Homers by Earl Williams and Ralph Garr helped the Braves take full advantage of the Phillies' faulty fielding to gain a 7-3 victory. Only two of the Braves' runs off Walt Twitchell were earned. In the first inning, Garr was safe on a fumble by Tommy Hutton and Marty Perez singled. Darrell Evans forced Perez, but a wild throw by Larry Bowa, attempting a double play, allowed Garr to score.

Mike Lum singled to drive in Evans and Williams followed with a homer for two more runs. In the fourth, after Larvell Blanks singled and Buzz Capra was awarded first on catcher's interference by Bob Boone, Garr hit a three-run homer. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 7, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Game Played on Sunday, May       11, 1975 (Day game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Phillies     2  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  4
Braves       4  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  x  -   7  8  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   1   2   0     0   0   .365      Garr lf               4   2   1   3     1   0   .248
Bowa ss               4   1   2   1     1   0   .307      Perez 2b              5   0   2   0     0   1   .220
Maddox cf             5   0   2   1     0   1   .197      Evans 3b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .262
Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   3   .283      Baker rf              2   0   0   0     2   1   .239
Hutton 1b             3   0   0   1     0   0   .154      Lum cf                4   1   1   1     0   0   .230
Johnstone rf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .303      Williams 1b           3   1   1   2     1   1   .186
Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .162      Blanks ss             4   1   1   0     0   0   .255
Boone c               3   1   1   0     1   0   .337      Pocoroba c            2   0   0   0     2   0   .063
Twitchell p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .067      xCapra p              2   1   1   0     0   0   .000
  Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Oates ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .300

Totals               34   3   8   3     3   7             Totals               31   7   8   6     6   3

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance:  6,456
Left on Base: Phillies 9, Braves 8
DP: Phillies 1, Braves 0
Errors: Bowa, Hutton, Schmidt, Boone, Evans
Doubles: Cash (8), Maddox (5)
Triples: Bowa (3)
Home Runs: Williams (2), Garr (2)
Stolen Bases: Maddox (3), Bowa (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Twitchell (1), Capra (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Hutton (1)
GIDP: Garr (2)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(3-4)        3.1   5   7   2   2   3   2  19   5.02
Hilgendorf              1.2   2   0   0   4   0   0  10   1.42
Schueler                3     1   0   0   0   0   0  10   6.27
Totals                  8     8   7   2   6   3   2  39

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Capra W(3-4)            9     8   3   3   3   7   0  39   3.28
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   7   0  39

Balks: Capra (1)

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


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash doubled; On a bunt Bowa singled to third
[Cash to third]; Maddox singled to left [Cash scored, Bowa to
second]; Capra balked [Bowa to third, Maddox to second];
Luzinski struck out; Hutton hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bowa
scored]; Maddox stole third; Johnstone walked; Schmidt grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr reached on an error by Hutton [Garr to first];
Perez singled to left [Garr to second]; Evans forced Perez
(catcher to shortstop) [Evans to second (error by Bowa), Garr
scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Baker struck out; Lum singled to
left [Evans scored (unearned)]; Williams homered (unearned) [Lum
scored (unearned)]; Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); 4
R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Braves 4.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone singled to right; Twitchell out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Boone to second]; Cash
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa tripled to center [Boone
scored]; Maddox struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Braves 4.

BRAVES 2ND: Pocoroba walked; Capra reached on a fielder's choice
on a sacrifice bunt [Pocoroba to second]; Garr grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Pocoroba to third,
Capra out at second]; Perez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 3, Braves 4.

PHILLIES 3RD: Luzinski struck out; Hutton flied out to center;
Johnstone singled to right; Schmidt reached on an error by Evans
[Johnstone to second, Schmidt to first]; Boone popped to second;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Braves 4.

BRAVES 3RD: Evans flied out to center; Baker walked; Lum reached
on a fielder's choice [Baker to second]; Lum was picked off
first (catcher to first); Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 3, Braves 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: Twitchell struck out; Cash flied out to right;
Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 3, Braves 4.

BRAVES 4TH: Blanks singled to third [Blanks to second (error by
Schmidt)]; Pocoroba flied out to right; Capra reached on
catcher's interference by Boone [Blanks to third]; Garr homered
[Blanks scored, Capra scored (unearned)]; HILGENDORF REPLACED
TWITCHELL (PITCHING); Perez singled to center; Evans singled to
right [Perez to third, Evans out at second (right to shortstop
to first)]; Baker walked; Lum grounded out (second to first); 3
R (2 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 3, Braves 7.

PHILLIES 5TH: Maddox doubled to left; Luzinski popped to left;
Hutton grounded out (second to first) [Maddox to third];
Johnstone flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Braves 7.

BRAVES 5TH: Williams walked; Blanks popped to first in foul
territory; Pocoroba walked [Williams to second]; On a bunt Capra
forced Williams (third to shortstop) [Pocoroba to second]; Garr
walked [Pocoroba to third, Capra to second]; Perez flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 3, Braves 7.

PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt was called out on strikes; Boone walked;
OATES BATTED FOR HILGENDORF; Oates popped to third; Cash
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
3, Braves 7.

BRAVES 6TH: SCHUELER REPLACED OATES (PITCHING); Evans flied out
to center; Baker grounded out (third to first); Lum grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Braves 7.

PHILLIES 7TH: Bowa walked; Bowa stole second; Maddox popped to
shortstop; Luzinski struck out; Hutton made an out to first; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Braves 7.

BRAVES 7TH: Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks
flied out to right; Pocoroba popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 3, Braves 7.

PHILLIES 8TH: Johnstone flied out to right; Schmidt struck out;
Boone flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Braves 7.

BRAVES 8TH: Capra singled to left; Garr forced Capra (second
unassisted); Perez forced Garr (second to shortstop); Evans
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
3, Braves 7.

PHILLIES 9TH: TAYLOR BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Taylor flied out to
left; Cash singled to center; Bowa flied out to right; Maddox
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Braves 7.