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Friday June 7, 1974
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Buzz Capra extended his streak of consecutive scoreless innings to 25 and lowered his earned run average to 1.17 by pitching the Braves to a 5-0 victory over the Expos. Capra also scored two of the Braves' runs after reaching base on a walk in the second inning and on a single in the sixth. Dusty Baker and Mike Lum batted in two runs apiece. [The Sporting News]


Atlanta Braves 5, Montreal Expos 0

Game Played on Friday, June 7, 1974 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium

Expos        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  4
Braves       1  2  0    0  0  2    0  0  x  -   5 10  0


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hunt 3b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .211      Garr lf               3   1   2   0     0   0   .382
Foli ss               4   0   1   0     0   1   .255      Evans 3b              3   1   2   2     2   0   .243
Davis cf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .324      Baker rf              4   0   0   1     0   1   .280
Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .278      Lum 1b                5   0   2   2     0   1   .239
Fairly 1b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .240      Johnson 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .245
Bailey lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .260      Office cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .247
Cox 2b                3   0   0   0     0   0   .215      Oates c               3   1   1   0     1   0   .248
Humphrey c            2   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Robinson ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .227
  Stinson ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Capra p               3   2   1   0     1   1   .105
Blair p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Day ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .321
  Walker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Breeden ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
  DeMola p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   3   0     1   5             Totals               32   5  10   5     5   5

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance:  6,518
Left on Base: Expos 3, Braves 11
DP: Expos 2, Braves 1
Errors: Davis, Singleton, Cox, Humphrey
Stolen Bases: Garr (9), Office (2), Oates (2)
Caught Stealing: Baker (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Garr (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Baker (3)
GIDP: Bailey (9), Johnson (8)
Hit by Pitch: Garr (1,by Blair)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blair L(1-1)            2.2   4   3   3   4   2   0  17   4.00
Montague                2.1   2   0   0   0   2   0   9   1.88
Walker                  2     3   2   1   0   0   0  10   3.12
DeMola                  1     1   0   0   1   1   0   4   4.33
Totals                  8    10   5   4   5   5   0  40

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Capra W(5-2)            9     3   0   0   1   5   0  30   1.18
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   5   0  30

Hit by Pitch: Blair (1)
Wild Pitches: Blair (2)

Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Nick Colosi


EXPOS 1ST: 1:04 rain delay before start of game; Hunt
made an out to second; Foli struck out; Davis grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled; Garr stole second; Evans walked; Blair
threw a wild pitch [Garr to third]; Baker reached on an error by
Davis on a sacrifice fly [Garr scored, Evans to second, Baker to
first]; Lum forced Baker (shortstop to second) [Evans to third];
Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Lum out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 1.

EXPOS 2ND: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Fairly
singled; Bailey grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Fairly out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0,
Braves 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Office grounded out (first to pitcher); Oates
singled; Robinson grounded out (second to first) [Oates to
second]; Capra walked; Garr was hit by a pitch [Oates to third,
Capra to second]; Evans singled [Oates scored, Capra scored,
Garr to third, Evans to second (on throw)]; Baker struck out; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 3.

EXPOS 3RD: Cox flied to right in foul territory; Humphrey
grounded out (shortstop to first); Blair struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 3RD: Lum flied out to center; Johnson struck out; Office
walked; Office stole second; Oates was walked intentionally;
Robinson singled [Office to third, Oates to second]; MONTAGUE
REPLACED BLAIR (PITCHING); Capra was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 3.

EXPOS 4TH: Hunt struck out; Foli flied out to center; Davis
walked; Singleton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Expos 0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 4TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Evans flied out
to left; Baker made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Braves 3.

EXPOS 5TH: Fairly made an out to first; Bailey made an out to
catcher; Cox made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Lum singled; Johnson singled [Lum to second]; Office
forced Lum (pitcher to third) [Johnson to second]; Oates forced
Office (second to shortstop) [Johnson to third]; Robinson struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 3.

EXPOS 6TH: Humphrey struck out; DAY BATTED FOR MONTAGUE; Day
flied out to center; Hunt made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 6TH: WALKER REPLACED DAY (PITCHING); Capra singled; Garr
out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Capra to second];
Evans singled [Capra to third, Evans to second (error by
Humphrey)]; Baker made an out to second; Lum singled to right
[Capra scored, Evans scored (unearned), Lum to second (error by
Singleton)]; Johnson made an out to second; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 2
E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 5.

EXPOS 7TH: Foli singled; Davis flied out to center; Singleton
struck out; Fairly singled [Foli to third]; Bailey forced Fairly
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 5.

BRAVES 7TH: Office grounded out (second to first); Oates reached
on an error by Cox [Oates to first]; Oates stole second;
Robinson flied out to left; Capra flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 5.

EXPOS 8TH: Cox grounded out (third to first); STINSON BATTED FOR
HUMPHREY; Stinson made an out to third; BREEDEN BATTED FOR
WALKER; Breeden flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos
0, Braves 5.

BRAVES 8TH: STINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); DEMOLA REPLACED
BREEDEN (PITCHING); Garr singled; Evans walked [Garr to second];
Baker forced Evans (shortstop to second) [Garr to third]; Lum
struck out while Baker was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves 5.

EXPOS 9TH: Hunt flied out to center; Foli made an out to first;
Davis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Braves
5.



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