Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres
May 31, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1981 at Jack Murphy 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 1, San Diego Padres 5

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Linares lf 4 0 0 0
Washington rf 4 0 1 0
Pocoroba 3b 4 0 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 1 1 0
Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 0
Benedict c 3 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 2 1
Mahler p 1 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
  Hanna p 0 0 0 0
  Porter ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 3 2 2 1
Jones cf 5 0 0 0
Richards lf 5 0 0 0
  Edwards lf 0 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 4 0 2 2
Kennedy c 3 1 1 0
Lefebvre rf 3 1 1 0
Salazar 3b 4 1 4 1
Bonilla 2b 4 0 1 1
Eichelberger p 3 0 1 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 5
Atlanta 000 000 100181
San Diego 111 011 00x5120
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Mahler  L (2-1) 4.0 7 3 3 1 2
  Hanna   2.0 4 2 2 1 0
  Hrabosky   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
2
3
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Eichelberger  W (5-3) 7.0 6 1 1 1 5
  Lucas   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
6

  E–Pocoroba (3).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–Atlanta Murphy (6,off Eichelberger), San Diego Salazar (6,off Hanna).  3B–San Diego Salazar (4,off Hrabosky).  SH–Smith (2,off Mahler).  HBP–Smith (4,by Mahler).  SB–Smith (14,2nd base off Hanna/Benedict).  WP–Mahler (1).  HBP–Mahler (1,Smith).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:20.  A–14,138.
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