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Phil Niekro pitched his first shutout of the season and only the second to the credit of the Braves' staff, stopping the Giants on four hits, 6-0. Biff Pocoroba, catching for Niekro, backed him with three hits, scoring one run and driving in two. [The Sporting News] Atlanta Braves 6, San Francisco Giants 0Game Played on Wednesday, July 2, 1975 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkBraves 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 - 6 8 0
Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1
Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Garr lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .253 Joshua cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .326
Gilbreath 2b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .271 Miller 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .248
Baker rf 3 2 0 0 2 2 .231 Murcer rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295
Evans 3b 4 1 0 1 1 1 .242 Montanez 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .280
Lum 1b 3 0 1 0 2 0 .239 Speier ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .272
Blanks ss 3 1 1 2 2 1 .270 Thomasson lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .204
Office cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .309 Ontiveros 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .265
Pocoroba c 4 1 3 2 0 0 .284 Rader c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .277
Niekro p 3 0 0 1 0 0 .204 Halicki p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .100
Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Adams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .288
Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083
Totals 34 6 8 6 8 6 Totals 30 0 4 0 0 2
Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 5,253
Left on Base: Braves 10, Giants 3
DP: Braves 1, Giants 2
Errors: Lavelle
Doubles: Garr (12)
Triples: Pocoroba (1)
Stolen Bases: Lum (1), Gilbreath (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Niekro (2)
GIDP: Office (4), Pocoroba (4), Rader (3)
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Niekro W(9-6) 9 4 0 0 0 2 0 30 2.52
Totals 9 4 0 0 0 2 0 30
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Halicki L(3-5) 6 7 6 6 5 6 0 30 4.17
Lavelle 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 2.37
Heaverlo 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2.67
Williams 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3.83
Totals 9 8 6 6 8 6 0 43
Passed Balls: Rader (6)
Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Bruce Froemming
BRAVES 1ST: Garr struck out; Gilbreath grounded out (pitcher to
first); Baker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Giants 0.
GIANTS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller
flied out to right; Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Evans grounded out (first unassisted); Lum singled
to center; Lum stole second; Blanks walked; Office grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Blanks out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
GIANTS 2ND: Montanez grounded out (pitcher to first); Speier
flied out to left; Thomasson singled to center; Ontiveros
singled to left [Thomasson to second]; Rader grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Pocoroba tripled to right; Niekro hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Pocoroba scored]; Garr grounded out (third to
first); Gilbreath grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Braves 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 3RD: Halicki was called out on strikes; Joshua grounded
out (pitcher to first); Miller grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Giants 0.
BRAVES 4TH: Baker walked; Evans made an out to second; Lum
grounded out (second to first) [Baker to second]; Blanks walked;
Office reached on a fielder's choice [Baker to third, Blanks to
second]; Pocoroba singled to right [Baker scored, Blanks scored,
Office to third]; Niekro popped to catcher in foul territory; 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Giants 0.
GIANTS 4TH: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Montanez
singled to right; Speier forced Montanez (third to second);
Thomasson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3,
Giants 0.
BRAVES 5TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Gilbreath
singled to second; Gilbreath stole second; Baker struck out;
Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Giants 0.
GIANTS 5TH: Ontiveros singled to right; Rader grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Ontiveros out at second];
Halicki was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves
3, Giants 0.
BRAVES 6TH: Lum walked; Blanks struck out; Office struck out;
Pocoroba singled to right [Lum to second]; Niekro forced
Pocoroba (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves
3, Giants 0.
GIANTS 6TH: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Miller
grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Giants 0.
BRAVES 7TH: Garr doubled to center; On a bunt Gilbreath singled
[Garr to third]; Baker walked [Gilbreath to second]; LAVELLE
REPLACED HALICKI (PITCHING); Evans walked [Garr scored,
Gilbreath to third, Baker to second]; Lum forced Gilbreath
(second to catcher) [Baker to third, Evans to second]; Blanks
singled to center [Baker scored, Evans scored, Lum to second];
Blanks was picked off first but was safe on an error by Lavelle
[Lum to third, Blanks to second]; Office reached on a fielder's
choice [Lum stayed at third]; Pocoroba grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Office out at second]; 3 R,
3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 6, Giants 0.
GIANTS 7TH: Montanez popped to catcher in foul territory; Speier
made an out to second; Thomasson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Giants 0.
BRAVES 8TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING); Niekro flied
out to left; Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Gilbreath
walked; Baker forced Gilbreath (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Giants 0.
GIANTS 8TH: Ontiveros flied out to left; Rader grounded out
(first unassisted); ADAMS BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Adams flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Giants 0.
BRAVES 9TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); Evans flied out
to left; Lum walked; Blanks flied out to left; Rader allowed a
passed ball [Lum to second]; Office grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 6, Giants 0.
GIANTS 9TH: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Miller flied
out to right; Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 6, Giants 0.
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