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. Atlanta Braves 4, San Francisco Giants 2Game Played on Wednesday, September 18, 1974 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkBraves 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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