San Diego Padres vs Atlanta Braves
September 2, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1974 at Atlanta Stadium. The Atlanta Braves defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 2, Atlanta Braves 8

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Grubb cf 4 1 1 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 1 1
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Turner lf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 1 1 1 1
  Ivie 1b 1 0 0 0
Winfield rf 3 0 0 0
Thomas 3b,2b 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 0 1 0
Almon ss 4 0 0 0
Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Clarke ph 1 0 0 0
  Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Hilton ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 4 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 4 0 0 0
  Office cf 1 0 0 0
Perez 2b 3 2 1 0
Evans 3b 3 2 1 2
Baker cf,rf 5 2 2 1
Lum rf,lf 3 1 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 1 1 3
Robinson ss 3 0 0 1
Correll c 2 0 1 0
Niekro p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 8 7 7
San Diego 100 010 000241
Atlanta 402 200 00x870
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (7-19) 3.0 5 6 4 4 0
  Palmer   3.0 2 2 2 2 3
  Johnson   2.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
7
8
6
8
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (16-11) 9.0 4 2 2 4 4
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
4
4

  E–Almon (1).  PB–Correll (8).  2B–Atlanta Baker 2 (28,off Jones 2); Correll (9,off Jones).  3B–San Diego Grubb (4,off P Niekro).  HR–San Diego McCovey (21,5th inning off P Niekro 0 on, 2 out), Atlanta Johnson (13,3rd inning off Jones 1 on, 1 out); Evans (19,4th inning off Palmer 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Robinson (5,off Jones).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:09.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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