Atlanta Braves vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 3, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1981 at Dodger Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 5 1 1 0
Asselstine rf 4 1 3 2
  Harper pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Linares lf 4 1 2 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 1
Murphy cf 4 1 1 1
Hubbard 2b 3 0 1 0
Benedict c 3 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0
Niekro p 3 0 0 0
  Camp p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Thomas 2b 3 0 1 0
Landreaux cf 4 0 0 0
Baker lf 4 0 0 0
Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0
Cey 3b 3 1 0 0
Guerrero rf 4 1 2 2
Scioscia c 4 0 0 0
Frias ss 3 0 1 0
Hooton p 0 0 0 0
  Goltz p 1 0 0 0
  Monday ph 1 0 0 0
  Castillo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Atlanta 300 010 000491
Los Angeles 000 200 000242
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (4-3) 7.0 4 2 2 2 5
  Camp  SV (7) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
2
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Hooton  L (7-2) 0.2 4 3 3 1 0
  Goltz   6.1 4 1 1 1 4
  Castillo   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
6

  E–Royster (1), Scioscia 2 (3).  DP–Los Angeles 1.  2B–Atlanta Asselstine (3,off Goltz).  HR–Atlanta Asselstine (1,1st inning off Hooton 1 on, 0 out); Murphy (6,1st inning off Hooton 0 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Guerrero (10,4th inning off Niekro 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Goltz (1,off Niekro).  SB–Royster (4,2nd base off Hooton/Scioscia); Linares (3,2nd base off Goltz/Scioscia); Harper (4,2nd base off Goltz/Scioscia).  BK–Camp (2).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Lanny Harris, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:17.  A–42,649.
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