The Braves spoiled Bat Night for the crowd of 38,189 San Diego fans by defeating the Padres, 6-4, behind Carl Morton, who became the first pitcher in the N. L. to achieve five victories this season. Randy Jones, who started for the Padres, had his string of 26 scoreless innings snapped when Earl Williams walked and Dusty Baker homered in the second. Darrell Evans added to the Braves' total with a run-scoring single in the third.

An error by Mike Ivie led to two unearned runs in the fourth before the Braves wound up their scoring with singles by Ralph Garr and Evans around an infield out in the ninth. Dave Winfield homered for the Padres, who succeeded in chasing Morton when Enzo Hernandez doubled in the ninth, but Tom House relieved and retired the next three straight batters. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 6, San Diego Padres 4
Game Played on Saturday, April     26, 1975 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Braves       0  2  1    2  0  0    0  0  1  -   6 12  1
Padres       1  0  0    1  0  1    0  1  0  -   4 10  3


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .286      Hernandez ss          4   1   2   0     1   0   .319
Perez 2b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .225      Tolan lf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Evans 3b              5   0   2   2     0   1   .333      Grubb cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Williams 1b           4   1   0   0     1   2   .000      McCovey 1b            5   0   1   1     0   1   .261
Baker rf              4   1   2   2     1   0   .250      Winfield rf           4   2   2   1     0   1   .358
Lum cf                4   0   1   0     1   0   .225      Ivie 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Correll c             3   0   1   0     1   0   .190        Scott pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Blanks ss             4   1   2   0     0   0   .233        Torres 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Morton p              4   1   1   0     0   0   .118      Fuentes 2b            2   1   0   1     1   0   .271
  House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kendall c             4   0   2   1     0   1   .286
                                                          Jones p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Locklear ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Frisella p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Beckert ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .400
                                                            Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  12   4     4   3             Totals               36   4  10   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 38,189
Left on Base: Braves 9, Padres 9
DP: Braves 1, Padres 1
Errors: Blanks, Tolan, Winfield, Ivie
Doubles: Perez (4), Hernandez (4)
Triples: Kendall (1)
Home Runs: Baker (5), Winfield (5)
Caught Stealing: Correll (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Garr (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Fuentes (2)
GIDP: Correll (5), Ivie (5)
Hit by Pitch: Grubb (3,by Morton)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton W(5-0)           8    10   4   4   2   3   1  37   2.30
House SV(1)             1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3  12.86
Totals                  9    10   4   4   2   3   1  40

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones L(2-1)            7    10   5   3   2   3   1  33   0.84
Frisella                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   5.79
Tomlin                  1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   4.05
Totals                  9    12   6   4   4   3   1  42

Hit by Pitch: Morton (1)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Chris Pelekoudas


BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (second to first); Perez flied out
to right; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Hernandez singled to center; Tolan reached on an
error by Blanks [Hernandez to second]; Grubb was hit by a pitch
[Hernandez to third, Tolan to second]; McCovey singled to center
[Hernandez scored, Tolan to third, Grubb to second]; Winfield
struck out; Ivie grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [McCovey out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0,
Padres 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Williams walked; Baker homered [Williams scored];
Lum walked; Correll grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Lum out at second]; Blanks singled; Morton
forced Blanks (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 2, Padres 1.

PADRES 2ND: Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Kendall
struck out; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Padres 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Garr flied out to left; Perez doubled to left; Evans
singled to center [Perez scored]; Williams struck out; Baker
forced Evans (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 3, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Hernandez flied out to center; On a bunt Tolan
singled; Grubb lined to center; McCovey made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Padres 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); Correll
singled to left; Blanks singled to right [Correll to second]; On
a bunt Morton forced Correll (catcher to third) [Blanks to
second]; On a bunt Garr singled [Blanks to third, Morton to
second]; Perez reached on an error by Ivie [Blanks scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Morton scored (unearned) (no RBI), Garr to
second]; Evans lined to center; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 5, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Winfield grounded out (second to first); Ivie
grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes walked; Kendall
tripled to left [Fuentes scored]; Jones popped to catcher in
foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 5, Padres 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Williams grounded out (second to first); Baker
singled; Lum singled to right [Baker to second]; Correll popped
to catcher in foul territory; Blanks grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 5, Padres 2.

PADRES 5TH: Hernandez walked; Tolan grounded out (first
unassisted) [Hernandez to second]; Grubb grounded out (first
unassisted) [Hernandez to third]; McCovey struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 5, Padres 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Morton singled to left [Morton to second (error by
Tolan)]; Garr out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Morton
to third]; Perez popped to first in foul territory; Evans
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 5,
Padres 2.

PADRES 6TH: Winfield homered; Ivie made an out to second;
Fuentes grounded out (catcher to first); Kendall grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5, Padres 3.

BRAVES 7TH: Williams struck out; Baker flied out to left; Lum
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5, Padres 3.

PADRES 7TH: LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR JONES; Locklear singled to
center; Hernandez forced Locklear (shortstop to second); Tolan
grounded out (second to shortstop to first) [Hernandez to
second]; Grubb flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
5, Padres 3.

BRAVES 8TH: FRISELLA REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PITCHING); Correll
walked; Correll was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Blanks flied out to center; Morton flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 5, Padres 3.

PADRES 8TH: McCovey flied out to center; Winfield singled to
right; Ivie singled to right [Winfield to third]; Fuentes hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Winfield scored]; Kendall singled [Ivie
to second]; SCOTT RAN FOR IVIE; BECKERT BATTED FOR FRISELLA;
Beckert grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 5, Padres 4.

BRAVES 9TH: TORRES REPLACED SCOTT (PLAYING 3B); TOMLIN REPLACED
BECKERT (PITCHING); Garr singled to right; Perez grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Garr to second]; Evans singled to right
[Garr scored, Evans to second (error by Winfield)]; Williams
grounded out (third to first); Baker was walked intentionally;
Lum popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Braves 6, Padres 4.

PADRES 9TH: Hernandez doubled; HOUSE REPLACED MORTON (PITCHING);
Tolan popped to third in foul territory; Grubb grounded out
(second to first) [Hernandez to third]; McCovey flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 6, Padres 4.