The Giants built up a 10-4 lead and then barely escaped with a 10-9 victory when an error allowed the Braves to score five unearned runs in the seventh inning. Rob Andrews bobbled the ball on what would have been an inning-ending forceout to open the gates for the Braves, who climaxed their rally when Barry Bonnell hit a grand slam for his first major league homer. The Braves also had solo swats in the game by Darrel Chaney and Jerry Royster, while Derrel Thomas and Bill Madlock batted in two runs apiece for the Giants. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 10, Atlanta Braves 9
Game Played on Sunday, June      5, 1977 (Day game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Giants       2  3  3    0  0  1    1  0  0  -  10 13  2
Braves       0  1  0    1  0  2    5  0  0  -   9 15  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Andrews 2b            4   2   1   0     2   0   .250      Royster ss            5   2   1   2     1   0   .240
Thomas 1b             2   1   1   2     1   0   .255      Bonnell cf            5   1   2   5     0   1   .372
Madlock 3b            5   1   1   2     0   0   .288      Montanez 1b           5   0   3   0     0   0   .288
Clark rf              5   0   1   1     0   0   .266      Burroughs rf          5   0   1   0     0   1   .287
Elliott lf            5   1   2   0     0   1   .204      Matthews lf           5   1   1   0     0   2   .291
Herndon cf            4   2   2   1     0   1   .224      Pocoroba c            4   2   2   0     1   0   .296
Foli ss               3   1   1   1     0   0   .231      Moore 3b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .289
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Chaney 2b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .257
  Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gaston ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .237
  Thomasson ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .260        Gilbreath pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .207
  Rudolph c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Easterly p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Sadek c               4   1   3   0     0   0   .216        Johnson p           1   0   1   1     0   0   .333
  Evans ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .276        Capra p             0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rockett ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Halicki p             3   1   1   0     0   1   .167        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Harris ph,ss        1   0   0   0     1   0   .250        Nolan ph            1   1   0   0     0   0   .364
                                                            Camp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Correll ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .282

Totals               37  10  13   7     5   4             Totals               43   9  15   9     3   6

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance:  7,464
Left on Base: Giants 9, Braves 10
DP: Giants 0, Braves 0
Errors: Andrews, Madlock, Royster, Moore
Doubles: Madlock (12), Elliott (2), Sadek (3), Pocoroba (12)
Triples: Herndon (2)
Home Runs: Chaney (1), Royster (4), Bonnell (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Herndon (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Thomas 2 (2), Foli (4)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki W(5-5)          6    10   4   3   2   6   2  31   3.36
Williams                0.2   2   4   0   1   0   0   6   3.62
Moffitt                 1.1   2   1   1   0   0   1   5   1.93
Lavelle SV(7)           1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.70
Totals                  9    15   9   3*  3   6   3  46

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Easterly L(2-3)         1.2   6   5   4   1   0   0  12   5.83
Johnson                 0.1   4   3   3   0   0   0   5   7.25
Capra                   4     0   1   0   2   3   0  15   6.65
Campbell                1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   2.81
Camp                    2     1   0   0   2   1   0   9   3.38
Totals                  9    13  10   8   5   4   0  46

