San Francisco Giants vs Atlanta Braves
July 8, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1970 at Atlanta Stadium. 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

San Francisco Giants 13, Atlanta Braves 0

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf,rf 3 2 2 1
Hunt 2b 3 1 0 0
  Heise ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Henderson rf 0 1 0 0
  Mays ph,cf 3 1 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 2 1 0
  Taylor lf 2 0 0 0
Dietz c 3 2 2 2
Hart 3b 5 1 4 7
  Gallagher 3b 0 0 0 0
Johnson lf,1b 5 1 1 0
Lanier ss 5 1 1 0
Perry p 5 1 1 1
Totals 39 13 12 11
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Jackson ss 4 0 1 0
Millan 2b 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez cf 4 0 1 0
Carty lf 2 0 0 0
  Hall lf 2 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 2 0 0 0
  Aaron 1b 1 0 0 0
Lum rf 3 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 3 0 2 0
Didier c 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Gatewood p 0 0 0 0
  Kester p 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 5 0
San Francisco 002 0110 00013120
Atlanta 000 000 000053
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  W (13-8) 9.0 5 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
0
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (7-11) 4.1 9 7 7 4 5
  Gatewood   0.1 3 6 1 2 0
  Kester   4.1 0 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
12
13
8
9
7

  E–Jackson 2 (16), Aspromonte (4).  DP–San Francisco 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–San Francisco Hart (1,off Niekro).  3B–San Francisco Hart (1,off Gatewood).  HR–San Francisco Hart (1,5th inning off Niekro 2 on, 1 out).  HBP–Hunt (17,by Gatewood).  IBB–McCovey (26,by Gatewood).  SB–Bonds 2 (29,2nd base off Niekro/Didier 2).  HBP–Gatewood (1,Hunt).  IBB–Gatewood (1,McCovey).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:54.  A–10,629.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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