 1 2 1
Harrelson 2b 4 0 1 1
  Rader ph 1 0 1 1
  Lerch pr 0 1 0 0
  Reed p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph 1 0 0 0
Rose 1b,3b 4 0 3 0
Luzinski lf 5 0 1 1
Schmidt 3b,ss 2 0 0 0
Maddox cf 5 0 0 0
Boone c 5 1 1 0
Meoli ss 3 0 0 0
  McCarver ph 0 1 0 0
  Aviles 2b 0 0 0 0
Ruthven p 2 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Totals 41 5 10 4
Atlanta 100 111 100 611152
Philadelphia 000 001 004 05102
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Solomon   5.1 5 1 1 3 2
  Garber  W (3-7) 3.2 4 4 0 2 3
  McLaughlin   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
10
5
1
6
6
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Ruthven   6.0 10 5 4 2 3
  Eastwick   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  McGraw   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Reed  L (5-3) 0.1 3 6 4 2 0
  Bird   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
15
11
8
5
6

  E–Hubbard (9), Frias (13), Rose (4), Luzinski (4).  DP–Atlanta 1, Philadelphia 2.  2B–Atlanta Hubbard (6,off Ruthven); Royster (12,off Ruthven); Pocoroba (1,off Reed); Bonnell (8,off Bird), Philadelphia Rader (1,off Garber).  3B–Philadelphia McBride (4,off Solomon).  HR–Atlanta Horner (7,1st inning off Ruthven 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Frias (7,off Ruthven).  SF–Horner (2,off Bird).  HBP–Nolan (1,by Reed).  IBB–Asselstine (1,by Reed).  SB–Office (2,2nd base off Ruthven/Boone); McBride (12,2nd base off Solomon/Nolan).  CS–Matthews (4,2nd base by Ruthven/Boone); Horner (1,2nd base by Ruthven/Boone).  HBP–Reed (2,Nolan).  IBB–Reed (6,Asselstine).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–3:24.  A–41,136.
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