San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
August 9, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1983 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 2, Atlanta Braves 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
LeMaster ss 5 0 0 0
Venable lf 4 1 2 0
Clark rf 2 0 0 0
Evans 1b 3 1 1 2
Davis C. cf 4 0 0 0
O'Malley 3b 4 0 1 0
Brenly c 3 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 2 0 0 0
  McGaffigan p 0 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 0 0 0 0
Davis M. p 1 0 0 0
  Calvert p 1 0 0 0
  Wellman 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Butler rf,lf 5 1 2 0
Ramirez ss 5 1 2 0
Murphy cf 2 2 1 1
Horner 3b 3 2 1 1
  Harper rf 0 0 0 0
Watson 1b 3 1 2 2
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
Royster lf,3b 4 0 0 1
Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0
Benedict c 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 3 0 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 7 9 5
San Francisco 200 000 000242
Atlanta 020 230 00x790
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Davis   2.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Calvert  L (0-3) 3.2 5 5 4 5 0
  McGaffigan   2.1 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
5
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (8-6) 7.0 4 2 2 5 7
  Forster   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
5
8

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1.  PB–Benedict (4).  2B–Atlanta Murphy (17,off Calvert).  HR–San Francisco Evans (22,1st inning off Niekro 1 on, 2 out), Atlanta Horner (19,2nd inning off M Davis 0 on, 0 out); Watson (4,2nd inning off M Davis 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Kuiper (1,by Niekro); Youngblood (5,by Forster).  IBB–Watson (3,by Calvert).  SB–Venable (11,2nd base off Niekro/Benedict); Brenly (7,2nd base off Niekro/Benedict).  BK–Calvert (1).  HBP–Niekro (2,Kuiper); Forster (2,Youngblood).  IBB–Calvert (3,Watson).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:27.  A–32,416.
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