Dick Ruthven, who had not been a winner since August 8, gained credit for the victory when the Braves defeated the Padres, 11-8. The Braves had to call on two relievers, Pablo Torrealba and Adrian Devine, to nail down Ruthven's third decision over the Padres without a loss this season.

Jerry Royster led the Braves' attack, driving in two runs with a single in the second inning and two more with another single in the third. Bob Owchinko, making his major league debut with the Padres, lasted only 1 2/3 innings. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 11, San Diego Padres 8
Game Played on Saturday, September 25, 1976 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Padres       2  0  0    1  2  0    2  1  0  -   8 14  2
Braves       0  4  3    0  0  4    0  0  x  -  11 15  2


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Almon ss              5   1   1   1     0   0   .250      Royster 3b            6   2   3   4     0   0   .243
Grubb cf              4   3   2   1     1   1   .282      Gilbreath 2b          5   1   4   1     0   0   .259
Turner lf             5   2   3   2     0   1   .257      Montanez 1b           3   1   1   1     2   0   .317
  Strom p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .068      Gaston lf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .300
Ivie 1b               5   0   1   1     0   0   .285      Wynn cf               3   1   0   0     2   1   .205
Valentine rf,lf       4   1   3   2     1   0   .462      Paciorek rf           5   2   3   1     0   0   .297
Rader 3b              5   0   1   1     0   1   .252      Murphy c              4   1   2   1     1   0   .250
Fuentes 2b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .263      Chaney ss             2   2   1   1     2   0   .254
Kendall c             3   0   2   0     1   0   .246      Ruthven p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .176
Owchinko p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kubiak ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .233
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  W. Davis ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .268
  Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Folkers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rettenmund ph,rf    0   0   0   0     1   0   .231

Totals               39   8  14   8     4   3             Totals               36  11  15  10     7   3

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance:  1,734
Left on Base: Padres 8, Braves 11
DP: Padres 1, Braves 3
Errors: Almon, Kendall, Gilbreath, Wynn
Doubles: Valentine 2 (4), Rader (20), Paciorek (9), Gilbreath (11)
Home Runs: Turner (5)
Stolen Bases: Turner (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Ruthven (9), Devine (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Chaney (5)
GIDP: Rader (12), Ivie 2 (10), Royster (11)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Owchinko L(0-1)         1.2   5   4   4   2   1   0  12  21.60
Johnson                 1.1   3   3   3   2   1   0   8   4.79
Tomlin                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.13
Metzger                 0.1   5   4   2   0   0   0   7   2.60
Folkers                 1.2   1   0   0   2   0   0   8   5.13
Strom                   1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.39
Totals                  8    15  11   9   7   3   0  46

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven W(14-16)        6    11   7   7   1   1   1  29   4.13
Torrealba               1     3   1   1   1   0   0   6   3.31
Devine SV(9)            2     0   0   0   2   2   0   8   3.34
Totals                  9    14   8   8   4   3   1  43

Passed Balls: Murphy (6)

Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Andy Olsen


PADRES 1ST: Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut
game for Bob Owchinko; Grubb singled to left; Turner singled
to center [Grubb to third (error by Wynn)]; Ivie singled to
center [Grubb scored, Turner to second]; Turner stole third;
Valentine singled to center [Turner scored, Ivie to third];
Rader grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Valentine out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (third to first); Gilbreath
singled to pitcher; Montanez walked [Gilbreath to second];
Gaston was called out on strikes; Wynn flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Braves 0.

PADRES 2ND: Fuentes batted right handed; Fuentes grounded out
(third to first); Kendall singled to left; Owchinko forced
Kendall (third to shortstop); Almon flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Paciorek doubled to left; Murphy singled to center
[Paciorek scored]; Chaney walked [Murphy to second]; Ruthven out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Murphy to third, Chaney
to second]; Royster singled to left [Murphy scored, Chaney
scored, Royster to second (on throw to home)]; Gilbreath
grounded out (third to first); Montanez singled to left [Royster
scored]; JOHNSON REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING); Gaston flied out
to right; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Braves 4.

