Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
September 29, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 29, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 2, Cincinnati Reds 0

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 5 1 1 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 2 1
Whisenton rf 4 0 2 0
Horner 3b 4 0 1 0
Murphy 1b 4 0 0 0
Bonnell lf 3 0 1 0
Frias ss 4 0 0 0
Benedict c 0 0 0 0
  Nolan ph,c 2 1 1 0
McWilliams p 3 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 3 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Concepcion ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 4 0 3 0
Cruz cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
  Oester ss 1 0 0 0
Spilman 1b 2 0 0 0
Auerbach ss,3b 3 0 0 0
Correll c 3 0 0 0
LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Driessen ph 1 0 0 0
  Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Santo Domingo ph 1 0 1 0
  Mejias cf 1 0 1 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Atlanta 000 020 000280
Cincinnati 000 000 000050
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams  W (3-2) 8.1 5 0 0 2 4
  Garber  SV (25) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss   3.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Norman  L (11-13) 3.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Sarmiento   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Tomlin   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 2.  2B–Atlanta Whisenton (2,off LaCoss), Cincinnati Kennedy (7,off McWilliams).  SH–McWilliams (2,off Norman).  HBP–Bonnell (3,by LaCoss).  SB–Miller 2 (15,2nd base off Norman/Correll,Home off Norman/Correll).  CS–Bonnell (7,2nd base by LaCoss/Correll).  HBP–LaCoss (2,Bonnell).  T–2:16.  A–36,466.
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