San Diego Padres vs Atlanta Braves
May 24, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1981 at Fulton County 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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San Diego Padres 7, Atlanta Braves 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 0 0 0
Jones cf 4 1 0 0
Richards lf 5 2 3 3
Perkins 1b 5 1 0 0
Kennedy c 3 1 2 0
Lefebvre rf 2 0 0 0
Bonilla 2b 3 1 1 0
Evans 3b 2 1 1 0
  Bass ph 1 0 1 2
  Salazar 3b 0 0 0 0
Wise p 2 0 0 1
  Curtis p 1 0 0 0
  Flannery ph 1 0 0 0
  Urrea p 0 0 0 0
  Boone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 8 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Linares lf 5 2 2 1
Pocoroba 3b 5 0 0 0
Asselstine rf 3 1 2 1
  Harper ph,rf 2 1 2 1
Chambliss 1b 5 1 1 1
Murphy cf 3 0 3 1
Hubbard 2b 3 0 1 0
Benedict c 4 0 0 0
Gomez ss 2 0 0 0
  Porter ph 1 0 0 0
  Ramirez ss 0 0 0 0
Niekro p 3 0 0 0
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Washington ph 0 0 0 0
  Nahorodny ph 1 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 5
San Diego 010 040 020781
Atlanta 003 010 1005110
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Wise   5.0 8 4 4 2 1
  Curtis  W (1-2) 2.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Urrea   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Boone  SV (1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (2-3) 7.2 7 7 6 5 2
  Mahler   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Bradford   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
6
5
4

  E–Kennedy (5).  DP–Atlanta 1.  PB–Benedict 2 (5).  2B–San Diego Kennedy (9,off Niekro); Evans (2,off Niekro), Atlanta Linares (1,off Wise).  3B–Atlanta Chambliss (1,off Wise).  HR–San Diego Richards (2,5th inning off Niekro 2 on, 2 out), Atlanta Linares (3,5th inning off Wise 0 on, 0 out); Harper (1,7th inning off Curtis 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Kennedy (3,off Niekro).  IBB–Lefebvre (4,by Niekro).  SB–Richards (10,2nd base off Bradford/Benedict); Murphy (8,2nd base off Wise/Kennedy).  CS–Gomez (1,2nd base by Wise/Kennedy).  WP–Niekro (2).  IBB–Niekro (2,Lefebvre).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–3:00.  A–19,538.
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