Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
September 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 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 7, Cincinnati Reds 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 4 0 2 1
Royster 2b 3 1 1 1
  Hubbard 2b 1 0 0 0
Matthews rf 3 0 1 1
  Whisenton rf 1 0 0 0
Horner 3b 4 2 2 1
Murphy 1b 5 1 1 0
Bonnell lf 5 0 1 0
Chaney ss 3 2 1 1
Benedict c 4 1 2 1
Niekro p 4 0 0 1
Totals 37 7 11 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 3 0 2 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz rf 1 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph,2b 3 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 1
Driessen 1b 3 0 0 0
  Spilman 1b 1 0 0 0
Knight 3b 2 0 1 0
  Auerbach 3b 2 1 1 1
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Oester ph 1 0 0 0
Correll c 4 0 0 0
Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Santo Domingo ph 1 0 0 0
  Soto p 0 0 0 0
  Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Blair ph,rf,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Atlanta 021 111 1007110
Cincinnati 000 000 002260
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (21-20) 9.0 6 2 2 2 6
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  L (9-7) 3.0 4 3 3 2 3
  Soto   0.2 1 1 1 2 1
  Leibrandt   1.1 1 1 0 0 0
  Bair   2.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Hume   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
6
4
4

  E–None.  PB–Correll (4).  2B–Atlanta Benedict (11,off Bonham).  HR–Atlanta Horner (33,3rd inning off Bonham 0 on, 1 out); Royster (3,6th inning off Bair 0 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Foster (30,9th inning off Niekro 0 on, 0 out); Auerbach (1,9th inning off Niekro 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Chaney (1,off Leibrandt).  HBP–Miller (2,by Soto).  SB–Chaney (2,2nd base off Soto/Correll); Murphy (6,2nd base off Leibrandt/Correll).  CS–Matthews (6,2nd base by Bonham/Correll).  WP–Bonham (6).  HBP–Soto (1,Miller).  T–2:21.  A–50,932.
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