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Braves 4 @ Padres 5
San Diego Stadium
April 23, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Atlanta Braves, played on April 23, 1978 at San Diego Stadium. The home team Padres beat the visiting Braves with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateApril 23, 1978 
Visiting Team
Atlanta Braves
R: 4 H: 10 E: 4 LOB: 10
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
San Diego Padres
R: 5 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 15
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 15
Winning PitcherDave Wehrmeister  
Losing PitcherEddie Solomon  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateApril 23, 1978 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamAtlanta Braves 
Home TeamSan Diego Padres 
Visiting Starting PitcherDick Ruthven  
Home Starting PitcherBob Shirley  
BallparkSan Diego Stadium 
CitySan Diego 
StateCA 
Attendance19,502 
Time of Game3 hours 20 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ed Montague
1B: Lee Weyer
2B: Harry Wendelstedt
3B: Dutch Rennert

Atlanta Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jerry Royster  Second Baseman 
Barry Bonnell  Center Fielder 
Jeff Burroughs  Left Fielder 
Cito Gaston  Right Fielder 
Dale Murphy  First Baseman 
Biff Pocoroba  Catcher 
Rod Gilbreath  Third Baseman 
Pat Rockett  Shortstop 
Dick Ruthven  Pitcher 
Bobby Cox  Manager 

San Diego Padres Lineup 

Name  Position 
Gene Richards  First Baseman 
Derrel Thomas  Second Baseman 
Oscar Gamble  Left Fielder 
Dave Winfield  Right Fielder 
George Hendrick  Center Fielder 
Rick Sweet  Catcher 
Bill Almon  Third Baseman 
Ozzie Smith  Shortstop 
Bob Shirley  Pitcher 
Roger Craig  Manager 

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Braves 4 @ Padres 5
San Diego Stadium
April 23, 1978

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         Game of 4/23/1978 -- Atlanta at San Diego (D)

  Atlanta            AB  R  H RBI    San Diego          AB  R  H RBI
Royster J, 2b         4  0  1  0   Richards G, 1b        5  1  0  0   
Bonnell B, cf-rf      5  1  1  1   Thomas D, 2b-lf-2b    6  0  1  1   
Burroughs J, lf       5  1  4  3   Gamble O, lf          3  0  0  0   
Gaston C, rf          4  0  1  0   Baker C, 2b           2  0  0  0   
Office R, pr-cf       2  0  1  0   Wehrmeister D, p      0  0  0  0   
Murphy D, 1b          5  0  0  0   Winfield D, rf        6  0  1  0   
Solomon E, p          1  0  0  0   Hendrick G, cf        4  1  1  0   
Pocoroba B, c         5  0  0  0   Sweet R, c            5  1  3  0   
Gilbreath R, 3b       4  0  0  0   Almon B, 3b           6  1  2  0   
Rockett P, ss         3  0  0  0   Smith O, ss           6  1  2  1   
Chaney D, ph-ss       2  0  0  0   Shirley B, p          2  0  0  0   
Ruthven D, p          2  0  0  0   Lee M, p              0  0  0  0   
Paciorek T, ph        1  1  1  0   Tenace G, ph          1  0  0  0   
Camp R, p             0  0  0  0   Spillner D, p         0  0  0  0   
Devine A, p           0  0  0  0   Turner J, ph-lf       1  0  1  0   
Asselstine B, ph      1  0  0  0                                      
Mahler M, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Beall B, 1b           1  1  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  4 10  4                        47  5 11  2

Atlanta          000 000 030 001 --  4
San Diego        000 021 000 002 --  5
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Atlanta              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ruthven D             7.0  6  3  2  3  5
Camp R                0.1  2  0  0  0  0
Devine A              0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Mahler M              1.2  0  0  0  2  4
Solomon E (L)         2.0  3  2  0  2  2

  San Diego            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Shirley B             7.2  6  3  3  2  6
Lee M                 1.1  0  0  0  1  0
Spillner D            2.0  2  0  0  0  1
Wehrmeister D (W)     1.0  2  1  1  1  0

E -- Murphy D, Gaston C, Chaney D 2
DP -- Atlanta 1
LOB -- Atlanta 10, San Diego 15
2B -- Smith O, Burroughs J, Bonnell B, Turner J
HR -- Burroughs J
SB -- Richards G 2, Royster J, Smith O
SH -- Shirley B, Royster J
WP -- Solomon E
Balk -- Lee M
PB -- Sweet R
T -- 3:20
A -- 19502

    

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