Buzz Capra was a winner over his former teammates, with the help of Tom House, when the Braves defeated the Mets, 5-0. Capra yielded only three hits, but was removed when the Mets loaded the bases with two out in the sixth inning. House retired Duffy Dyer on a grounder to end the threat and held the Mets hitless the rest of the way.

The Braves scored their first two runs off Jon Matlack in the fifth. Capra singled and was forced by Ralph Garr, who stole second before Darrell Evans walked. Dusty Baker singled to drive in Garr. After an intentional pass to Hank Aaron, Davey Johnson plated the second run with a sacrifice fly. The Braves added their final three runs at the expense of Bob Miller in the eighth and ninth. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 5, New York Mets 0
Game Played on Wednesday, June      19, 1974 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Braves       0  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  2  -   5 10  1
Mets         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr rf,lf            5   2   3   0     0   0   .370      Garrett ss            2   0   0   0     2   0   .170
Evans 3b              3   2   0   0     2   0   .255      Millan 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Baker cf,rf           5   0   1   1     0   0   .273      Milner 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .254
Aaron lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .255      Staub rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .266
  Office cf           1   0   1   1     0   0   .267      Jones lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Johnson 1b            2   0   2   1     1   0   .256      Boswell 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .304
  Foster pr,ss        1   1   0   0     0   0   .222      Schneck cf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Perez 2b              4   0   2   0     1   0   .308        Theodore ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .156
Oates c               3   0   0   0     1   1   .241      Grote c               3   0   1   0     1   1   .269
Robinson ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .211      Matlack p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .148
  Lum ph,1b           1   0   0   1     0   0   .231        Kranepool ph        0   0   0   0     0   0   .308
Capra p               3   0   1   0     0   0   .160        Dyer ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  House p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Martinez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .184

Totals               35   5  10   4     6   2             Totals               29   0   3   0     5   3

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance: 24,159
Left on Base: Braves 10, Mets 9
DP: Braves 0, Mets 1
Errors: Capra, Millan
Doubles: Perez (6), Staub (13)
Stolen Bases: Garr (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Millan (8), Matlack (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Johnson (2)
GIDP: Baker (4)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Capra W(7-2)            5.2   3   0   0   5   1   0  26   1.40
House SV(5)             3.1   0   0   0   0   2   0  10   1.64
Totals                  9     3   0   0   5   3   0  36

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(5-5)          6     6   2   2   3   2   0  27   2.69
Miller                  3     4   3   2   3   0   0  15   3.45
Totals                  9    10   5   4   6   2   0  42

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


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

METS 1ST: Garrett flied to left; Millan grounded out (first
unassisted); Milner singled to center; Staub walked [Milner to
second]; Jones flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0,
Mets 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Aaron lined to center; Johnson singled to left;
Perez singled to right [Johnson to second]; Oates flied to
right; Robinson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0,
Mets 0.

METS 2ND: Boswell reached on an error by Capra; Schneck popped
to catcher in foul territory; Grote popped to catcher in foul
territory; Matlack grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Mets 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Capra grounded out (second to first); Garr singled;
Evans forced Garr (first to shortstop); Baker forced Evans
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Garrett walked; Millan out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Garrett to second]; Milner flied to right;
Staub flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Mets 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Aaron flied to center; Johnson singled to left;
Perez walked [Johnson to second]; Oates struck out; Robinson
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
0, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: Jones flied to right; Boswell grounded out (first to
second to pitcher); Schneck struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Mets 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Capra singled to left; Garr forced Capra (third to
second); Garr stole second; Evans walked; Baker singled to left
[Garr scored, Evans to third (on throw to home), Baker to second
(on throw to home)]; Aaron was walked intentionally; Johnson hit
a sacrifice fly to left [Evans scored]; Perez flied to center; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Mets 0.

METS 5TH: Grote singled to left; Matlack out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Grote to second]; Garrett walked; Millan
popped to third in foul territory; Milner popped to second; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Mets 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Oates flied to left; Robinson flied to center; Capra
popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Mets 0.

METS 6TH: Staub doubled to right; Jones grounded out (shortstop
to first); Boswell walked; Schneck flied to right; Grote walked
[Staub to third, Boswell to second]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR
MATLACK; HOUSE REPLACED CAPRA (PITCHING); DYER BATTED FOR
KRANEPOOL; Dyer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Braves 2, Mets 0.

BRAVES 7TH: MILLER REPLACED DYER (PITCHING); Garr singled to
center; Evans flied to right; Baker grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Garr out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 2, Mets 0.

METS 7TH: Garrett popped to shortstop; Millan grounded out
(second to first); Milner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Mets 0.

BRAVES 8TH: Aaron popped to third; Johnson walked; FOSTER RAN
FOR JOHNSON; Perez doubled to right [Foster to third]; Oates was
walked intentionally; LUM BATTED FOR ROBINSON; Lum forced Perez
(shortstop to third) [Oates to second, Foster scored]; House
forced Lum (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
3, Mets 0.

METS 8TH: GARR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BAKER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); OFFICE REPLACED AARON (PLAYING CF);
FOSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); LUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
1B); Staub popped to shortstop; Jones grounded out (shortstop to
first); Boswell lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3,
Mets 0.

BRAVES 9TH: Garr singled to right; Evans walked [Garr to
second]; Baker flied to center [Garr to third]; Office singled
to center [Evans to second, Garr scored]; Foster forced Office
(second unassisted) [Evans scored (error by Millan) (unearned),
Foster to second]; Perez flied to center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Braves 5, Mets 0.

METS 9TH: THEODORE BATTED FOR SCHNECK; Theodore flied to right;
Grote was called out on strikes; MARTINEZ BATTED FOR MILLER;
Martinez popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 5, Mets 0.