Atlanta Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 19, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1981 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 5
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 4 0 1 0
Washington rf 3 0 0 0
Pocoroba 3b 3 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 0
Benedict c 3 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 2 0 0 0
  Porter ph 1 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 1 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lacy lf 4 0 1 1
Foli ss 4 0 1 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 2 0
Easler rf 4 2 2 0
Garner 2b 4 1 1 0
Moreno cf 4 0 1 1
Nicosia c 3 1 1 2
Bibby p 3 1 2 1
Totals 34 5 11 5
Atlanta 000 000 000–010
Pittsburgh 010 013 00x–5110
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (2-2) 5.2 10 5 5 0 3
  Mahler   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Bradford   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
0
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby  W (2-2) 9.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
3
  E–None.  2B–Pittsburgh Bibby 2 (2,off Niekro,off Mahler); Lacy (2,off Niekro); Nicosia (4,off Niekro).  CS–Garner (3,2nd base by Niekro/Benedict).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–1:57.  A–5,514.
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