Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 2, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1980 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 2 2 1 0
Blanks 3b 4 1 1 1
Murphy rf 2 2 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 1 1 2
Burroughs lf 3 0 1 2
Asselstine cf 4 0 1 1
Benedict c 4 0 0 0
Gomez ss 4 0 2 0
Niekro p 4 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 7 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 0 1 0
Foli ss 4 0 1 0
Parker rf 4 0 1 0
Stargell 1b 4 0 0 0
Easler lf 3 1 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 1 0
Ott c 3 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 2 1
Rooker p 0 0 0 0
  Solomon p 0 0 0 0
  Scurry p 1 0 0 0
  Lacy ph 1 0 1 0
  Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Milner ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Atlanta 203 100 000670
Pittsburgh 010 000 000174
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (1-4) 9.0 7 1 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  L (2-2) 0.1 0 2 2 2 1
  Solomon   2.1 4 3 0 1 1
  Scurry   4.1 2 1 1 1 3
  Hassler   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
3
4
5

  E–Moreno (1), Stargell (2), Ott (1), Garner (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  SF–Chambliss (2,off Solomon); Burroughs (1,off Solomon).  SH–Solomon (1,off Niekro).  SB–Royster 2 (5,2nd base off Rooker/Ott,2nd base off Scurry/Ott); Parker (4,2nd base off Niekro/Benedict); Madlock (2,2nd base off Niekro/Benedict).  CS–Asselstine (2,2nd base by Solomon/Ott).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:23.  A–11,476.
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