Clyde King celebrated his first game as Atlanta manager with a 1-0 victory over San Diego in 10 innings. The game's only run came when Rowland Office, used as a pinch-runner in the ninth, stayed in the lineup and singled home Darrell Evans. Evans had opened the extra frame with a walk, moved up on Dusty Baker's sacrifice and, after Mike Lum was intentionally passed, tallied when Office slashed his game-winning single to right-center.

The victory went to Tom House (2-2), who worked just one inning after replacing Ron Reed who had given up only two hits in nine stanzas. Randy Jones, Padre starter, also gave up only two safeties until he was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth. The loss was charged to Mike Johnson, the last of four San Diego hurlers, who was making his major league debut. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 1, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Thursday, July      25, 1974 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  -   0  2  1
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   1  5  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hernandez ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .233      Garr lf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .358
Morales 2b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .222      Johnson 1b,2b         4   0   0   0     1   1   .248
Winfield lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .267      Evans 3b              3   1   0   0     2   0   .265
McCovey 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Baker rf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .241
Grubb cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .300      Murrell cf            3   0   0   0     0   2   .227
Gaston rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .247        Lum ph,cf,1b        1   0   0   0     1   0   .225
Kendall c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Perez 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .283
Hilton 3b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .091        Office pr,cf        1   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Jones p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .146      Robinson ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .211
  Beckert ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Correll c             2   0   2   0     2   0   .200
  Hardy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Reed p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .129
  Laxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Tepedino ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Aaron ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .235
                                                            House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .400

Totals               30   0   2   0     2   1             Totals               31   1   5   1     8   6

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  5,149
Left on Base: Padres 4, Braves 13
DP: Padres 0, Braves 0
Errors: Hilton
Stolen Bases: Baker (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Morales (3), Gaston (2), Reed 2 (4), Baker (3)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones                   7     2   0   0   4   6   0  28   3.87
Hardy                   1.1   2   0   0   1   0   0   7   4.71
Laxton                  0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   4.91
Johnson L(0-1)          0.2   1   1   1   2   0   0   5  13.50
Totals                  9.1   5   1   1   8   6   0  42

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reed                    9     2   0   0   2   1   0  31   2.39
House W(2-2)            1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.10
Totals                 10     2   0   0   2   1   0  34

Wild Pitches: Jones (2)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Terry Tata


PADRES 1ST: Hernandez singled; Morales out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Hernandez to second]; Winfield flied out to
left; McCovey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr struck out; Johnson flied out to right; Evans
walked; Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Braves 0.

PADRES 2ND: Grubb flied out to left; Gaston flied out to center;
Kendall flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Murrell grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
grounded out (third to first); Robinson grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

PADRES 3RD: Hilton flied out to right; Jones grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hernandez grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Correll walked; Reed out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Correll to second]; Garr grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Correll to third]; Johnson walked; Evans
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

PADRES 4TH: Morales grounded out (third to first); Winfield
struck out; McCovey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Baker grounded out (third to first); Murrell struck
out; Perez lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Braves 0.

PADRES 5TH: Grubb flied out to center; Gaston grounded out
(third to first); Kendall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Robinson lined to center; Correll singled; On a bunt
Reed struck out; Garr flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Braves 0.

PADRES 6TH: Hilton grounded out (third to first); Jones flied
out to center; Hernandez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Johnson was called out on strikes; Evans flied out
to right; Baker singled; Murrell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

PADRES 7TH: Morales grounded out (third to first); Winfield
grounded out (third to first); McCovey grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Perez reached on an error by Hilton; Robinson
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Perez to second]; Jones threw a
wild pitch [Perez to third]; Correll was walked intentionally;
Reed out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Correll to
second]; Garr popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

PADRES 8TH: Grubb singled to center; Gaston out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Grubb to second]; Kendall popped to
first in foul territory; Hilton was walked intentionally;
BECKERT BATTED FOR JONES; Beckert grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 8TH: HARDY REPLACED BECKERT (PITCHING); Johnson grounded
out (pitcher to first); Evans grounded out (second to first);
Baker singled to left; LUM BATTED FOR MURRELL; Baker stole
second; Lum grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

PADRES 9TH: LUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Hernandez grounded
out (second to first); Morales walked; Winfield flied out to
center; McCovey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 9TH: Perez walked; On a bunt Robinson made an out to
pitcher; Correll singled [Perez to second]; OFFICE RAN FOR
PEREZ; TEPEDINO BATTED FOR REED; LAXTON REPLACED HARDY
(PITCHING); AARON BATTED FOR TEPEDINO; Aaron walked [Office to
third, Correll to second]; Garr forced Office (second to
catcher) [Correll to third, Aaron to second]; JOHNSON REPLACED
LAXTON (PITCHING); Johnson forced Aaron (third unassisted);
Debut game for Mike Johnson; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres
0, Braves 0.

PADRES 10TH: LUM CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); JOHNSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); OFFICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF);
HOUSE REPLACED AARON (PITCHING); Grubb flied out to center;
Gaston flied out to center; Kendall grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 10TH: Evans walked; Baker out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Evans to second]; Lum was walked intentionally;
Office singled to right [Evans scored, Lum to second]; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 1.