San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
September 23, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1979 at Fulton County Stadium. 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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San Francisco Giants 2, Atlanta Braves 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 3 0 0 0
Strain 2b 3 0 1 0
  Minton p 1 0 0 0
Evans 3b 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0
  Clark rf 1 0 0 0
Ivie lf,1b 2 1 1 1
Herndon rf,lf 4 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 4 1 1 0
Littlejohn c 2 0 1 0
  Venable ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger 2b 1 0 1 1
Whitson p 1 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Sadek c 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 4 0 2 1
Royster 2b 4 0 2 0
Matthews rf 3 0 0 0
Horner 3b 4 0 0 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0
Whisenton lf 4 0 1 0
Nolan c 4 1 1 0
Chaney ss 3 0 0 0
Matula p 3 0 1 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
San Francisco 000 000 020272
Atlanta 010 000 000171
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson   6.0 4 1 0 1 7
  Minton  W (4-3) 3.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
0
1
9
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Matula  L (8-10) 7.2 7 2 2 5 4
  Garber   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
5
5

  E–Littlejohn (5), Whitson (1), Horner (22).  DP–San Francisco 2.  2B–Atlanta Nolan (9,off Whitson); Miller (1,off Whitson).  HR–San Francisco Ivie (26,8th inning off Matula 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Whitson (8,off Matula).  HBP–Strain (3,by Matula).  IBB–Ivie (7,by Matula).  SB–Strain (7,2nd base off Matula/Nolan); North (56,2nd base off Matula/Nolan); LeMaster (8,2nd base off Matula/Nolan); Royster (35,2nd base off Whitson/Littlejohn).  HBP–Matula (3,Strain).  IBB–Matula (9,Ivie).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:19.  A–13,487.
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