Philadelphia Phillies vs Atlanta Braves
September 2, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1981 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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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Philadelphia Phillies 2, Atlanta Braves 3

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rose 1b 5 0 3 1
McBride rf 5 0 2 0
  McGraw p 0 0 0 0
Matthews lf 5 0 0 0
  Aviles 2b 0 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b 4 0 2 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
  Brusstar p 0 0 0 0
  Vukovich rf 0 0 0 0
Maddox cf 4 0 1 0
Aguayo ss,2b 2 1 1 0
  Unser ph 1 0 1 0
  Dernier pr 0 0 0 0
  Gross lf 0 0 0 0
Boone c 3 0 0 0
  Sandberg pr 0 1 0 0
  Moreland c 0 0 0 0
Noles p 3 0 1 1
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Bowa ss 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 2 12 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Butler lf 3 1 1 0
  Linares ph 1 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Royster ph 0 0 0 1
Washington rf 4 0 0 0
Horner 3b 4 0 1 1
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 3 1 1 0
Benedict c 4 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 2 0 0 0
  Miller pr,lf 1 1 1 1
Boggs p 2 0 0 0
  Pocoroba ph 0 0 0 0
  Whisenton pr 0 0 0 0
  Gomez ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Philadelphia 010 000 0012122
Atlanta 001 000 002350
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Noles   6.1 3 1 1 3 2
  Lyle   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Brusstar  L (0-1) 1.1 2 2 2 1 1
  McGraw   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.2
5
3
3
4
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Boggs   7.0 9 1 1 1 4
  Camp   1.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Hrabosky   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Garber  W (4-3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
1
5

  E–Trillo (4), Aguayo (5).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Philadelphia McBride (12,off Boggs).  3B–Atlanta Hubbard (4,off Brusstar).  HBP–Aguayo (1,by Boggs).  SF–Royster (1,off McGraw).  SB–McBride (4,2nd base off Boggs/Benedict); Aguayo (1,2nd base off Boggs/Benedict); Schmidt (10,2nd base off Boggs/Benedict); Butler (3,2nd base off Noles/Boone); Miller 3 (19,2nd base off Noles/Boone,2nd base off Brusstar/Moreland,3rd base off Brusstar/Moreland).  CS–Rose (4,2nd base by Boggs/Benedict).  BK–Noles 2 (3).  HBP–Boggs (3,Aguayo).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:50.  A–6,232.
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