Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
August 17, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 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 8, San Francisco Giants 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster lf,3b 5 1 1 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0
Matthews rf 5 1 1 1
Horner 3b 3 1 1 0
  Lum pr,lf 1 1 0 0
Chambliss 1b 1 2 0 0
Murphy cf 4 2 2 5
Hubbard 2b 3 0 1 1
Benedict c 3 0 1 0
Alexander p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 7 7
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
North cf 4 0 1 0
Herndon lf 3 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 1 0
  Rowland p 0 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 1 1 0
Evans 3b 2 0 0 1
May c 4 1 1 0
Ivie 1b 4 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 3 0 1 1
LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0
Ripley p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Venable ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Atlanta 400 010 030871
San Francisco 000 000 200252
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W (11-6) 9.0 5 2 2 2 7
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Ripley  L (6-6) 0.2 3 4 4 3 0
  Griffin   5.1 1 1 1 1 6
  Moffitt   2.0 3 3 2 2 2
  Rowland   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
8
7
6
10

  E–Murphy (3), North (4), Clark (6).  2B–Atlanta Murphy (20,off Moffitt), San Francisco May (15,off Alexander).  3B–San Francisco Clark (8,off Alexander).  HR–Atlanta Murphy (20,1st inning off Ripley 3 on, 2 out); Matthews (14,5th inning off Griffin 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Ramirez (1,off Ripley).  IBB–Chambliss (6,by Moffitt).  SB–Chambliss (3,2nd base off Griffin/May); Evans (15,2nd base off Alexander/Benedict).  WP–Moffitt (1).  IBB–Moffitt (2,Chambliss).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:25.  A–21,029.
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