Pittsburgh Pirates vs Atlanta Braves
September 4, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1983 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Atlanta Braves 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wynne cf 5 1 1 0
Ray 2b 5 0 3 2
Madlock 3b 3 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 2 0 0 0
  Morrison ph 1 0 0 0
  Bibby p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Parker rf 3 1 1 1
Frobel lf 3 1 1 0
  Lacy ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Pena c 4 1 2 2
Berra ss 2 0 1 0
  Mazzilli ph,1b 1 1 1 0
DeLeon p 2 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Hebner ph 0 0 0 0
  Belliard ss 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 1 0 0 0
  Wotus ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hall lf 4 0 0 0
Washington rf 3 2 1 0
Murphy cf 4 3 3 4
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 1
  Butler pr 0 1 0 0
  Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0
Jacoby 3b 3 0 0 0
  Hubbard 2b 0 0 0 0
Pocoroba c 3 0 1 0
  Forster p 0 0 0 0
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 2 0
Johnson 2b,3b 2 0 0 0
McMurtry p 1 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Benedict c 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 6 8 5
Pittsburgh 100 000 4005101
Atlanta 000 202 02x680
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon   5.0 4 4 4 2 5
  Tomlin   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Sarmiento   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Bibby  L (4-11) 1.0 2 2 1 1 0
  Tekulve   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
3
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
McMurtry   6.0 7 4 4 1 1
  Garber   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Forster  W (3-2) 1.1 1 0 0 1 3
  Bedrosian  SV (19) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
5

  E–Mazzilli (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Frobel (3,off McMurtry); Pena (18,off Forster), Atlanta Chambliss (23,off Bibby).  HR–Atlanta Murphy 2 (28,4th inning off DeLeon 1 on, 1 out,6th inning off DeLeon 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Madlock (1,off McMurtry); Hebner (2,off Garber); McMurtry (10,off DeLeon); Hubbard (7,off Tekulve); Forster (1,off Tekulve).  SF–Parker (4,off McMurtry).  IBB–Mazzilli (1,by Forster).  SB–Berra (6,2nd base off McMurtry/Pocoroba); Ray (14,2nd base off Garber/Pocoroba); Washington 3 (28,2nd base off DeLeon/Pena 2,3rd base off DeLeon/Pena).  CS–Hubbard (7,Home by Tekulve/Pena).  IBB–Forster (8,Mazzilli).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:44.  A–24,610.
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