Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
August 7, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 3, Cincinnati Reds 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 4 1 2 1
Matthews rf 5 0 0 0
Office cf 6 0 1 1
Horner 3b 6 1 3 1
Murphy 1b 5 0 2 0
Nolan c 5 0 1 0
Bonnell lf 4 0 1 0
Frias ss 4 1 1 0
Brizzolara p 3 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 1 0
  Wessinger pr 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 3 12 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 2 0 0 0
Collins lf 5 0 1 0
Griffey rf 3 0 1 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
Bench c 5 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 1
Knight 3b 4 1 1 0
Driessen 1b 3 0 0 1
Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0
Seaver p 1 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 5 2
Atlanta 000 001 001 013120
Cincinnati 000 010 100 00251
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Brizzolara   7.0 5 2 2 2 2
  Bradford   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  McLaughlin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Garber  W (6-13) 3.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
5
2
2
4
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   8.0 6 1 1 3 6
  Bair  L (7-6) 3.0 6 2 1 1 2
Totals
11.0
12
3
2
4
8

  E–Morgan (7).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Bonnell (12,off Seaver); Horner (13,off Seaver).  3B–Cincinnati Knight (4,off Brizzolara).  HR–Atlanta Horner (21,6th inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Concepcion (11,7th inning off Brizzolara 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Royster (6,off Bair); Driessen (5,off Brizzolara).  IBB–Frias (5,by Seaver).  SH–Seaver (4,off Brizzolara); Morgan (2,off Bradford).  SB–Royster 2 (21,2nd base off Seaver/Bench,2nd base off Bair/Bench).  CS–Morgan (6,2nd base by Brizzolara/Nolan).  WP–Brizzolara 2 (5).  IBB–Seaver (6,Frias).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–3:06.  A–25,079.
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