Atlanta Braves vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 5, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1983 at Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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)
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Atlanta Braves 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Ramirez ss 4 0 2 0
Royster lf 4 0 0 0
Murphy cf 3 0 0 0
Horner 3b 4 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
  Butler pr 0 0 0 0
Harper rf 3 0 0 0
  Watson ph 0 0 0 1
Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0
Benedict c 3 0 0 0
McMurtry p 2 0 1 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Sax 2b 4 0 3 0
Monday rf 2 0 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 0 0
  Thomas rf 0 0 0 0
Baker lf 2 0 0 0
Guerrero 3b 4 0 0 0
Landreaux cf 3 0 1 0
Marshall 1b 4 0 0 0
Russell ss 4 0 0 0
Fimple c 3 2 2 0
Valenzuela p 2 0 1 1
Totals 29 2 7 1
Atlanta 000 000 001151
Los Angeles 000 010 10x271
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
McMurtry  L (12-7) 6.0 7 2 2 3 1
  Forster   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Garber   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
4
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela  W (11-6) 9.0 5 1 0 1 9
Totals
9.0
5
1
0
1
9

  E–McMurtry (2), S Sax (28).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Los Angeles Fimple (3,off McMurtry).  3B–Los Angeles Fimple (1,off McMurtry).  SF–Watson (3,off Valenzuela).  SH–Valenzuela (10,off McMurtry).  SB–S Sax (33,2nd base off McMurtry/Benedict).  CS–S Sax (20,2nd base by Forster/Benedict).  BK–McMurtry (2).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:24.  A–50,039.
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