Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
September 11, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1979 at Candlestick Park. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants 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 2, San Francisco Giants 1

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 4 0 0 0
Royster 2b 3 0 1 0
Matthews rf 4 1 2 0
Horner 3b 4 0 0 0
Murphy 1b 3 1 0 0
Whisenton lf 3 0 1 1
Nolan c 3 0 2 0
Frias ss 2 0 0 1
McWilliams p 2 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Venable rf 3 0 1 1
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
Ivie 1b 3 0 1 0
Herndon cf 4 0 0 0
Johnston lf 4 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0
Littlejohn c 3 1 1 0
Montefusco p 0 0 0 0
  McCovey ph 1 0 1 0
  Clark pr 0 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Atlanta 000 100 100260
San Francisco 000 010 000151
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams  W (2-2) 6.0 3 1 1 1 4
  McLaughlin  SV (5) 3.0 2 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Montefusco  L (3-8) 8.0 5 2 1 3 4
  Minton   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
4
4

  E–Andrews (7).  2B–Atlanta Nolan (8,off Montefusco); Matthews (32,off Montefusco), San Francisco Ivie (17,off McWilliams).  3B–Atlanta Nolan (3,off Minton).  SH–Whisenton (1,off Montefusco); Montefusco (2,off McWilliams).  SF–Frias (3,off Montefusco).  HBP–Venable (1,by McWilliams).  SB–Royster (29,2nd base off Montefusco/Littlejohn).  CS–Royster (7,2nd base by Montefusco/Littlejohn); Nolan (3,Home by Minton/Littlejohn).  HBP–McWilliams (3,Venable).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Lanny Harris, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:21.  A–5,128.
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