Cincinnati Reds vs Atlanta Braves
September 4, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1979 at Fulton County 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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Cincinnati Reds 6, Atlanta Braves 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 5 1 2 0
Morgan 2b 5 2 2 1
Concepcion ss 5 1 2 2
Foster lf 5 0 2 1
Bench c 4 0 1 0
  Oester pr 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 5 1 3 1
Driessen 1b 3 0 1 1
Cruz cf 3 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 1 0 0 0
Pastore p 2 1 1 0
  Soto p 1 0 1 0
  Geronimo cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 15 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 4 0 0 0
Miller cf 4 1 2 0
Matthews rf 4 2 2 0
Horner 3b 4 1 2 2
Murphy 1b 2 1 0 1
Bonnell lf 4 1 2 1
Nolan c 4 0 1 1
Frias ss 4 0 1 1
McWilliams p 1 0 0 0
  McLaughlin B. p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 1 1 1
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Office ph 1 0 0 0
  McLaughlin J. p 1 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7
Cincinnati 000 131 0016151
Atlanta 000 211 30x7110
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore   4.1 6 3 3 2 2
  Soto   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Bair  L (10-7) 2.0 3 3 3 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
2
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams   4.0 8 4 4 1 5
  McLaughlin B.   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Devine   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  McLaughlin J.  W (5-3) 2.1 3 1 1 2 2
  Bradford  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
6
6
4
8

  E–Knight (11).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Knight (30,off McWilliams), Atlanta Bonnell (18,off Soto); Horner (14,off Bair).  HR–Cincinnati Morgan (9,6th inning off Devine 0 on, 2 out), Atlanta Lum (5,5th inning off Pastore 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Cruz (2,by McWilliams); Driessen (10,by B McLaughlin).  SF–Murphy (5,off Bair).  SB–Driessen (11,2nd base off McWilliams/Nolan); Matthews (16,2nd base off Pastore/Bench).  CS–Collins 2 (8,2nd base by McWilliams/Nolan,2nd base by Devine/Nolan).  IBB–McWilliams (1,Cruz); B McLaughlin (6,Driessen).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:52.  A–2,506.
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