Having broken Babe Ruth's career record for homers, Hank Aaron sat on the bench and watched the Braves lose to the Dodgers, 9-2. Carl Morton got off to a wild start for the Braves, walking three batters to pave the way for three Dodger runs on a single by Willie Crawford and sacrifice fly by Ron Cey. The Dodgers put the game out of the Braves' reach with two more runs in the third on singles by Joe Ferguson and Crawford, a sacrifice fly by Steve Garvey and single by Bill Russell. Davey Johnson homered for the Braves. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 9, Atlanta Braves 2
Game Played on Tuesday, April     9, 1974 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Dodgers      3  0  2    0  0  0    1  3  0  -   9 11  0
Braves       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  7  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lacy 2b               5   2   2   0     0   0   .333      Garr lf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .100
Buckner lf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .267      Lum rf                4   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  Paciorek ph,lf      1   0   1   1     0   0   .500      Evans 3b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .235
Wynn cf               3   1   0   2     1   1   .400      Johnson 2b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .188
Ferguson c            3   2   1   0     2   1   .235      Tepedino 1b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .400
Crawford rf           5   1   3   2     0   1   .421      Office cf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .167
Cey 3b                3   0   0   1     1   1   .389      Oates c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .154
Garvey 1b             4   0   0   1     0   1   .188      Robinson ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .071
Russell ss            3   1   2   1     1   1   .389        Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sutton p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Murrell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Mota ph             0   1   0   0     1   0   .000      Morton p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Easterly p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Perez ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               33   9  11   8     7   6             Totals               33   2   7   2     2   2

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 10,648
Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Braves 6
DP: Dodgers 1, Braves 3
Errors: Evans
Doubles: Lacy (1), Russell (2)
Home Runs: Johnson (1)
Stolen Bases: Buckner (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Cey (2), Garvey (1), Wynn (2)
GIDP: Buckner (2), Wynn (1), Lum (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(2-0)           7     5   1   1   1   1   1  26   0.56
Marshall                2     2   1   1   1   1   0   9   3.60
Totals                  9     7   2   2   2   2   1  35

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton L(0-1)           6.2   9   6   6   6   6   0  32   5.93
Easterly                0.2   2   3   1   1   0   0   6   5.40
Frisella                1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0.00
Totals                  9    11   9   7   7   6   0  43

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Satch Davidson


DODGERS 1ST: Lacy grounded out (third to first); Buckner walked;
Buckner stole second; Wynn walked; Ferguson walked [Buckner to
third, Wynn to second]; Crawford singled to right [Buckner
scored, Wynn scored, Ferguson to third]; Cey hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Ferguson scored]; Garvey struck out; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled to shortstop; Lum grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Garr to second]; Evans popped to shortstop; Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Braves 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Russell struck out; Sutton singled to right; Lacy
singled to center [Sutton to second]; Buckner grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lacy out at second];
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Tepedino singled to center; Office was called out on
strikes; Oates forced Tepedino (second to shortstop); Robinson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Braves 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Wynn struck out; Ferguson singled to center;
Crawford singled to right [Ferguson to third, Crawford to second
(on throw to 3b)]; Cey was walked intentionally; Garvey hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Ferguson scored, Crawford to third];
Russell singled [Crawford scored, Cey to third]; Sutton grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 5,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Morton grounded out (third to first); Garr singled
to center; Lum grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Garr out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5,
Braves 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Lacy grounded out (third to first); Buckner singled
to right; Wynn grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Buckner out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Evans grounded out (second to first); Johnson
homered; dispute over fair or foul on home run; LF Bill
Buckner threw his glove during the argument and was fined $100
but not ejected; Tepedino flied out to right; Office made an
out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Braves 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Ferguson was called out on strikes; Crawford struck
out; Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Oates grounded out (third to first); Robinson flied
out to left; Morton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Braves 1.

DODGERS 6TH: Garvey grounded out (third to first); Russell
walked; Sutton hit into a double play (first to second) [Russell
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Garr grounded out (third to first); Lum grounded out
(first to pitcher); Evans walked; Johnson popped to third; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 5, Braves 1.

DODGERS 7TH: Lacy doubled to left; Buckner grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Lacy to third]; Wynn hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Lacy scored]; Ferguson walked; Crawford singled to
right [Ferguson to third]; EASTERLY REPLACED MORTON (PITCHING);
Cey forced Crawford (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Dodgers 6, Braves 1.

BRAVES 7TH: Tepedino grounded out (shortstop to first); Office
popped to third; Oates singled to center; Robinson grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 6, Braves 1.

DODGERS 8TH: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell
doubled to left; MOTA BATTED FOR SUTTON; Mota walked; Lacy
reached on an error by Evans [Russell scored (no RBI), Mota to
third]; PACIOREK BATTED FOR BUCKNER; Paciorek singled to center
[Mota scored (unearned), Lacy to third]; FRISELLA REPLACED
ROBINSON (PITCHING); PEREZ REPLACED EASTERLY (PLAYING SS); Wynn
forced Paciorek (third to second) [Lacy scored (unearned)];
Ferguson forced Wynn (shortstop to second); 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 9, Braves 1.

BRAVES 8TH: PACIOREK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MARSHALL
REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); Perez grounded out (second to first);
Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Lum flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 9, Braves 1.

DODGERS 9TH: Crawford grounded out (second to first); Cey made
an out to shortstop; Garvey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 9, Braves 1.

BRAVES 9TH: Evans walked; Johnson struck out; Tepedino singled
to left [Evans to second]; Office singled to left [Evans scored,
Tepedino to second]; Oates grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Tepedino to third, Office to second]; MURRELL BATTED FOR
FRISELLA; Murrell flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 9, Braves 2.