Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
September 28, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds 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 0, Cincinnati Reds 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 4 0 1 0
Royster 2b 4 0 1 0
Matthews rf 4 0 1 0
Horner 3b 4 0 0 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0
Bonnell lf 4 0 1 0
Chaney ss 2 0 0 0
  Beall ph 1 0 0 0
  McLaughlin J. p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin B. p 0 0 0 0
Benedict c 1 0 0 0
  Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0
  Frias ss 0 0 0 0
Solomon p 2 0 0 0
  Nolan ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 4 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 3 0 2 1
  Cruz rf 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 3 0 1 0
Bench c 3 0 1 1
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 2 2 1
Pastore p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 9 3
Atlanta 000 000 000041
Cincinnati 001 010 01x392
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Solomon  L (7-14) 6.0 7 2 2 1 3
  McLaughlin J.   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Bradford   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  McLaughlin B.   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
3
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore  W (6-7) 9.0 4 0 0 1 7
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
7

  E–Solomon (4), Morgan (12), Knight (15).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Royster (25,off Pastore).  3B–Cincinnati Geronimo (4,off Solomon).  HR–Cincinnati Geronimo (4,3rd inning off Solomon 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Bench (4,off J McLaughlin).  SB–Bonnell 2 (8,2nd base off Pastore/Bench,3rd base off Pastore/Bench); Morgan (28,2nd base off Solomon/Benedict).  T–2:18.  A–33,142.
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