A six-run rally in the ninth inning, climaxed when Rowland Office homered off Mike Marshall with two men on base, carried the Braves to an 11-10 victory over the Dodgers. Darrell Evans homered for the Braves in the first. The Dodgers erupted for six runs in the fifth on only four singles plus two walks, two hit batsmen and a sacrifice fly.

The Braves began their last-stand rally with a single by Ralph Garr, who stole second and scored on a single by Rod Gilbreath. Evans walked and Earl Williams doubled to score Gilbreath and bring Marshall to the mound. Dusty Baker struck out, but Larvell Blanks drove in a run with a single before Office won the game for the Braves with his homer. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 11, Los Angeles Dodgers 10
Game Played on Thursday, July      31, 1975 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Dodgers      2  0  0    0  6  0    1  0  1  -  10 15  3
Braves       1  0  3    0  0  0    1  0  6  -  11 13  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   3   2     0   0   .252      Garr lf               4   2   1   0     1   0   .264
Buckner lf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .229      Perez 2b              2   0   0   0     0   2   .284
  McMullen ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .143        Gilbreath 2b        3   1   3   2     0   0   .329
  Rhoden p            2   0   1   1     0   0   .083      Evans 3b              3   3   1   1     2   0   .240
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Williams 1b           5   2   2   2     0   0   .260
Hale cf,rf            6   2   2   1     0   2   .234      Baker rf              5   0   1   1     0   3   .234
Garvey 1b             4   1   1   1     1   1   .318      Blanks ss             5   1   1   1     0   0   .251
Crawford rf,lf        5   1   3   2     0   1   .249      Office cf             5   1   3   3     0   1   .302
Cey 3b                3   1   0   0     1   0   .264      Pocoroba c            3   1   1   0     1   1   .284
Yeager c              5   1   1   0     0   0   .253      Dal Canton p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Russell ss            2   0   1   0     0   0   .202        Leon p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .429
  Lee ph              0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wynn ph,cf          0   2   0   1     3   0   .254        Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Downing p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .201
  Mota ph             0   0   0   1     0   0   .263        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
  Auerbach pr,ss      2   0   1   0     0   1   .211        Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .232
                                                            House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40  10  15  10     5   7             Totals               39  11  13  10     4   7

Time of Game: 3:08   Attendance:  3,934
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Braves 7
DP: Dodgers 0, Braves 1
Errors: Lopes, Wynn, Auerbach
Doubles: Yeager (10), Lopes (12), Gilbreath (2), Williams (10)
Home Runs: Evans (14), Office (2)
Stolen Bases: Lopes 2 (44), Russell (1), Garr (9)
Caught Stealing: Crawford (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Lopes (1)
GIDP: Cey (10)
Hit by Pitch: Cey (6,by Leon), Mota (1,by Beard)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Downing                 4     4   4   4   2   4   1  18   2.98
Rhoden                  4     7   5   5   2   2   0  22   3.98
Marshall L(6-11)        0.1   2   2   2   0   1   1   3   3.35
Totals                  8.1  13  11  11   4   7   2  43

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton              4     9   6   6   2   4   0  23   6.64
Leon                    0.1   0   1   1   0   0   0   2   3.38
Beard                   0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   4   2.97
Sadecki                 2.1   2   1   1   1   2   0  10   4.71
Sosa                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.48
House W(4-4)            1     2   1   1   1   1   0   6   3.25
Totals                  9    15  10  10   5   7   0  48

Passed Balls: Yeager (9), Pocoroba (10)
Hit by Pitch: Leon (5), Beard (2)
Wild Pitches: Downing (2), Dal Canton (3)

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Jerry Dale


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to shortstop; Lopes stole second;
Buckner grounded out (second to first) [Lopes to third]; Hale
singled to right [Lopes scored]; Garvey singled to center [Hale
scored]; Dal Canton threw a wild pitch [Garvey to second];
Crawford grounded out (pitcher to first); Cey walked; Yeager
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (second to first); Perez struck
out; Evans homered; Williams grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Russell grounded out (pitcher to first); Downing
struck out; Lopes singled to center; Lopes stole second; Buckner
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Braves 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Baker struck out; Blanks grounded out (third to
first); Office singled to right; Pocoroba struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Hale struck out; Garvey struck out but advanced to
first on a passed ball; Crawford singled to center [Garvey to
third]; Cey grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Crawford out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Dal Canton grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
walked; Garr stole second; Perez struck out; Evans walked;
Williams singled to center [Garr scored, Evans to third];
Downing threw a wild pitch [Evans scored, Williams to second];
Baker singled to left [Williams scored]; Blanks flied out to
center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 4.

