Hitting the bullseye with his first major league homer, Vic Correll smashed a grand slam to help seal the Braves' 9-0 victory over the Giants. Phil Niekro held the Giants to four hits and posted his second successive shutout and fourth of the season. In the seventh inning, Dusty Baker beat out an infield hit and raced to third on a throwing error by Mike Phillips. Walks to Mike Lum and Davey Johnson loaded the bases. Leo Foster forced Baker at the plate, but Correll then came through with his slam off Randy Moffitt. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 9, San Francisco Giants 0
Game Played on Wednesday, July      31, 1974 (Night game) at Atlanta Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  3
Braves       0  1  0    0  2  0    4  2  x  -   9 10  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .267      Garr lf               4   1   1   0     1   1   .366
  Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perez 2b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .278
Phillips 3b           3   0   1   0     0   1   .227      Evans 3b              4   1   1   0     1   2   .258
Thomasson cf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .222      Baker cf              4   1   2   0     1   0   .247
Goodson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .311      Lum rf                3   2   1   0     2   0   .231
Matthews lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Johnson 1b            2   1   1   2     3   1   .248
Speier ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Foster ss             5   1   1   1     0   1   .179
Arnold 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Correll c             4   1   2   4     0   1   .217
Rader c               3   0   0   0     0   2   .300      P. Niekro p           3   0   0   0     0   1   .224
D'Acquisto p          0   0   0   0     1   0   .152
  Miller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .385
  Ontiveros ph,rf     1   0   0   0     0   1   .257

Totals               28   0   4   0     2   5             Totals               34   9  10   7     8   8

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance:  5,631
Left on Base: Giants 4, Braves 10
DP: Giants 0, Braves 2
Errors: Barber, Phillips 2
Doubles: Bonds (15), Foster (1), Correll (2)
Home Runs: Correll (1)
Stolen Bases: Baker (8), Garr (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Phillips (2), P. Niekro (6)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto L(9-9)       5     5   3   3   5   5   0  25   3.44
Moffitt                 2     3   4   4   2   1   1  11   3.86
Barber                  1     2   2   0   1   2   0   7   5.27
Totals                  8    10   9   7   8   8   1  43

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
P. Niekro W(11-9)       9     4   0   0   2   5   0  31   2.60
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   5   0  31

Wild Pitches: D'Acquisto (6)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Art Williams


GIANTS 1ST: Bonds singled; Phillips hit into a double play
(third to first) [Bonds out at third (first to pitcher)];
Thomasson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez made
an out to second; Evans walked; Baker forced Evans (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Goodson flied out to center; Matthews flied out to
right; Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum singled; Johnson walked [Lum to second]; Foster
doubled [Lum scored, Johnson to third]; Correll struck out; P.
Niekro struck out; Garr was walked intentionally; Perez flied
out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Arnold flied out to center; Rader made an out to
third; D'Acquisto walked; Bonds flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Evans was called out on strikes; Baker singled;
Baker stole second; Lum popped to third in foul territory;
Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
0, Braves 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Phillips singled; Thomasson singled [Phillips to
third]; Goodson made an out to shortstop; Matthews hit into a
double play (third to first) [Thomasson out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Foster made an out to second; Correll grounded out
(shortstop to first); P. Niekro grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Speier flied out to center; Arnold made an out to
second; Rader was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Garr flied out to right; Perez singled; Evans
singled [Perez to third]; Baker reached on an error by Phillips
[Perez scored (no RBI), Evans to third, Baker out at second
(left to shortstop)]; Lum was walked intentionally while Evans
advanced to home and Lum advanced to third on a wild pitch [Lum
to third]; Johnson walked; Foster was called out on strikes; 2
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 3.

GIANTS 6TH: MILLER BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Miller grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bonds doubled; Phillips grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Bonds to third]; Thomasson walked; Goodson
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 6TH: MOFFITT REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Correll doubled;
P. Niekro out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Correll to
third]; Garr struck out; Perez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Matthews made an out to first; Speier flied to left
in foul territory; Arnold was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 7TH: Evans flied out to center; Baker singled to third
[Baker to third (error by Phillips)]; Lum was walked
intentionally; Johnson walked [Lum to second]; Foster forced
Baker (shortstop to catcher) [Lum to third, Johnson to second];
Correll homered [Lum scored, Johnson scored, Foster scored]; P.
Niekro flied out to center; 4 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0,
Braves 7.

GIANTS 8TH: Rader struck out; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR MOFFITT;
Ontiveros struck out; Bonds grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 7.

BRAVES 8TH: ONTIVEROS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BARBER
REPLACED BONDS (PITCHING); Garr singled; Perez struck out; Garr
stole second; Evans struck out; Baker walked; Lum reached on an
error by Barber [Garr to third, Baker to second]; Johnson
singled [Garr scored (unearned), Baker scored (unearned), Lum to
third]; Foster forced Johnson (shortstop to second); 2 R (0 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 9.

GIANTS 9TH: Phillips struck out (catcher to first); Thomasson
flied out to center; Goodson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 9.