Pete Falcone, Giants' 21-year-old rookie lefthander, yielded only two hits in eight innings to gain a 7-1 victory over the Braves. The youngster collared the Braves until Dusty Baker singled in the seventh. A single by Rod Gilbreath, an error and a balk gave the Braves their run in the eighth. Falcone was removed for a pinch-hitter in the ninth and Randy Moffitt, who finished, allowed a single by Earl Williams for the Braves' third and last hit.

The Giants scored twice in the third. After walks to Dave Rader and Derrel Thomas around a single by Von Joshua loaded the bases, Williams bobbled a grounder by Bobby Murcer, admitting an unearned pair off Buzz Capra. Chris Speier homered in the fourth. The Giants added a run in the fifth when Joshua walked, stole second and Thomas singled. Murcer singled for two of the Giants' last three runs in the ninth. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 7, Atlanta Braves 1

Game Played on Tuesday, May 6, 1975 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Giants       0  0  2    1  1  0    0  0  3  -   7 13  2
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  3  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             4   2   1   0     1   1   .333      Garr lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Thomas 2b             4   1   2   1     1   1   .217      Perez 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .215
Murcer rf             5   0   1   2     0   0   .293      Evans 3b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .274
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Baker rf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .262
Matthews lf           5   0   3   1     0   0   .321      Lum cf                4   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Montanez 1b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .281      Williams 1b           4   0   1   0     0   2   .172
Speier ss             5   1   1   1     0   0   .287      Correll c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .203
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .270      Blanks ss             2   0   0   0     1   1   .253
Rader c               3   2   2   0     1   0   .225      Capra p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Falcone p             3   0   0   0     0   3   .077        Leon p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Goodson ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .242        Gilbreath ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .200
  Speed pr,rf         0   1   0   0     0   0   .182        Gentry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   7  13   5     3   5             Totals               30   1   3   0     4   5

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance:  5,102
Left on Base: Giants 8, Braves 6
DP: Giants 2, Braves 1
Errors: Thomas, Speier, Williams
Doubles: Matthews (9)
Home Runs: Speier (1)
Stolen Bases: Joshua (2)
Caught Stealing: Thomas (3)
GIDP: Murcer (2), Lum (2), Perez (3)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Falcone W(3-1)          8     2   1   0   4   5   0  30   1.95
Moffitt                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.38
Totals                  9     3   1   0   4   5   0  34

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Capra L(2-4)            4     5   4   2   3   3   1  20   3.35
Leon                    4     3   0   0   0   2   0  14   4.70
Gentry                  1     5   3   3   0   0   0   8   4.95
Totals                  9    13   7   5   3   5   1  42

Balks: Falcone (1)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Bob Engel


GIANTS 1ST: Joshua struck out; Thomas made an out to third;
Murcer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 0.

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

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews flied out to center; Montanez singled to
center; Speier made an out to shortstop; Ontiveros made an out
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum flied out to left; Williams grounded out
(shortstop to first); Correll was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Rader walked; On a bunt Falcone struck out; Joshua
singled to right [Rader to second]; Thomas walked [Rader to
third, Joshua to second]; Murcer reached on an error by Williams
[Rader scored (unearned) (no RBI), Joshua scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Thomas to second, Murcer to first]; Thomas was picked off
and caught stealing third (pitcher to third to second to
shortstop) [Murcer to second]; Matthews grounded out (shortstop
to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Blanks struck out; Capra grounded out (third to
first); Garr flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
2, Braves 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Montanez flied out to right; Speier homered;
Ontiveros singled to center; Rader flied out to center; Falcone
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans
walked; Baker walked [Evans to second]; Lum grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Baker out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Joshua walked; Joshua stole second; Thomas singled
to right [Joshua scored]; LEON REPLACED CAPRA (PITCHING); Murcer
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Thomas out at second]; Matthews singled to center; Montanez
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Williams struck out; Correll reached on an error by
Speier [Correll to first]; Blanks forced Correll (shortstop to
second); Leon forced Blanks (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Speier grounded out (second to first); Ontiveros
flied out to left; Rader singled to left; Falcone was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Perez flied out
to right; Evans flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 4, Braves 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Joshua grounded out (first unassisted); Thomas was
called out on strikes; Murcer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Baker singled to right; Lum grounded out (first
unassisted) [Baker to second]; Williams struck out; Correll
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
4, Braves 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Matthews doubled to center; Montanez grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Matthews to third]; Speier made an out to
second; Ontiveros grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 8TH: Blanks walked; GILBREATH BATTED FOR LEON; Gilbreath
singled to shortstop [Blanks to second]; Garr reached on an
error by Thomas [Blanks to third, Gilbreath to second, Garr to
first]; Perez grounded into a double play (third to catcher to
first) [Gilbreath to third, Garr to second, Blanks out at home];
Falcone balked [Gilbreath scored (unearned), Garr to third];
Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 1.

GIANTS 9TH: GENTRY REPLACED GILBREATH (PITCHING); Rader singled
to second; GOODSON BATTED FOR FALCONE; Goodson singled to center
[Rader to second]; SPEED RAN FOR GOODSON; Joshua flied out to
left; Thomas singled to left [Rader to third, Speed to second];
Murcer singled to right [Rader scored, Speed scored, Thomas to
third]; Matthews singled to left [Thomas scored, Murcer to
second]; Montanez flied out to left; Speier made an out to
second; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 7, Braves 1.

BRAVES 9TH: SPEED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MOFFITT REPLACED
MURCER (PITCHING); Baker grounded out (third to first); Lum
flied out to left; Williams singled to right; Correll forced
Williams (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 7,
Braves 1.

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