Atlanta Braves vs San Francisco Giants
September 15, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1981 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants 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 5, San Francisco Giants 6

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Butler lf 5 0 2 0
Washington rf 5 1 4 2
Horner 3b 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 5 1 0 0
Murphy cf 3 1 1 1
Hubbard 2b 5 0 1 0
Benedict c 3 0 3 0
Gomez ss 4 1 0 0
Niekro p 3 1 1 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 0 2 0
  Breining p 0 0 0 0
  Venable ph 1 0 0 0
  Minton p 0 0 0 0
Cabell 1b 5 1 1 0
Herndon lf 4 3 2 0
Evans 3b 3 0 1 1
  Pettini pr 0 1 0 0
Leonard rf 5 1 2 2
May c 4 0 0 0
Martin cf 4 0 1 0
LeMaster ss 4 0 2 1
  Bergman ph 0 0 0 1
Ripley p 1 0 0 0
  Rowland p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Holland p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph,2b 2 0 1 0
Totals 38 6 12 5
Atlanta 003 100 1005123
San Francisco 000 200 1036121
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   6.1 9 3 2 4 3
  Garber  L (4-4) 2.0 3 3 2 1 1
Totals
8.1
12
6
4
5
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Ripley   3.2 7 4 4 2 1
  Rowland   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Holland   2.0 2 0 0 2 1
  Breining   2.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Minton  W (4-4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
4
4

  E–Benedict (7), Gomez 2 (4), Holland (3).  DP–San Francisco 1.  2B–Atlanta Butler (2,off Ripley); Hubbard (11,off Holland), San Francisco Leonard (4,off Garber).  HR–Atlanta Murphy (11,7th inning off Breining 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Niekro (3,off Ripley); Bergman (2,off Garber).  IBB–Benedict (4,by Holland); Horner (2,by Holland); May (8,by Garber).  SB–Benedict (1,2nd base off Ripley/May); Morgan (13,2nd base off Niekro/Benedict).  CS–Morgan (3,2nd base by Niekro/Benedict).  WP–Ripley (5).  IBB–Garber (7,May); Holland 2 (10,Benedict,Horner).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:18.  A–3,588.
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