Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
April 12, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1980 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 4, Cincinnati Reds 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Miller cf 5 1 1 0
Royster 2b 4 0 1 0
Matthews rf 5 0 2 2
Horner 3b 4 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 1 2 0
Murphy lf 4 0 0 0
Pocoroba c 3 1 2 1
Gomez ss 2 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
  Blanks ss 0 0 0 0
Matula p 2 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 1 1 1
  Ruiz 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins cf 4 2 3 0
Griffey rf 4 0 1 1
Concepcion ss 5 2 3 3
Foster lf 3 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 2 0 0 0
  Bench ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Kennedy 2b 4 0 1 0
Werner c 4 0 0 0
Bonham p 2 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph,1b 2 1 1 0
Totals 35 5 11 4
Atlanta 000 000 400492
Cincinnati 000 001 2025111
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Matula   6.0 6 1 0 2 4
  Garber   0.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Hrabosky  L (0-1) 2.0 1 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.2
11
5
4
4
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham   6.2 6 3 3 1 4
  Tomlin   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Bair   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Hume  W (1-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
5

  E–Matthews (2), Horner (4), Bonham (1).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Royster (1,off Bonham); Matthews (1,off Bonham); Chambliss (1,off Bonham); Lum (1,off Bonham); Pocoroba (1,off Hume), Cincinnati Collins (1,off Matula); Concepcion 2 (2,off Matula,off Garber).  HR–Cincinnati Concepcion (1,9th inning off Hrabosky 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Blanks (1,by Hume); Driessen (1,by Matula); Foster (1,by Garber).  SB–Miller (1,2nd base off Bair/Werner); Collins (2,2nd base off Hrabosky/Pocoroba).  IBB–Matula (1,Driessen); Garber (1,Foster); Hume (1,Blanks).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Lanny Harris, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:35.  A–11,839.
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