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Sunday July 4, 1976
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A sacrifice fly by Gary Thomasson in the sixth inning drove in Darrell Evans and lifted the Giants to a 3-2 victory over the Braves. Evans opened the stanza with a single and advanced on a sacrifice by Ken Reitz. After stopping at third on a single by Chris Speier, Evans scored the deciding run on Thomasson's fly to center field. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 3, Atlanta Braves 2

Game Played on Sunday, July 4, 1976 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Braves       0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  1
Giants       0  2  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   3  7  2


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Office cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .301      Herndon cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .316
Robinson 2b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .200      Perez 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .263
  Paciorek ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Matthews lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .264
  Gilbreath 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .304      Murcer rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Wynn lf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .234      Evans 1b              3   2   2   0     1   1   .208
Montanez 1b           3   1   0   0     1   1   .320      Reitz 3b              2   1   1   0     1   0   .286
Henderson rf          4   1   2   0     0   1   .268      Speier ss             3   0   2   2     1   0   .228
Williams c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .216      Sadek c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Chaney ss             3   0   1   1     1   0   .264        Thomasson ph        0   0   0   1     0   0   .240
Belloir 3b            2   0   1   1     0   0   .333        Hill c              0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
  May ph              1   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Dressler p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .176
  Royster 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .232        Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .263
LaCorte p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gaston ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .296

Totals               32   2   7   2     3   6             Totals               29   3   7   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  8,693
Left on Base: Braves 7, Giants 7
DP: Braves 0, Giants 1
Errors: Office, Herndon, Reitz
Doubles: Chaney (10), Perez (6), Speier (13), Matthews (13)
Stolen Bases: Evans (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Marshall (1), Reitz (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Thomasson (2)
GIDP: Chaney (4)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaCorte L(0-2)          5     5   3   3   3   1   0  23   7.27
Marshall                3     2   0   0   0   2   0  11   4.26
Totals                  8     7   3   3   3   3   0  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dressler W(2-6)         6     5   2   2   3   5   0  25   4.75
Moffitt SV(5)           3     2   0   0   0   1   0  11   2.60
Totals                  9     7   2   2   3   6   0  36

Passed Balls: Williams (4)

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Tom Gorman


BRAVES 1ST: Office struck out; Robinson grounded out (second to
first); Wynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants
0.

GIANTS 1ST: Herndon grounded out (third to first); Perez doubled
to center; Matthews grounded out (third to first); Williams
allowed a passed ball [Perez to third]; Murcer flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Montanez walked; Henderson singled to center
[Montanez to third, Henderson to second (error by Herndon)];
Williams struck out; Chaney was walked intentionally; Belloir
singled to second [Montanez scored, Henderson out at home
(second to catcher), Chaney to second]; LaCorte grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Evans walked; Reitz walked [Evans to second]; Speier
doubled to center [Reitz scored, Evans scored]; Sadek grounded
out (third to first); Dressler struck out; Herndon grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Office flied out to left; Robinson walked; Wynn
flied out to right; Montanez forced Robinson (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Perez grounded out (second to first); Matthews
grounded out (first to pitcher); Murcer popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Henderson singled to shortstop; Williams popped to
first; Chaney doubled to center [Henderson scored]; Belloir
reached on an error by Reitz; LaCorte forced Chaney (pitcher to
third) [Belloir to second]; Office grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Evans singled to right; Reitz flied out to left;
Evans stole second; Speier was walked intentionally; Sadek
popped to second; Dressler grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Robinson grounded out (first unassisted); Wynn was
called out on strikes; Montanez grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Herndon grounded out (first unassisted); Perez flied
out to center; Matthews doubled to right; Murcer popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Henderson struck out; Williams singled to center;
Chaney grounded into a double play (second to first) [Williams
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Evans singled to left; MARSHALL REPLACED LACORTE
(PITCHING); Reitz out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Evans to second]; Speier singled to right [Evans to third];
THOMASSON BATTED FOR SADEK; Thomasson hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Evans scored, Speier to second (error by Office)]; ADAMS
BATTED FOR DRESSLER; Adams grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 3.

BRAVES 7TH: HILL REPLACED THOMASSON (PLAYING C ); MOFFITT
REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); MAY BATTED FOR BELLOIR; May singled
to center; Marshall out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[May to second]; Office flied out to center; PACIOREK BATTED FOR
ROBINSON; Paciorek flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: ROYSTER REPLACED MAY (PLAYING 3B); GILBREATH
REPLACED PACIOREK (PLAYING 2B); Herndon grounded out (shortstop
to first); Perez grounded out (catcher to first); Matthews
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 3.

BRAVES 8TH: Wynn singled to center; Montanez was called out on
strikes; Henderson flied out to right; Williams popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Evans struck
out; Reitz singled to left; Speier flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 3.

BRAVES 9TH: Chaney popped to second; Royster grounded out (third
to first); GASTON BATTED FOR MARSHALL; Gaston grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 3.



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