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Wednesday September 18, 1974
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Hank Aaron accounted for two runs with a homer and single and Rowland Office produced two more with a single and triple to enable the Braves to defeat the Giants, 4-2. Aaron's homer off John Montefusco in the second inning was the superstar's 19th of the season and 732nd of his career. A walk to Carl Morton and singles by Office and Aaron added a run in the third.

The Braves then posted the winning margin in the fourth on a pass to Vic Correll and their last two hits of the game -- a single by Craig Robinson and triple by Office. Dave Kingman homered for the Giants in their half of the fourth and the other run counted on singles by Tito Fuentes, Bobby Bonds and Gary Matthews in the eighth. [The Sporting News]


Atlanta Braves 4, San Francisco Giants 2

Game Played on Wednesday, September 18, 1974 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Braves       0  1  1    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  5  1
Giants       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  8  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Office cf             4   0   2   2     0   1   .244      Thomasson cf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Perez 2b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .254      Fuentes 2b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .259
Evans 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .242      Bonds rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .265
Aaron lf              4   1   2   2     0   1   .264      Matthews lf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .288
  Murrell lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Ontiveros 3b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .251
Baker rf              3   0   0   0     1   2   .251      Kingman 1b            4   1   1   1     0   1   .224
Lum 1b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .232      Phillips ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .215
Correll c             3   1   0   0     1   0   .236        Redmon ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Robinson ss           4   1   1   0     0   1   .214      Rudolph c             2   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Morton p              2   1   0   0     1   1   .105        Rader ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .288
  House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .375        Miller ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .280
                                                          Montefusco p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
                                                            Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .230
                                                            Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
                                                            Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .313
                                                            Speier ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .247

Totals               32   4   5   4     3  10             Totals               35   2   8   2     1   4

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance:  1,503
Left on Base: Braves 4, Giants 7
DP: Braves 1, Giants 0
Errors: Aaron
Doubles: Miller (7)
Triples: Office (1)
Home Runs: Aaron (19), Kingman (16)
Stolen Bases: Baker (17)
GIDP: Ontiveros (11)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton W(16-10)         7.1   7   2   2   1   4   1  31   2.99
House SV(10)            1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.98
Totals                  9     8   2   2   1   4   1  36

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco L(2-2)       5     5   4   4   3   8   1  23   4.88
Metzger                 2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.17
Moffitt                 2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.54
Totals                  9     5   4   4   3  10   1  35

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Bob Engel


BRAVES 1ST: Office flied out to left; Perez struck out; Evans
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Thomasson grounded out (second to first); Fuentes
singled; Bonds flied out to right; Matthews flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Aaron homered; Baker walked; Baker stole second; Lum
struck out; Correll grounded out (third to first); Robinson
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); Kingman
flied out to center; Phillips popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Morton walked; Office singled [Morton to second];
Perez flied out to right; Evans forced Office (first to
shortstop) [Morton to third]; Aaron singled [Morton scored,
Evans to second]; Baker popped to first in foul territory; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Rudolph singled; On a bunt Montefusco struck out;
Thomasson forced Rudolph (second to shortstop); Fuentes singled
[Thomasson to second]; Bonds flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); Correll
walked; Robinson singled [Correll to second]; Morton struck out;
Office tripled [Correll scored, Robinson scored]; Perez struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Matthews was called out on strikes; Ontiveros
grounded out (second to first); Kingman homered; Phillips
reached on an error by Aaron [Phillips to second]; Rudolph
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4,
Giants 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Evans made an out to first; Aaron struck out; Baker
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: ARNOLD BATTED FOR MONTEFUSCO; Arnold grounded out
(second to first); Thomasson flied out to right; Fuentes flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 1.

BRAVES 6TH: METZGER REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Lum grounded out
(second to first); Correll flied out to right; Robinson grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Bonds was called out on strikes; Matthews grounded
out (pitcher to first); Ontiveros walked; Kingman struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 1.

BRAVES 7TH: Morton flied out to left; Office was called out on
strikes; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Phillips grounded out (second to first); RADER
BATTED FOR RUDOLPH; Rader flied out to center; GOODSON BATTED
FOR METZGER; Goodson grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 1.

BRAVES 8TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MOFFITT REPLACED
GOODSON (PITCHING); Evans made an out to shortstop; Aaron flied
out to left; Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4,
Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: MURRELL REPLACED AARON (PLAYING LF); Thomasson flied
out to center; Fuentes singled; Bonds singled [Fuentes to
third]; Matthews singled [Fuentes scored, Bonds to second];
HOUSE REPLACED MORTON (PITCHING); Ontiveros grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Matthews out at second];
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 2.

BRAVES 9TH: Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); Correll flied
out to right; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 2.

GIANTS 9TH: Kingman made an out to shortstop; REDMON BATTED FOR
PHILLIPS; Redmon flied out to center; MILLER BATTED FOR RADER;
Miller doubled; SPEIER BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Speier made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 2.



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