Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
August 6, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Atlanta Braves 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 1, Cincinnati Reds 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 3 1 1 0
Matthews rf 4 0 1 0
Office cf 4 0 1 0
Horner 3b 3 0 1 1
Burroughs lf 4 0 0 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0
Nolan c 3 0 0 0
Frias ss 3 0 0 0
Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 1 0 0 0
  Chaney ph 1 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 1 1 0
Auerbach ss 2 1 0 0
Collins lf 4 0 0 0
Bench 1b 3 1 2 0
  Driessen 1b 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 2 0 1 1
Cruz rf 2 0 1 1
Blair cf 2 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Correll c 4 0 1 0
LaCoss p 4 0 1 0
Totals 27 3 7 2
Atlanta 100 000 000141
Cincinnati 200 010 00x371
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler  L (3-10) 0.2 1 2 2 3 1
  Devine   3.1 4 0 0 2 2
  McLaughlin   3.0 2 1 1 4 0
  Bradford   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
9
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  W (12-4) 9.0 4 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
3

  E–Royster (19), Auerbach (5).  DP–Atlanta 3, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Atlanta Office (13,off LaCoss), Cincinnati Cruz (5,off M Mahler); Correll (9,off Devine).  SF–Knight (8,off M Mahler).  IBB–Morgan (9,by Devine).  SB–Royster (19,2nd base off LaCoss/Correll).  IBB–Devine (4,Morgan).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:09.  A–23,891.
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