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Bill Williams


GIANTS 1ST: Andrews singled to right; Thomas singled to center
[Andrews to second]; Madlock forced Thomas (second to shortstop)
[Madlock to second (error by Royster), Andrews scored (unearned)
(no RBI)]; Clark singled to right [Madlock scored, Clark to
second (on throw to home)]; Elliott reached on a fielder's
choice [Clark out at third (shortstop to third)]; Herndon
grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (second to first); Bonnell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Montanez singled to center;
Burroughs grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 2, Braves 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); Sadek
singled to right; Halicki singled to right [Sadek to third];
Andrews walked [Halicki to second]; Thomas hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Sadek scored]; Madlock doubled to center [Halicki
scored, Andrews scored]; JOHNSON REPLACED EASTERLY (PITCHING);
Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Matthews struck out; Pocoroba walked; Moore flied
out to center; Chaney singled to second [Pocoroba to second];
Johnson singled to left [Pocoroba scored, Chaney to second];
Royster made an out to catcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5,
Braves 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Elliott doubled to left; Herndon singled to center
[Elliott scored]; Foli singled to right [Herndon to second];
Sadek singled to center [Herndon to third, Foli to second];
CAPRA REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Capra threw a wild pitch
[Herndon scored, Foli to third, Sadek to second]; Halicki made
an out to second; Andrews walked; Thomas hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Foli scored]; Madlock forced Andrews (shortstop to
second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 8, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Bonnell flied out to center; Montanez singled to
center; Burroughs was called out on strikes; Matthews struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 8, Braves 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Clark grounded out (third to first); Elliott struck
out; Herndon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 8, Braves
1.

BRAVES 4TH: Pocoroba doubled to right; Moore struck out; Chaney
popped to first; Capra walked; Royster reached on an error by
Madlock [Pocoroba to third, Capra to second, Royster to first];
Bonnell singled to center [Pocoroba scored (unearned), Capra to
third, Royster to second]; Montanez flied out to center; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 8, Braves 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Foli flied out to center; Sadek flied out to center;
Halicki struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 8, Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Burroughs flied out to center; Matthews flied out to
right; Pocoroba singled to center; Moore forced Pocoroba (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 8, Braves 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Andrews made an out to shortstop; Thomas walked;
Madlock flied out to center; Clark reached on an error by Moore
[Thomas scored (unearned) (no RBI), Clark to third]; Elliott
made an out to catcher; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 9,
Braves 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Chaney homered; ROCKETT BATTED FOR CAPRA; Rockett
struck out; Royster homered; Bonnell was called out on strikes;
Montanez singled to right; Burroughs grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 9, Braves 4.

GIANTS 7TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED ROCKETT (PITCHING); Herndon
tripled to center; Foli hit a sacrifice fly to center [Herndon
scored]; Sadek doubled; HARRIS BATTED FOR HALICKI; Harris flied
out to center; Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 10, Braves 4.

BRAVES 7TH: HARRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); WILLIAMS
REPLACED FOLI (PITCHING); Matthews singled to right; Pocoroba
flied out to left; Moore singled to right [Matthews to second];
Chaney flied out to left; NOLAN BATTED FOR CAMPBELL; Nolan
reached on an error by Andrews (assist by Harris) [Matthews to
third, Moore to second, Nolan to first]; Royster walked
[Matthews scored (unearned), Moore to third, Nolan to second];
MOFFITT REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Bonnell homered (unearned,
but earned for the pitcher) [Moore scored (unearned), Nolan
scored (unearned), Royster scored (unearned)]; Montanez grounded
out (first to pitcher); 5 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 10,
Braves 9.

GIANTS 8TH: CAMP REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Thomas grounded out
(second to first); Madlock flied out to center; Clark grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 10, Braves 9.

BRAVES 8TH: Burroughs singled to right [Burroughs out at second
(right to shortstop)]; Matthews flied out to center; Pocoroba
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
10, Braves 9.

GIANTS 9TH: Elliott singled to right; Herndon out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Elliott to second]; THOMASSON BATTED
FOR MOFFITT; Thomasson walked; EVANS BATTED FOR SADEK; Camp
threw a wild pitch [Elliott to third, Thomasson to second];
Evans was called out on strikes; Harris walked; Andrews grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 10, Braves
9.

BRAVES 9TH: LAVELLE REPLACED EVANS (PITCHING); RUDOLPH REPLACED
THOMASSON (PLAYING C ); Moore flied out to center; GASTON BATTED
FOR CHANEY; Gaston singled to left; GILBREATH RAN FOR GASTON;
CORRELL BATTED FOR CAMP; Correll flied out to center; Royster
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
10, Braves 9.