Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres
September 21, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1980 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres 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, San Diego Padres 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster lf 4 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 2 0 1 0
Matthews rf 3 0 0 0
Horner 3b 4 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 1 2 0
Benedict c 2 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 1 0
Gomez ss 2 0 0 0
  Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph 1 0 1 1
  Ramirez pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 4 0 1 1
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Perkins rf 3 0 1 0
  Mumphrey cf 1 0 1 0
Winfield cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Bass 1b 3 1 2 1
  Tenace 1b 0 0 0 0
Salazar 3b 3 1 1 0
Flannery 2b 3 0 0 0
Fahey c 2 1 0 0
Tellmann p 3 0 1 1
Totals 30 3 7 3
Atlanta 000 000 100170
San Diego 010 020 00x371
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (15-15) 6.0 6 3 3 1 1
  Bradford   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Garber   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
1
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Tellmann  W (1-0) 9.0 7 1 0 4 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
0
4
2

  E–Salazar (5).  DP–Atlanta 1, San Diego 3.  2B–Atlanta Hubbard (20,off Tellmann); Horner (13,off Tellmann); Burroughs (14,off Tellmann).  HR–San Diego Bass (3,2nd inning off Niekro 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Fahey (5,by Niekro).  SB–Murphy (8,2nd base off Tellmann/Fahey); Mumphrey (48,2nd base off Garber/Benedict).  CS–Royster (11,2nd base by Tellmann/Fahey).  IBB–Niekro (3,Fahey).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Lanny Harris, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:25.  A–2,846.
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