DODGERS 4TH: GILBREATH REPLACED PEREZ (PLAYING 2B); Yeager
grounded out (shortstop to first); Russell singled to center;
Russell stole second; Downing struck out; Lopes made an out to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 4.

BRAVES 4TH: Office made an out to shortstop; Pocoroba grounded
out (third to first); Dal Canton grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 4.

DODGERS 5TH: Buckner singled to right; Hale singled to left
[Buckner to second]; Garvey walked [Buckner to third, Hale to
second]; Crawford singled to right [Buckner scored, Hale scored,
Garvey to third]; LEON REPLACED DAL CANTON (PITCHING); Cey was
hit by a pitch [Crawford to second]; Yeager made an out to
catcher; LEE BATTED FOR RUSSELL; BEARD REPLACED LEON (PITCHING);
WYNN BATTED FOR LEE; Wynn walked [Garvey scored, Crawford to
third, Cey to second]; MOTA BATTED FOR DOWNING; Mota was hit by
a pitch [Crawford scored, Cey to third, Wynn to second];
AUERBACH RAN FOR MOTA; Lopes hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cey
scored]; MCMULLEN BATTED FOR BUCKNER; McMullen singled to left
[Wynn scored, Auerbach to third]; SADECKI REPLACED BEARD
(PITCHING); Hale grounded out (first unassisted); 6 R, 4 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Dodgers 8, Braves 4.

BRAVES 5TH: AUERBACH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); WYNN STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); RHODEN REPLACED MCMULLEN (PITCHING); HALE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); CRAWFORD CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); Garr grounded out (second to first); Gilbreath
singled to shortstop; Evans forced Gilbreath (second to
shortstop) [Evans to third (error by Auerbach)]; Williams
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 8, Braves 4.

DODGERS 6TH: Garvey grounded out (second to first); Crawford
struck out; Cey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 8, Braves 4.

BRAVES 6TH: Baker struck out; Blanks grounded out (second to
first); Office struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 8,
Braves 4.

DODGERS 7TH: Yeager doubled to left; Wynn walked; Auerbach
struck out; Lopes doubled to right [Yeager scored, Wynn to
third]; Rhoden reached on a fielder's choice [Wynn out at home
(shortstop to catcher), Lopes to third]; Hale made an out to
second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 9, Braves 4.

BRAVES 7TH: Pocoroba singled to left; GOODSON BATTED FOR
SADECKI; Goodson reached on an error by Lopes [Pocoroba to
third, Goodson to first]; Garr flied out to left; Gilbreath
doubled to right [Pocoroba scored, Goodson to third]; Evans made
an out to third; Williams flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 9, Braves 5.

DODGERS 8TH: SOSA REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Garvey grounded
out (third to first); Crawford singled to center; Crawford was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Cey made an out to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 9, Braves 5.

BRAVES 8TH: Baker grounded out (third to first); Blanks made an
out to first; Office singled to center [Office to second (error
by Wynn)]; Pocoroba walked; LUM BATTED FOR SOSA; Lum lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 9, Braves 5.

DODGERS 9TH: HOUSE REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Yeager grounded out
(third to first); Wynn walked; Auerbach singled to left [Wynn to
second]; Lopes flied out to right [Wynn to third]; Rhoden
singled to left [Wynn scored, Auerbach to second]; Hale struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 10, Braves 5.

BRAVES 9TH: Garr singled to center; Yeager allowed a passed ball
[Garr to second]; Gilbreath singled to center [Garr scored];
Evans walked [Gilbreath to second]; Williams doubled to right
[Gilbreath scored, Evans to third]; MARSHALL REPLACED RHODEN
(PITCHING); Baker struck out; Blanks singled to shortstop [Evans
scored, Williams stayed at second]; Office homered [Williams
scored, Blanks scored]; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 10,
Braves 11.