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Tommy John, making his first major league appearance since rupturing a ligament in his pitching elbow in July, 1974, said he made "only one bad pitch," but it cost the Dodgers' lefthander a 3-1 loss to the Braves. In the fifth inning, Rowland Office and Jerry Royster singled. John then threw a "hanging curve" that Darrell Evans smashed for a homer. [The Sporting News] Atlanta Braves 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 1Game Played on Friday, April 16, 1976 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumDodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 3 Braves 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 x - 3 7 1 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Buckner lf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .273 Office cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .174 Sizemore 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Royster 3b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .238 Baker cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Evans 1b 3 1 2 3 1 1 .222 Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Wynn lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .300 Cey 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .389 Henderson rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Ferguson rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .167 Lacy 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Yeager c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .222 Pocoroba c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Russell ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Chaney ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .235 De Jesus ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ruthven p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .400 John p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torrealba p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Rhoden p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moret p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mota ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 1.000 Burke pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 1 7 1 4 6 Totals 31 3 7 3 4 6 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 15,825 Left on Base: Dodgers 10, Braves 9 DP: Dodgers 1, Braves 2 Errors: Garvey, Ferguson, De Jesus, Chaney Triples: Cey (1) Home Runs: Evans (1) Sacrifice Hits: Royster (1) GIDP: John (1), Garvey (1), Henderson (1) Hit by Pitch: Russell (1,by Ruthven) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA John L(0-1) 5 5 3 3 4 1 1 24 5.40 Rhoden 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.00 Marshall 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 9 5.63 Totals 8 7 3 3 4 6 1 36 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruthven W(2-0) 6 4 0 0 2 3 0 24 1.64 Torrealba 2.1 3 1 1 2 2 0 12 5.63 Moret SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 Totals 9 7 1 1 4 6 0 38 Hit by Pitch: Ruthven (1) Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt DODGERS 1ST: Buckner was called out on strikes; Sizemore grounded out (third to first); Baker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Office grounded out (second to first); Royster grounded out (second to first); Evans walked; Wynn walked [Evans to second]; Henderson made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (first to pitcher); Cey grounded out (third to first); Ferguson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Lacy grounded out (catcher to first); Pocoroba flied out to left; Chaney singled; Ruthven grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. DODGERS 3RD: Yeager grounded out (third to first); Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); John grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Office struck out; Royster walked; Evans singled [Royster to second]; Wynn walked [Royster to third, Evans to second]; Henderson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Wynn out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. DODGERS 4TH: Buckner grounded out (pitcher to first); Sizemore walked; Baker struck out; Garvey singled [Sizemore to third]; Cey forced Garvey (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Lacy grounded out (third to first); Pocoroba grounded out (third to first); Chaney flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. DODGERS 5TH: Ferguson flied out to left; Yeager singled; Russell was hit by a pitch [Yeager to second]; On a bunt John grounded into a double play (pitcher to third to second) [Yeager out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: DE JESUS REPLACED RUSSELL (PLAYING SS); Ruthven grounded out (shortstop to first); Office singled; Royster singled [Office to third (error by Ferguson)]; Evans homered [Office scored, Royster scored]; Wynn reached on an error by De Jesus; Henderson forced Wynn (shortstop to second); Lacy flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 3. DODGERS 6TH: Buckner singled; Sizemore flied out to right; Baker flied out to center; Garvey forced Buckner (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 3. BRAVES 6TH: RHODEN REPLACED JOHN (PITCHING); Pocoroba made an out to first; Chaney struck out; Ruthven grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 3. DODGERS 7TH: Cey tripled; Ferguson walked; TORREALBA REPLACED RUTHVEN (PITCHING); Yeager was called out on strikes; De Jesus reached on a fielder's choice [Cey out at home (third to catcher), Ferguson to second]; MOTA BATTED FOR RHODEN; Mota walked [Ferguson to third, De Jesus to second]; Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 3. BRAVES 7TH: MARSHALL REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); Office reached on an error by Garvey; Royster out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Office to second]; Evans struck out; Wynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 3. DODGERS 8TH: Sizemore flied out to center; Baker singled; Garvey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Baker out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 3. BRAVES 8TH: Henderson was called out on strikes; Lacy flied out to center; Pocoroba singled; Chaney singled [Pocoroba to second]; Torrealba struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 3. DODGERS 9TH: Cey was called out on strikes; Ferguson singled; Yeager walked [Ferguson to second]; De Jesus reached on an error by Chaney [De Jesus to first, Yeager to second, Ferguson to third]; RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR MARSHALL; Rodriguez singled [Ferguson scored, Yeager to third, De Jesus to second]; BURKE RAN FOR RODRIGUEZ; MORET REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); Buckner struck out; Sizemore flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 3. |
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