Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
June 2, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 1980 at Candlestick Park. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants 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, San Francisco Giants 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hubbard 2b 4 1 1 1
Murphy cf 4 1 1 1
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 1
Matthews rf 4 0 1 0
Horner 3b 4 0 1 0
  Blanks 3b 0 0 0 0
Asselstine lf 2 1 2 0
Benedict c 4 0 1 0
Gomez ss 4 1 1 1
Niekro p 4 0 1 0
Totals 34 4 10 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 0 1 1
Evans 3b 3 0 1 0
Clark rf 4 0 2 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0
Whitfield lf 4 0 2 0
Stennett 2b 4 1 2 0
May c 4 0 0 1
LeMaster ss 4 1 2 0
Whitson p 1 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
  Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0
  Ripley p 0 0 0 0
  Herndon ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 11 2
Atlanta 000 020 2004100
San Francisco 000 010 0012111
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (4-7) 9.0 11 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
1
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Whitson  L (2-6) 6.2 9 4 4 1 3
  Minton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Ripley   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
4

  E–May (5).  DP–Atlanta 3, San Francisco 1.  2B–San Francisco North (5,off Niekro).  3B–Atlanta Asselstine (1,off Whitson), San Francisco Stennett (1,off Niekro).  SF–Hubbard (1,off Whitson).  IBB–Asselstine 2 (3,by Whitson,by Ripley).  SH–Whitson (3,off Niekro).  SB–Hubbard (1,2nd base off Whitson/May).  CS–Chambliss (1,2nd base by Minton/May).  WP–Ripley (1).  IBB–Whitson (4,Asselstine); Ripley (1,Asselstine).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:08.  A–3,768.
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