Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
April 25, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1981 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 4, San Francisco Giants 0

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Miller lf 4 0 1 0
Royster 2b 4 0 0 0
Harper rf 4 0 1 0
Horner 3b 4 0 0 0
  Gomez 3b 0 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 1 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 1 2 0
Benedict c 2 2 2 4
Niekro p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bergman lf 3 0 0 0
Cabell 1b 4 0 1 0
Herndon rf 4 0 1 0
May c 4 0 1 0
Martin cf 4 0 1 0
Evans 3b 4 0 1 0
Stennett 2b 3 0 2 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 1 0
Blue p 1 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Breining p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 8 0
Atlanta 000 301 000460
San Francisco 000 000 000081
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (1-0) 9.0 8 0 0 3 8
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
3
8
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  L (1-2) 7.0 4 4 4 5 3
  Breining   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
5
3

  E–LeMaster (3).  DP–Atlanta 2, San Francisco 1.  PB–May (1).  HR–Atlanta Benedict 2 (2,4th inning off Blue 2 on, 1 out,6th inning off Blue 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Benedict (1,by Breining).  CS–Ramirez (1,2nd base by Breining/May).  SB–Herndon (5,2nd base off Niekro/Benedict).  WP–Niekro (1).  HBP–Breining (2,Benedict).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–2:30.  A–6,371.
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