Atlanta Braves vs San Diego Padres
September 20, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 1981 at Jack Murphy Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Diego Padres 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 3, San Diego Padres 1

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Linares lf 4 1 2 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenton ph 0 0 0 0
  Miller pr 0 1 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
Washington rf 4 1 2 2
Horner 3b 3 0 2 0
  Royster pr,3b 1 0 1 1
Chambliss 1b 5 0 0 0
Murphy cf 4 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 5 0 0 0
Benedict c 2 0 0 0
  Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0
  Owen c 0 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
  Gomez ss 0 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Jacoby ph 1 0 0 0
  Butler lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Smith ss 5 0 2 0
Bonilla 2b 4 0 0 0
Richards lf 3 0 1 0
Jones cf 5 0 0 0
Kennedy c 5 0 0 0
Perkins 1b 3 0 1 0
  Wiggins pr 0 0 0 0
  Lucas p 0 0 0 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
  Mura p 0 0 0 0
  Moreno ph 1 0 1 0
Salazar rf 5 1 1 0
Flannery 3b 5 0 1 0
Kuhaulua p 2 0 1 1
  Bass ph,1b 3 0 1 0
Totals 42 1 9 1
Atlanta 100 000 000 02381
San Diego 000 010 000 00191
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   7.0 6 1 0 1 0
  Hrabosky  W (1-1) 3.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Camp  SV (15) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
9
1
0
3
0
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Kuhaulua   7.0 4 1 1 2 3
  Lucas   2.0 1 0 0 1 4
  Mura  L (5-14) 2.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
11.0
8
3
3
4
8

  E–Horner (12), Salazar (14).  DP–San Diego 3.  2B–Atlanta Washington (20,off Kuhaulua); Horner 2 (10,off Kuhaulua,off Lucas), San Diego Richards (13,off Niekro); Perkins (17,off Niekro); Smith (10,off Hrabosky).  SH–Washington (8,off Kuhaulua).  IBB–Murphy (8,by Lucas); Bonilla (5,by Hrabosky).  SB–Miller (23,2nd base off Mura/Kennedy); Royster (7,2nd base off Mura/Kennedy); Murphy (12,2nd base off Mura/Kennedy); Salazar (9,2nd base off Niekro/Benedict); Smith (21,2nd base off Niekro/Benedict).  IBB–Hrabosky (1,Bonilla); Lucas (15,Murphy).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Lanny Harris, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:49.  A–2,466.
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