The Braves rallied for two runs in the ninth inning and defeated the Padres, 2-1, but their attendance was even worse than at the previous night's game. Only 1,062 showed up for a new all-time Atlanta low. Willie McCovey homered for the Padres' run in the second inning. [The Sporting News]

Atlanta Braves 2, San Diego Padres 1

Game Played on Thursday, September 4, 1975 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Padres 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 0 Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Grubb cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Garr lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Torres ss 4 0 3 0 0 0 .275 Gilbreath 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .262 Tolan lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .251 Evans 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .243 McCovey 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .251 Williams 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Kubiak 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Lum ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .232 Winfield rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .272 Gaston rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .228 Ivie 3b,1b 4 0 0 0 0 4 .251 Goodson ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .201 Roberts 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .340 Correll c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Davis c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .227 Perez ph,ss 2 0 1 1 0 0 .285 Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Office cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Folkers p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .200 Belloir ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Kendall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 May ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .290 Pocoroba c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Niekro p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .170 Baker ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056 Totals 33 1 8 1 2 11 Totals 29 2 6 2 3 4 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 1,062 Left on Base: Padres 7, Braves 6 DP: Padres 1, Braves 0 Doubles: Winfield (18), Gaston (3) Home Runs: McCovey (17) Caught Stealing: Torres (3), Roberts (1) Sacrifice Hits: Evans (2) GIDP: Garr (8) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Folkers 8.1 4 1 1 2 4 0 30 4.38 Frisella L(1-5) 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 3.17 Totals 8.1 6 2 2 3 4 0 33 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro 8 8 1 1 2 9 1 32 3.06 Dal Canton W(1-5) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5.10 Totals 9 8 1 1 2 11 1 35 Wild Pitches: Folkers (7) Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Tom Gorman PADRES 1ST: Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); Torres singled to left; Torres was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Tolan struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Garr lined to left; Gilbreath was called out on strikes; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Braves 0. PADRES 2ND: McCovey homered; Winfield struck out; Ivie struck out; Roberts singled to left; Roberts was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Williams made an out to third; Gaston doubled to left; Folkers threw a wild pitch [Gaston to third]; Correll flied out to left; Office made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. PADRES 3RD: Davis was called out on strikes; Folkers singled to left; Grubb forced Folkers (first to shortstop); Torres forced Grubb (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Belloir walked; On a bunt Niekro made an out to pitcher; Garr popped to first in foul territory; Gilbreath struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. PADRES 4TH: Tolan flied out to left; McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); Winfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Evans popped to first in foul territory; Williams flied out to center; Gaston was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. PADRES 5TH: Ivie was called out on strikes; Roberts flied out to left; Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: Correll flied out to center; Office flied out to center; Belloir flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. PADRES 6TH: Folkers was called out on strikes; Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres singled to left; Tolan grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 6TH: Niekro walked; Garr grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Niekro out at second]; Gilbreath flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. PADRES 7TH: McCovey flied out to center; Winfield doubled to right; Ivie struck out; Roberts was walked intentionally; Davis walked [Winfield to third, Roberts to second]; Folkers popped to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 7TH: Evans flied out to center; Williams flied out to right; Gaston made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. PADRES 8TH: Grubb flied to left in foul territory; Torres singled to left; Tolan singled to center [Torres to second]; McCovey struck out; Winfield flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 8TH: PEREZ BATTED FOR CORRELL; Perez grounded out (second to first); Office flied out to right; MAY BATTED FOR BELLOIR; May singled to center; BAKER BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Baker singled to left [May to second]; Garr forced Baker (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. PADRES 9TH: PEREZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); POCOROBA REPLACED MAY (PLAYING C ); DAL CANTON REPLACED BAKER (PITCHING); Ivie struck out; Roberts popped to first in foul territory; Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 9TH: KUBIAK REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING 3B); IVIE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Gilbreath singled to right; Evans out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Gilbreath to second]; FRISELLA REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); KENDALL REPLACED FOLKERS (PLAYING C ); LUM BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Lum walked; GOODSON BATTED FOR GASTON; Goodson singled to center [Gilbreath scored, Lum to second]; Perez singled to left [Lum scored, Goodson to second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Braves 2.

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