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Friday September 17, 1976
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A wild pitch by Charlie Hough in the 12th inning and a passed ball on the next delivery by the knuckleball reliever enabled the Braves to gain a 1-0 victory in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Dodgers won the second game, 11-7. Don Sutton, bidding for his 20th victory, pitched the first 11 innings of the opener for the Dodgers before turning the mound over to Hough. Tom Paciorek greeted the change with a single, took second on a sacrifice by Brian Asselstine and advanced to third on Hough's wild pitch. Hough then served up a knuckleball to Darrel Chaney and when the pitch got away from catcher Ellie Rodriguez, Paciorek scored the winning run.

In the nightcap, Ted Sizemore batted in five runs for the Dodgers, accounting for two with a triple in the fourth, walking with the bases loaded in the sixth and driving in two runs with a single in the ninth. [The Sporting News]


Atlanta Braves 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 0 (Game 1)

Game Played on Friday, September 17, 1976 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Dodgers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  7  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   0   2   0     2   1   .234      Royster 3b            5   0   1   0     0   0   .234
Lyttle cf             5   0   0   0     1   1   .250      Gilbreath 2b          4   0   0   0     1   2   .252
Buckner lf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .297      Montanez 1b           5   0   2   0     0   0   .315
Garvey 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .312      May lf                5   0   1   0     0   0   .217
Goodson 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .210      Paciorek rf           5   1   1   0     0   0   .287
  Cey 3b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Asselstine cf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .133
  Sizemore 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Murphy c              4   0   1   0     1   0   .250
Russell ss            5   0   2   0     0   0   .284      Chaney ss             2   0   1   0     2   0   .255
Hale rf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .134      LaCorte p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .103
Pasley c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .259        Wynn ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .207
  Lee ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .119        Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rodriguez c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .213
Sutton p              4   0   0   0     0   0   .090
  Mota ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .298
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .263

Totals               39   0   6   0     5   4             Totals               37   1   7   0     4   6

Time of Game: 2:42
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Braves 8
DP: Dodgers 2, Braves 2
Errors: Goodson, Murphy, Chaney
Doubles: Buckner (23), Murphy (2)
Triples: Lopes (6)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (54), Buckner (26), Royster (20)
Caught Stealing: Russell (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Garvey (5), Pasley (1), LaCorte (1), Asselstine (1)
GIDP: Goodson (5), Cey (10), May 2 (4)
Hit by Pitch: Hale (2,by LaCorte)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton                 11     6   0   0   3   6   0  40   3.22
Hough L(11-8)           0.1   1   1   0   1   0   0   3   2.23
Totals                 11.1   7   1   0   4   6   0  43

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
LaCorte                10     3   0   0   4   4   0  38   4.50
Devine W(4-5)           2     3   0   0   1   0   0   9   3.33
Totals                 12     6   0   0   5   4   0  47

Passed Balls: Rodriguez (3)
Hit by Pitch: LaCorte (5)
Wild Pitches: Hough (8)
Balks: Sutton (1)

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Joe West


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Lyttle walked;
Buckner forced Lyttle (shortstop to second) [Lopes to third];
Buckner stole second; Garvey walked; Goodson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garvey out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Gilbreath
was called out on strikes; Montanez grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Russell reached on an error by Chaney [Russell to
second]; Hale flied out to right; Pasley flied out to left;
Sutton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: May grounded out (first unassisted); Paciorek popped
to first in foul territory; Asselstine struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Lopes struck out; Lyttle struck out advanced to
first on an error by Murphy; Buckner lined to left; Garvey
forced Lyttle (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Murphy doubled to right; Chaney walked; LaCorte
struck out; Royster forced Chaney (third to second) [Murphy to
third]; Royster stole second; Gilbreath walked; Montanez
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Braves 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Goodson grounded out (second to first); Russell
flied out to left; Hale flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: May singled to right; On a bunt Paciorek made an out
to catcher; Tom Paciorek called for interference;
Asselstine flied out to center; Murphy popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Pasley grounded out (third to first); Sutton lined
to shortstop; Lopes tripled to right; Lyttle flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Chaney walked; LaCorte out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Chaney to second]; Sutton balked [Chaney to
third]; Royster popped to first in foul territory; Gilbreath
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Buckner popped to shortstop; Garvey grounded out
(shortstop to first); Goodson grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Montanez singled to center; May grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Montanez out at
second]; Paciorek flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Russell singled to center; Russell was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Hale struck out; Pasley
lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Asselstine popped to catcher in foul territory;
Murphy grounded out (second to first); Chaney singled to right;
LaCorte struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Sutton popped to first in foul territory; Lopes
flied out to right; Lyttle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 8TH: Royster singled to third [Royster to second (error
by Goodson)]; Gilbreath flied out to right [Royster to third];
Montanez reached on a fielder's choice [Royster out at home
(shortstop to catcher to third), Montanez to second]; May flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 9TH: Buckner doubled to right; Garvey out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Buckner to third]; Goodson struck out;
Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 9TH: CEY REPLACED GOODSON (PLAYING 3B); Paciorek grounded
out (shortstop to first); Asselstine grounded out (pitcher to
first); Murphy popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 10TH: Hale was hit by a pitch; Pasley out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Hale to second]; Sutton flied out to
right; Lopes walked; Lyttle flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 10TH: Chaney flied out to left; WYNN BATTED FOR LACORTE;
Wynn struck out; Royster grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 11TH: DEVINE REPLACED WYNN (PITCHING); Buckner popped to
shortstop; Garvey singled to center; Cey grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Garvey out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 11TH: SIZEMORE REPLACED CEY (PLAYING 3B); Gilbreath was
called out on strikes; Montanez singled to right; May grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Montanez out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

DODGERS 12TH: Russell singled to shortstop; Hale popped to first
in foul territory; LEE BATTED FOR PASLEY; Lee grounded out
(catcher to first) [Russell to second]; MOTA BATTED FOR SUTTON;
Mota was walked intentionally; Lopes singled to first [Russell
to third, Mota to second]; Lyttle flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 12TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED LEE (PLAYING C ); HOUGH REPLACED
MOTA (PITCHING); Paciorek singled to shortstop; Asselstine out
on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Paciorek to second];
Hough threw a wild pitch [Paciorek to third]; Murphy walked;
Rodriguez allowed a passed ball [Paciorek scored (unearned)]; 1
R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 1.



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