The Braves backed the five-hit pitching of Phil Niekro with a 13-hit attack, including a homer and double by Dusty Baker, in routing the Phillies and Ed Farmer, 9-1. Ralph Garr singled in the first, his ninth consecutive hit, and later scored on a base hit by Darrell Evans for a 1-0 lead. The Braves batted out Farmer in the third, Hank Aaron delivering a bases-loaded single good for two runs. Davey Johnson, who had three RBIs in the game, greeted reliever George Culver with a two-run double. Mike Lum drew a walk and Johnny Oates singled for a 6-0 Atlanta lead.

Atlanta made it 8-0 in the fourth on run-producing singles by Johnson and Craig Robinson, and Baker's bases-empty homer in the fifth completed the Braves' scoring. Niekro lost the shutout in the seventh when Mike Schmidt belted his eighth homer of the season. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 9, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Monday, May       27, 1974 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  5  0
Braves       1  0  5    2  1  0    0  0  x  -   9 13  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               3   0   2   0     0   0   .311      Garr rf               2   2   1   0     2   0   .389
  Taylor 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .211        Office cf           1   0   1   0     0   0   .212
Bowa ss               3   0   2   0     0   0   .274      Evans 3b              5   1   2   1     0   0   .257
  Harmon ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Baker cf,rf           3   3   2   1     1   0   .302
Unser cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .325        Tepedino 1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .197
Luzinski lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Aaron lf              4   1   1   2     0   1   .242
  Hutton lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .198        Miller lf,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .176
Schmidt 3b            2   1   1   1     1   1   .286      Johnson 2b            4   2   2   3     0   0   .250
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Perez 2b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .370
Montanez 1b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .231      Lum 1b,lf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .200
Anderson rf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .280      Oates c               3   0   2   1     1   0   .256
Cox c                 3   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Robinson ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .226
Farmer p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .111        Foster ss           1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
  Culver p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      P. Niekro p           3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Grabarkewitz ph,3b  1   0   0   0     0   0   .143

Totals               30   1   5   1     1   7             Totals               36   9  13   9     5   2

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  6,446
Left on Base: Phillies 3, Braves 9
DP: Phillies 0, Braves 2
Doubles: Oates (6), Evans (7), Johnson (6), Baker (10)
Home Runs: Schmidt (8), Baker (5)
Stolen Bases: Garr 2 (6)
Sacrifice Hits: P. Niekro (4)
GIDP: Unser (2)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Farmer L(2-1)           2     5   5   5   2   1   0  13   5.21
Culver                  5     7   4   4   3   1   1  25   6.98
Linzy                   1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.20
Totals                  8    13   9   9   5   2   1  42

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
P. Niekro W(6-3)        9     5   1   1   1   7   1  31   2.79
Totals                  9     5   1   1   1   7   1  31

Wild Pitches: Farmer (4)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled; Bowa singled [Cash to second]; Unser
forced Bowa (third to shortstop) [Cash to third]; Luzinski lined
into a double play (third unassisted) [Cash out at third]; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled; Garr stole second; Evans singled [Garr
scored]; Farmer threw a wild pitch [Evans to second]; Baker
flied out to right; Aaron was called out on strikes; Johnson
flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt struck out; Montanez struck out [Montanez
out at first (catcher to first)]; Anderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum flied out to center; Oates doubled to center;
Robinson popped to first in foul territory; P. Niekro reached on
a fielder's choice [Oates out at third (third unassisted)]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cox struck out; Farmer struck out; Cash flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Garr walked; Garr stole second; Evans doubled to
right [Garr to third]; Baker walked; Aaron singled to left [Garr
scored, Evans scored, Baker to second]; CULVER REPLACED FARMER
(PITCHING); Johnson doubled to right [Baker scored, Aaron
scored]; Lum walked; Oates singled [Lum to second, Johnson
scored]; Robinson flied out to center; P. Niekro out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Lum to third, Oates to
second]; Garr walked; Evans grounded out (second to first); 5 R,
4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 6.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa grounded out (first unassisted); Unser
grounded out (shortstop to first); Luzinski grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 6.

BRAVES 4TH: Baker doubled to center; Aaron grounded out
(shortstop to first); Johnson singled to center [Baker scored];
Lum grounded out (catcher to first) [Johnson to second]; Oates
walked; Robinson singled to right [Johnson scored, Oates to
second]; P. Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 8.

PHILLIES 5TH: Schmidt walked; Montanez struck out; Anderson
forced Schmidt (second to shortstop); Cox grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 8.

BRAVES 5TH: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Evans grounded
out (second to first); Baker homered; Aaron grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves
9.

PHILLIES 6TH: MILLER REPLACED AARON (PLAYING LF); OFFICE
REPLACED GARR (PLAYING CF); BAKER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); Culver was called out on strikes; Cash singled; Bowa
singled [Cash to second]; Unser grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Bowa out at second]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Braves 9.

BRAVES 6TH: TAYLOR REPLACED CASH (PLAYING 2B); HARMON REPLACED
BOWA (PLAYING SS); Johnson flied out to center; Lum flied out to
center; Oates flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Braves 9.

PHILLIES 7TH: TEPEDINO REPLACED BAKER (PLAYING 1B); MILLER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); LUM CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); FOSTER REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING SS); PEREZ REPLACED
JOHNSON (PLAYING 2B); Luzinski lined to center; Schmidt homered;
Montanez grounded out (first to pitcher); Anderson grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Braves 9.

BRAVES 7TH: HUTTON REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Foster was
called out on strikes; P. Niekro popped to shortstop; Office
singled to right; Evans forced Office (second to shortstop); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Braves 9.

PHILLIES 8TH: Cox popped to shortstop; GRABARKEWITZ BATTED FOR
CULVER; Grabarkewitz grounded out (third to first); Taylor
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
1, Braves 9.

BRAVES 8TH: GRABARKEWITZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); LINZY
REPLACED SCHMIDT (PITCHING); Tepedino flied out to left; Miller
popped to shortstop in foul territory; Perez singled to right;
Lum flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Braves 9.

PHILLIES 9TH: Harmon flied out to left; Unser popped to third in
foul territory; Hutton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Braves 9.