Pittsburgh Pirates vs Atlanta Braves
June 16, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1978 at Fulton County Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 9, Atlanta Braves 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 6 2 3 0
Milner lf 4 0 1 0
  Moreno cf 1 0 1 0
Parker rf 5 1 2 2
Robinson cf,lf 5 1 3 1
Stargell 1b 3 1 1 0
Stennett 3b 4 1 1 1
  Mendoza 3b 1 0 0 0
Ott c 5 1 2 3
Garner 2b 3 1 1 0
Blyleven p 3 1 2 0
  Whitson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 17 7
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 4 1 1 0
Beall 1b 3 0 1 1
Matthews rf 5 0 1 0
Burroughs lf 3 0 0 0
Office cf 5 0 0 0
Murphy c 4 1 1 0
Horner 3b 3 1 1 2
Chaney ss 4 0 1 0
Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Skok p 0 0 0 0
  Maddox ph 1 1 1 0
  Solomon p 0 0 0 0
  Nolan ph 0 0 0 0
  Camp p 0 0 0 0
  Gaston ph 1 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 3
Pittsburgh 123 100 1109170
Atlanta 000 022 000471
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  W (5-5) 5.2 6 4 3 4 7
  Whitson  SV (2) 3.1 1 0 0 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
6
11
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (7-7) 3.1 9 7 6 1 4
  Skok   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Solomon   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Camp   2.0 5 2 2 2 0
  Easterly   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
17
9
8
4
8

  E–Royster (8).  PB–Ott (6); Murphy 2 (6).  2B–Pittsburgh B Robinson (11,off Niekro); Stargell (8,off Camp).  HR–Pittsburgh Ott (4,3rd inning off Niekro 1 on, 2 out); Parker (10,8th inning off Camp 0 on, 2 out), Atlanta Horner (1,6th inning off Blyleven 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Garner (3,by Camp).  HBP–Beall (1,by Whitson).  SB–Taveras (19,2nd base off Niekro/Murphy); Ott (1,2nd base off Camp/Murphy); Garner (10,2nd base off Easterly/Murphy).  CS–Taveras (11,2nd base by Solomon/Murphy).  HBP–Whitson (1,Beall).  IBB–Camp (5,Garner).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–3:00.  A–18,572.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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