PADRES 3RD: Grubb reached on an error by Gilbreath [Grubb to
first]; Turner struck out; Ivie grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Grubb out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 2, Braves 4.

BRAVES 3RD: Wynn walked; Paciorek singled to right [Wynn to
third]; Murphy flied out to center [Paciorek to second]; Chaney
was walked intentionally; Ruthven was called out on strikes;
Royster singled to right [Wynn scored, Paciorek scored, Chaney
to second]; Gilbreath singled to left [Chaney scored, Royster
out at third (left to third to second to third)]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Padres 2, Braves 7.

PADRES 4TH: Valentine doubled to left; Rader doubled to right
[Valentine scored]; Fuentes batted right handed; Fuentes lined
to left; Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first) [Rader to
third]; KUBIAK BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Kubiak flied out to left; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Braves 7.

BRAVES 4TH: TOMLIN REPLACED KUBIAK (PITCHING); Montanez grounded
out (third to first); Gaston grounded out (second to first);
Wynn was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3,
Braves 7.

PADRES 5TH: Almon grounded out (pitcher to first); Grubb walked;
Turner homered [Grubb scored]; Ivie grounded out (first to
pitcher); Valentine grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 5, Braves 7.

BRAVES 5TH: Paciorek grounded out (third to first); Murphy
grounded out (pitcher to first); Chaney singled to right;
Ruthven forced Chaney (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 5, Braves 7.

PADRES 6TH: Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
batted right handed; Fuentes flied out to center; Kendall
singled to third; W. DAVIS BATTED FOR TOMLIN; W. Davis made an
out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 5, Braves 7.

BRAVES 6TH: METZGER REPLACED W. DAVIS (PITCHING); Royster
singled to center; Gilbreath singled to right [Royster to
second]; Montanez reached on an error by Almon [Royster scored
(no RBI), Gilbreath to third, Montanez to second]; Gaston
singled to right [Gilbreath scored, Montanez to third]; Wynn
popped to third in foul territory; Paciorek singled to right
[Montanez scored (unearned), Gaston to second]; Murphy singled
to right [Gaston to third, Paciorek to second]; FOLKERS REPLACED
METZGER (PITCHING); Chaney hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gaston
scored (unearned), Paciorek to third]; Ruthven forced Murphy
(shortstop to second); 4 R (2 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 5,
Braves 11.

PADRES 7TH: Almon singled to third; Murphy allowed a passed ball
[Almon to second]; Grubb singled to center [Almon scored];
TORREALBA REPLACED RUTHVEN (PITCHING); Turner singled to center
[Grubb to second]; Ivie grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Grubb to third, Turner out at second];
Valentine doubled to right [Grubb scored]; Rader grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 7, Braves 11.

BRAVES 7TH: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Gilbreath
doubled to left; Montanez walked; Gaston flied out to left; Wynn
walked [Gilbreath to third, Montanez to second]; Paciorek flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 7, Braves 11.

PADRES 8TH: Fuentes singled to right; Kendall walked [Fuentes to
second]; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR FOLKERS; DEVINE REPLACED
TORREALBA (PITCHING); Rettenmund walked [Fuentes to third,
Kendall to second]; Almon forced Rettenmund (shortstop to
second) [Fuentes scored, Kendall to third]; Grubb was called out
on strikes; Turner flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 8, Braves 11.

BRAVES 8TH: STROM REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); RETTENMUND STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); VALENTINE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Murphy walked; Chaney lined to left; Devine reached on an error
by Kendall on a sacrifice bunt [Murphy to second, Devine to
first]; Royster grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Devine out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
8, Braves 11.

PADRES 9TH: Ivie flied out to right; Valentine walked; Rader
struck out; Fuentes batted right handed; Fuentes grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 8, Braves 11.