Atlanta Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
October 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 1980 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds 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 2, Cincinnati Reds 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster lf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0
Harper rf 4 0 1 0
Horner 3b 4 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 1 0
  Cooper pr 0 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 1 2 2
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0
Benedict c 3 0 0 0
Alexander p 2 0 0 0
  Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0
  Matula p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins cf 3 1 0 0
  Mejias cf 0 0 0 0
Oester ss 3 1 0 0
Griffey rf 2 0 0 1
Foster lf 4 1 1 2
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 0 1 0
Nolan c 3 0 2 0
Kennedy 2b 3 0 1 0
Pastore p 2 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 3
Atlanta 000 000 200261
Cincinnati 003 000 00x350
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  L (14-11) 7.0 5 3 3 4 3
  Matula   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
4
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore  W (13-7) 9.0 6 2 2 1 7
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
7

  E–Benedict (7).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Atlanta Murphy (27,off Pastore), Cincinnati Knight (39,off Alexander).  HR–Atlanta Murphy (33,7th inning off Pastore 1 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Foster (25,3rd inning off Alexander 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Pastore (6,off Alexander).  SF–Griffey (5,off Alexander).  SB–Collins (79,2nd base off Alexander/Benedict).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Charlie Williams, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:03.  A–14,376.
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