A wild throw by Bob Apodaca on a bunt in the 11th inning allowed the Braves to score the run that beat the Mets, 4-3. Johnny Oates led off with a single and stopped at second on another hit by Craig Robinson. Frank Tepedino then bunted and when Apodaca threw the ball past first base, Oates crossed the plate to end the game.

The advertised pitching duel between Buzz Capra, formerly with the Mets, and Tom Seaver drew a crowd of 45,296, but Capra, who had pitched 25 scoreless innings, was kayoed in the second after giving up three runs. The Braves came back with a homer by Mike Lum in their half of the second and another run in the sixth on a triple by Ralph Garr and grounder by Dusty Baker before Oates tied the score with a homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 4, New York Mets 3
Game Played on Tuesday, June      11, 1974 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Mets         1  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   3 11  1
Braves       0  1  0    0  0  1    1  0  0    0  1  -   4 11  1


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrelson ss          4   1   1   0     1   1   .258      Garr rf               5   1   1   0     0   0   .378
Millan 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .274      Evans 3b              4   0   2   0     1   1   .245
Jones lf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Baker cf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .275
Staub rf              5   0   2   1     0   0   .261      Aaron lf              3   0   1   0     2   0   .242
Milner 1b             4   0   0   0     1   2   .258      Johnson 2b            5   0   0   0     0   2   .236
Schneck cf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .255      Lum 1b                4   1   2   1     0   0   .246
  Hahn ph,cf          2   0   1   0     0   0   .351        Foster pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Garrett 3b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .179        Aker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Grote c               5   0   2   2     0   0   .255        Office ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .253
Seaver p              2   0   0   0     1   0   .071        Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dyer ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .118      Oates c               4   2   2   1     0   1   .255
  Martinez pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Robinson ss           4   0   1   0     1   0   .220
  Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Capra p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .105
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Leon p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .314        Miller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .190
  Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Krausse p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Murrell ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
                                                            House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Perez ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .303
                                                            Tepedino ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .213

Totals               40   3  11   3     4   3             Totals               37   4  11   3     4   6

Time of Game: 3:04   Attendance: 45,296
Left on Base: Mets 9, Braves 11
DP: Mets 2, Braves 2
Errors: Apodaca, Robinson
Doubles: Schneck (7), Millan (4), Staub (10), Lum (7)
Triples: Garr (9)
Home Runs: Lum (6), Oates (1)
Caught Stealing: Garrett (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Millan (7), Baker 2 (2), Oates (7), Tepedino (1)
GIDP: Hahn (3), Boswell (3), Johnson (9), Garr (3)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver                  8     7   3   3   2   5   2  32   3.61
Sadecki                 0     1   0   0   1   0   0   3   5.61
Miller                  2     1   0   0   1   1   0   7   3.12
Apodaca L(1-4)          0     2   1   0   0   0   0   3   5.34
Totals                 10    11   4   3   4   6   2  45

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Capra                   1.2   5   3   3   1   1   0  11   1.54
Leon                    3.1   2   0   0   1   0   0  13   0.00
Krausse                 2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.22
House                   2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   1.82
Aker                    1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.78
Frisella W(2-2)         1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.64
Totals                 11    11   3   3   4   3   0  45

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


METS 1ST: Harrelson walked; Millan out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Harrelson to second]; Jones flied to center;
Staub singled to center [Harrelson scored]; Milner struck out; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr popped to third in foul territory; Evans struck
out; Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 0.

METS 2ND: Schneck doubled to left; Garrett singled to center
[Schneck to third, Garrett to second (on throw to home)]; Grote
singled to left [Garrett scored, Schneck scored]; Grote was
picked off first (catcher to first); Seaver popped to third;
Harrelson reached on an error by Robinson; Millan doubled to
center [Harrelson to third]; LEON REPLACED CAPRA (PITCHING);
Jones popped to second; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Aaron grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
flied to center; Lum homered; Oates struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 1.

METS 3RD: Staub grounded out (second to first); Milner grounded
out (second to first); Schneck grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Robinson grounded out (first unassisted); Leon
struck out; Garr grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 1.

METS 4TH: Garrett flied to center; Grote grounded out (shortstop
to first); Seaver walked; Harrelson singled to right [Seaver to
second]; Millan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); Baker singled
to left; Aaron singled to right [Baker to second]; Johnson
struck out; Lum popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 1.

METS 5TH: Jones singled to left; Staub grounded out (first
unassisted) [Jones to second]; Milner flied to left; Schneck
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
3, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Oates popped to third in foul territory; Robinson
lined to second; MILLER BATTED FOR LEON; Miller grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 1.

METS 6TH: KRAUSSE REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Garrett singled to
left; Garrett was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop
to first to pitcher); Grote flied to left; Seaver popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Garr tripled to right; Evans walked; Baker forced
Evans (second to shortstop) [Garr scored]; Aaron flied to left;
Johnson was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets
3, Braves 2.

METS 7TH: Harrelson lined to third; Millan grounded out
(shortstop to first); Jones lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 2.

BRAVES 7TH: Lum flied to right; Oates homered; Robinson grounded
out (pitcher to first); MURRELL BATTED FOR KRAUSSE; Murrell
singled to right; Garr grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 3.

METS 8TH: HOUSE REPLACED MURRELL (PITCHING); Staub popped to
third; Milner was called out on strikes; HAHN BATTED FOR
SCHNECK; Hahn singled to left; Garrett grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 3.

BRAVES 8TH: HAHN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Evans singled to
right; Baker out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Evans
to second]; Aaron was walked intentionally; On a bunt Johnson
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Aaron out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 3.

METS 9TH: Grote grounded out (shortstop to first); DYER BATTED
FOR SEAVER; Dyer walked; MARTINEZ RAN FOR DYER; Harrelson was
called out on strikes; Millan grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 3.

BRAVES 9TH: SADECKI REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Lum doubled to
right; FOSTER RAN FOR LUM; Oates reached on a fielder's choice
on a sacrifice bunt [Foster to third]; Robinson was walked
intentionally [Oates to second]; PEREZ BATTED FOR HOUSE; MILLER
REPLACED SADECKI (PITCHING); TEPEDINO BATTED FOR PEREZ; Tepedino
flied to left; Garr grounded into a double play (second to
catcher to first) [Foster out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mets 3, Braves 3.

METS 10TH: TEPEDINO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); AKER REPLACED
FOSTER (PITCHING); Jones flied to center; Staub doubled to
right; Milner was walked intentionally; Hahn grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Milner out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 3.

BRAVES 10TH: Evans singled; Baker out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Evans to second]; Aaron was walked
intentionally; Johnson flied to left; OFFICE BATTED FOR AKER;
Office struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 3.

METS 11TH: FRISELLA REPLACED OFFICE (PITCHING); Garrett flied to
center; Grote singled to left; BOSWELL BATTED FOR MILLER;
Boswell grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Grote
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 3.

BRAVES 11TH: APODACA REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Oates singled
to right; Robinson singled to center [Oates to second]; Tepedino
reached on an error by Apodaca on a sacrifice bunt [Robinson to
second, Oates scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 4.