| With Bruce Kison pitching a three-hitter and Ed Ott, Omar Moreno, Willie Stargell and Fernando Gonzalez hitting homers, the Pirates dealt the Braves their ninth straight defeat, 11-1. Ott touched off the power show with his first major league homer in the first inning. Brian Asselstine accounted for the Braves' lone run with a homer in the second. [The Sporting News] |
Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Atlanta Braves 1
Game Played on Monday, May 2, 1977 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Pirates 1 0 1 0 2 3 2 0 2 - 11 15 0 Braves 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 1 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Moreno cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .242 Royster 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .205 Ott c 4 3 2 3 1 1 .250 Moore 3b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .538 Parker rf 5 0 2 1 0 1 .400 Office cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Oliver lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .302 Burroughs rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .301 Dilone lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Pocoroba c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Stargell 1b 4 1 2 2 1 0 .310 Paciorek 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Stennett 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .278 Asselstine lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .222 Garner 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Rockett ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Gonzalez 3b 1 1 1 2 0 0 .250 Capra p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Taveras ss 4 1 2 1 1 1 .236 Beard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kison p 5 1 1 0 0 1 .158 Leon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nolan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 11 15 11 4 5 Totals 30 1 3 1 1 3 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 9,148 Left on Base: Pirates 7, Braves 3 DP: Pirates 0, Braves 1 Errors: Royster Doubles: Kison (1), Taveras (2) Home Runs: Ott (1), Moreno (1), Stargell (4), Gonzalez (1), Asselstine (1) Stolen Bases: Taveras (9), Oliver (3), Ott (1) Sacrifice Flies: Oliver (1) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kison W(3-1) 9 3 1 1 1 3 1 31 2.78 Totals 9 3 1 1 1 3 1 31 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Capra L(0-1) 5.2 8 7 7 4 3 2 29 6.62 Beard 0.1 5 2 2 0 0 1 6 9.64 Leon 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0.00 Johnson 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 5 10.13 Totals 9 15 11 11 4 5 4 45 Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Bill Williams PIRATES 1ST: Moreno made an out to third; Ott homered; Parker flied out to left; Oliver walked; Stargell forced Oliver (third to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore singled to center; Office flied out to left; Burroughs forced Moore (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Braves 0. PIRATES 2ND: Stennett grounded out (second to first); Garner lined to center; Taveras walked; Taveras stole second; Kison struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Pocoroba grounded out (first unassisted); Paciorek flied out to right; Asselstine homered; Rockett struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Braves 1. PIRATES 3RD: Moreno grounded out (third to first); Ott walked; Parker singled to right [Ott to third]; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to left [Ott scored, Parker to second]; Stargell was walked intentionally; Stennett flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Braves 1. BRAVES 3RD: Capra grounded out (shortstop to first); Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore singled to left; Office flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Braves 1. PIRATES 4TH: Garner grounded out (pitcher to first); Taveras struck out; Kison grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Braves 1. BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (second to first); Pocoroba grounded out (first unassisted); Paciorek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Braves 1. PIRATES 5TH: Moreno homered; Ott made an out to third; Parker made an out to third; Oliver singled to third; Oliver stole second; Stargell singled to right [Oliver scored]; Stennett flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 4, Braves 1. BRAVES 5TH: Asselstine lined to left; Rockett flied out to center; Capra made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Braves 1. PIRATES 6TH: Garner made an out to second; Taveras singled to shortstop; Kison doubled to left [Taveras to third]; Moreno struck out; Ott singled to right [Taveras scored, Kison scored]; BEARD REPLACED CAPRA (PITCHING); Ott stole second; Parker singled to right [Ott scored]; Oliver made an out to second; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 7, Braves 1. BRAVES 6TH: Royster struck out; Moore walked; Office forced Moore (second to shortstop); Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 7, Braves 1. PIRATES 7TH: Stargell homered; Stennett singled to second [Stennett to second (error by Royster)]; Garner singled to left [Stennett to third]; Taveras doubled to left [Stennett scored, Garner to third]; LEON REPLACED BEARD (PITCHING); Kison reached on a fielder's choice [Garner out at home (shortstop to catcher), Taveras to third, Kison to second]; Moreno hit into a double play (second to catcher) [Moreno out at second (catcher to first), Kison to third, Taveras out at home]; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 9, Braves 1. BRAVES 7TH: Pocoroba grounded out (second to first); Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); Asselstine grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 9, Braves 1. PIRATES 8TH: Ott struck out; Parker struck out; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 9, Braves 1. BRAVES 8TH: DILONE REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING LF); GONZALEZ REPLACED GARNER (PLAYING 3B); Rockett flied out to left; NOLAN BATTED FOR LEON; Nolan flied out to right; Royster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 9, Braves 1. PIRATES 9TH: JOHNSON REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Stargell popped to catcher in foul territory; Stennett singled to right; Gonzalez homered [Stennett scored]; Taveras flied out to center; Kison grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 11, Braves 1. BRAVES 9TH: Moore grounded out (second to first); Office grounded out (pitcher to first); Burroughs grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 11, Braves 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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