Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 27, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster lf,3b 4 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 2 1 1 1
  Gomez ss 2 1 1 0
Matthews rf 4 2 1 0
Horner 3b 3 2 2 5
  Cooper pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 1 1
Benedict c 4 1 1 0
Matula p 3 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 1 1 1
Foli ss 3 0 0 0
  Berra ss 1 1 1 2
  Parker ph 1 0 0 0
Easler rf 4 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 3 1 1 0
  Solomon p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson B. ph 1 0 1 0
  Blyleven pr 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Milner 1b 4 0 2 0
Lacy lf 4 0 1 1
Ott c 3 0 0 0
Garner 2b 3 0 1 0
Robinson D. p 2 0 0 0
  Bevacqua 3b 1 1 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Atlanta 001 130 200790
Pittsburgh 000 100 030480
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Matula  W (8-12) 7.1 6 4 4 2 4
  Bradford   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Camp   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Hrabosky  SV (3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  L (5-7) 7.0 8 7 7 5 3
  Solomon   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Tekulve   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Benedict (9).  2B–Atlanta Benedict (11,off D Robinson); Horner (8,off D Robinson), Pittsburgh Madlock (18,off Matula); Moreno (17,off Matula).  HR–Atlanta Horner (28,5th inning off D Robinson 2 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Berra (6,8th inning off Matula 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Royster (3,off D Robinson).  HBP–Ramirez (1,by D Robinson).  IBB–Murphy (5,by D Robinson).  CS–Cooper (1,2nd base by Tekulve/Ott); Lacy (8,2nd base by Matula/Benedict).  WP–D Robinson (5).  HBP–D Robinson (2,Ramirez).  IBB–D Robinson (4,Murphy).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:41.  A–12,363.
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