Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
September 12, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1979 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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 3, San Francisco Giants 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 5 0 1 1
Royster 2b 4 0 1 0
Matthews rf 4 0 1 0
Horner 3b 4 1 1 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0
Bonnell lf 4 1 1 1
Frias ss 3 1 2 0
Benedict c 2 0 1 0
  Beall ph 0 0 0 1
Solomon p 1 0 0 0
  Spikes ph 1 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Hubbard ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Venable rf 4 1 1 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 0 1
Ivie lf,1b 4 1 1 1
McCovey 1b 3 0 3 1
  Clark pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 0 0 0
Herndon cf 4 0 0 0
LeMaster ss 4 1 0 0
Littlejohn c 2 1 0 0
Blue p 2 0 1 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 3
Atlanta 000 010 002394
San Francisco 002 110 00x460
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Solomon  L (6-12) 6.0 5 4 3 3 2
  Bradford   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
3
3
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (12-13) 8.1 8 3 3 2 6
  Lavelle  SV (18) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
6

  E–Horner (19), Murphy 3 (18).  DP–Atlanta 1, San Francisco 1.  2B–Atlanta Bonnell (20,off Blue), San Francisco McCovey (8,off Solomon).  HR–San Francisco Ivie (24,5th inning off Solomon 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Solomon (3,off Blue); Blue (8,off Solomon).  SF–Beall (1,off Lavelle).  SB–Royster (30,2nd base off Blue/Littlejohn).  CS–Clark (8,2nd base by Bradford/Benedict).  WP–Blue (6).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Lanny Harris, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:09.  A–1,878.
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