Rowland Office hit a three-run homer to give the Braves a 3-0 victory over the Padres. Umpire John McSherry first ruled it a triple but then reversed his decision and called it a homer after the Braves disputed the original ruling. Atlanta Braves 3, San Diego Padres 0Game Played on Saturday, April 10, 1976 (Night game) at San Diego StadiumBraves 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 3 4 0 Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 2 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Office cf 4 1 1 3 0 0 .143 Grubb lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .556 Royster 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Fuentes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Wynn lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .375 W. Davis cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Paciorek lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Winfield rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .286 Evans 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .167 Ivie 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .125 May rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Rader 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Lacy 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Torres ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .375 Pocoroba c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Davis c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Chaney ss 3 1 0 0 1 1 .000 Locklear ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Niekro p 3 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Kendall c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torrealba p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spillner p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Turner ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Metzger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 4 3 3 3 Totals 32 0 6 0 3 7 Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 17,445 Left on Base: Braves 6, Padres 8 DP: Braves 0, Padres 0 Errors: Fuentes, Rader Doubles: Lacy (1) Home Runs: Office (1) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro W(1-0) 7.1 5 0 0 2 6 0 28 0.00 Torrealba SV(1) 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 0.00 Totals 9 6 0 0 3 7 0 35 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Spillner L(0-1) 8 4 3 0 3 3 1 33 0.00 Metzger 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 4 3 0 3 3 1 36 Wild Pitches: Niekro (1) Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Tom Gorman BRAVES 1ST: Office grounded out (pitcher to first); Royster walked; Wynn reached on an error by Rader [Royster to second]; Evans walked [Royster to third, Wynn to second]; May struck out; Lacy forced Evans (second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Braves 0, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Grubb struck out; Fuentes grounded out (first unassisted); W. Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Padres 0. BRAVES 2ND: Pocoroba lined to second; Chaney struck out; Niekro grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Winfield flied out to left; Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Padres 0. BRAVES 3RD: Office lined to right; Royster flied out to right; Wynn singled to left; Evans made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: Torres singled to left [Torres out at second (left to second)]; B. Davis singled to left; Spillner struck out; Grubb flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Padres 0. BRAVES 4TH: May lined to first; Lacy doubled; Pocoroba flied out to left; Chaney flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Padres 0. PADRES 4TH: Fuentes grounded out (first to pitcher); W. Davis grounded out (second to pitcher); Winfield singled to center; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Winfield to second]; Ivie walked; Rader lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Padres 0. BRAVES 5TH: Niekro grounded out (third to first); Office grounded out (second to pitcher); Royster flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Padres 0. PADRES 5TH: Torres singled to left; B. Davis forced Torres (third to second); On a bunt Spillner forced B. Davis (first to shortstop); Grubb made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Padres 0. BRAVES 6TH: Wynn made an out to third; Evans flied out to center; May made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Padres 0. PADRES 6TH: Fuentes struck out; W. Davis grounded out (second to first); Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Padres 0. BRAVES 7TH: Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); Pocoroba reached on an error by Fuentes; Chaney walked [Pocoroba to second]; On a bunt Niekro forced Pocoroba (pitcher to third) [Chaney to second, Niekro to first]; Office homered (unearned) [Chaney scored (unearned), Niekro scored (unearned)]; Royster made an out to second; 3 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Padres 0. PADRES 7TH: Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader struck out; Torres grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Padres 0. BRAVES 8TH: Wynn struck out; Evans singled to right; May forced Evans (first to shortstop); Lacy flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Padres 0. PADRES 8TH: PACIOREK REPLACED WYNN (PLAYING LF); LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR B. DAVIS; Locklear struck out; TURNER BATTED FOR SPILLNER; Turner walked; Grubb singled to center [Turner to second]; TORREALBA REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first) [Turner to third, Grubb to second]; W. Davis lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Padres 0. BRAVES 9TH: METZGER REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); KENDALL REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PLAYING C ); Pocoroba grounded out (second to first); Chaney made an out to third; Torrealba grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Padres 0. PADRES 9TH: Winfield walked; Ivie flied out to right; Rader singled to left [Winfield to second]; Torres struck out; Kendall flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Padres 0. |
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