Ivan Murrell, playing in place of Hank Aaron, who was given the night off, hit a bases-loaded triple and his first homer of the season to lead the Braves to a 6-1 victory over the Mets. Murrell hit his triple in the third inning when the Braves scored five runs and added his homer in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 6, New York Mets 1
Game Played on Tuesday, June      18, 1974 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Braves       0  0  5    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   6  5  0
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  7  2


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .366      Schneck cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .236
Evans 3b              2   1   0   0     2   1   .258      Boswell 2b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .318
Baker rf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .274      Milner 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .254
Johnson 1b            3   1   0   1     1   1   .249      Staub rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .265
Murrell cf            4   2   2   4     0   1   .267      Jones lf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .269
Perez 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .301      Garrett 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .172
Oates c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .245      Hodges c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .241
Robinson ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .214      Martinez ss           4   0   1   0     0   2   .187
Harrison p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .133      Stone p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .308
                                                            Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Theodore ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .161
                                                            Aker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dyer ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .105

Totals               30   6   5   5     4   6             Totals               34   1   7   1     2   6

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 33,403
Left on Base: Braves 2, Mets 8
DP: Braves 0, Mets 1
Errors: Hodges, Martinez
Doubles: Perez (5), Jones (9), Martinez (2)
Triples: Murrell (1)
Home Runs: Murrell (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Harrison (6)
GIDP: Johnson (10)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Harrison W(6-7)         9     7   1   1   2   6   0  36   4.09
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   6   0  36

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone L(2-5)            5     3   5   0   3   4   0  21   4.85
Apodaca                 2     1   1   1   0   2   1   7   5.68
Aker                    2     1   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.66
Totals                  9     5   6   1   4   6   1  35

Passed Balls: Hodges (1)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Shag Crawford


BRAVES 1ST: Garr flied to center; Evans flied to center; Baker
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Schneck popped to shortstop; Boswell flied to center;
Milner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Mets 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Johnson flied to left; Murrell struck out; Perez
doubled to left; Oates struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Staub grounded out (second to first); Jones flied to
center; Garrett walked; Hodges forced Garrett (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Mets 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Robinson singled; Harrison out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Robinson to second]; Hodges allowed a
passed ball [Robinson to third]; Garr grounded out (pitcher to
first); Hodges dropped a foul fly hit by Evans for an error;
Evans walked; Baker walked [Evans to second]; Johnson walked
[Robinson scored (unearned), Evans to third, Baker to second];
Murrell tripled to left [Johnson scored (unearned), Baker scored
(unearned), Evans scored (unearned), Murrell scored (error by
Martinez) (unearned)]; Perez grounded out (third to first); 5 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Martinez struck out; Stone grounded out (shortstop to
first); Schneck singled to left; Boswell singled to right
[Schneck to second]; Milner grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 5, Mets 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Oates grounded out (pitcher to first); Robinson
popped to first in foul territory; Harrison was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Staub popped to third; Jones doubled to right; Garrett
lined to first; Hodges struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
5, Mets 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Garr grounded out (third to first); Evans struck
out; Baker flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5,
Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Martinez struck out; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR STONE;
Kranepool flied to right; Schneck was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5, Mets 0.

BRAVES 6TH: APODACA REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Johnson
struck out; Murrell homered; Perez was called out on strikes;
Oates grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 6, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Boswell singled to left; Milner walked [Boswell to
second]; Staub flied to center [Boswell to third]; Jones forced
Milner (third to second) [Boswell scored]; Garrett flied to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 6, Mets 1.

BRAVES 7TH: Robinson grounded out (third to first); Harrison
grounded out (third to first); Garr flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 6, Mets 1.

METS 7TH: Hodges struck out; Martinez flied to left; THEODORE
BATTED FOR APODACA; Theodore struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 6, Mets 1.

BRAVES 8TH: AKER REPLACED THEODORE (PITCHING); Evans walked;
Baker singled to center [Evans to second]; Johnson grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Evans to third, Baker
out at second]; Murrell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 6, Mets 1.

METS 8TH: Schneck flied to center; Boswell singled to right;
Milner forced Boswell (second to shortstop); Staub singled to
right [Milner to second]; Jones flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 6, Mets 1.

BRAVES 9TH: Perez grounded out (pitcher to first); Oates flied
to center; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 6, Mets 1.

METS 9TH: Garrett flied to right; Hodges popped to third;
Martinez doubled to left; DYER BATTED FOR AKER; Dyer flied to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 6, Mets 1.