San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
September 22, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1979 at Fulton County Stadium. 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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San Francisco Giants 2, Atlanta Braves 10

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 0 0 0
  Plank p 0 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0
Ivie lf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
Herndon rf,cf 2 1 0 0
LeMaster ss 3 1 1 0
Littlejohn c 2 0 0 0
  Venable ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Blue p 1 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Johnston ph 1 0 1 1
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 0 0 0 1
  Sadek c 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 2 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 4 0 1 0
Royster 2b 4 2 1 0
Matthews rf 3 4 2 1
Horner 3b 5 3 3 4
Murphy 1b 3 1 2 1
Bonnell lf 4 0 2 2
Chaney ss 3 0 1 0
Benedict c 4 0 1 2
Niekro p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 13 10
San Francisco 000 001 010220
Atlanta 300 022 03x10131
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (13-14) 4.2 6 5 5 5 3
  Griffin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Borbon   2.0 3 2 2 2 1
  Plank   1.0 4 3 3 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
10
10
8
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (19-20) 9.0 2 2 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
2
2
1
2
5

  E–Horner (21).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Atlanta Matthews (34,off Blue); Horner (15,off Borbon).  HR–Atlanta Horner (30,1st inning off Blue 2 on, 1 out); Matthews (26,6th inning off Borbon 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Whitfield (4,off Niekro).  HBP–Miller (1,by Blue).  IBB–Murphy 2 (5,by Blue,by Borbon).  SB–Royster (34,2nd base off Blue/Littlejohn); Murphy (5,2nd base off Blue/Littlejohn).  HBP–Blue (1,Miller).  IBB–Blue (11,Murphy); Borbon (7,Murphy).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Steve Fields, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:11.  A–7,767.
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