Atlanta Braves vs Montreal Expos
August 2, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1980 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos 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 1, Montreal Expos 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 4 0 1 1
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0
Matthews rf 4 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 4 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 2 0
Benedict c 3 0 1 0
Gomez ss 2 0 0 0
  Blanks ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Alexander p 1 0 0 0
  Spikes ph 1 0 0 0
  Hanna p 0 0 0 0
  Nahorodny ph 1 1 1 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore lf 3 2 1 1
Scott 2b 4 1 2 0
  Bernazard 2b 0 0 0 0
Dawson cf 4 1 2 1
Valentine rf 4 1 3 2
Cromartie 1b 2 0 0 0
Carter c 3 0 1 1
Parrish 3b 4 0 1 0
Speier ss 4 0 1 0
Norman p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 11 5
Atlanta 000 000 010160
Montreal 201 101 00x5110
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  L (9-6) 4.0 9 4 4 3 1
  Hanna   3.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Hrabosky   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
4
3
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  W (2-1) 9.0 6 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 2.  PB–Benedict (8).  2B–Atlanta Nahorodny (11,off Norman); Royster (12,off Norman), Montreal Valentine (19,off Alexander).  3B–Montreal Scott (8,off Alexander).  HR–Montreal Valentine (10,1st inning off Alexander 1 on, 2 out); LeFlore (3,4th inning off Alexander 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Norman (1,off Alexander).  SF–Carter (5,off Alexander).  SB–LeFlore (64,2nd base off Hanna/Benedict).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:18.  A–41,785.
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