Bruce Boisclair belted a two-run homer in the third inning and later scored the winning run in the eighth to lift the Mets to a 6-5 victory over the Braves. John Milner batted in three runs for the Mets with a single and triple. Jeff Burroughs and Cito Gaston homered for the Braves. Boisclair walked in the eighth, scampered to third on a single by Ed Kranepool and scored on an infield out by John Stearns. [The Sporting News]



New York Mets 6, Atlanta Braves 5
Game Played on Wednesday, June      15, 1977 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Mets         1  0  2    0  2  0    0  1  0  -   6 10  0
Braves       0  0  0    1  2  0    2  0  0  -   5  6  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randle 3b             5   2   3   0     0   1   .325      Bonnell cf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .346
Harrelson ss          4   2   2   0     0   0   .179      Royster 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .218
Boisclair lf          2   2   1   2     1   0   .278      Montanez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .305
Milner 1b             4   0   2   3     0   0   .288      Burroughs rf          4   1   1   1     0   1   .275
Kranepool rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .295      Matthews lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .287
  Vail pr,rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .360      Pocoroba c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .303
Stearns c             4   0   1   1     0   1   .270      Gilbreath 2b          4   1   1   0     0   1   .217
Mazzilli cf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .223      Robinson ss           1   1   0   0     1   0   .250
Millan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .207        Paciorek ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Matlack p             3   0   0   0     0   0   .074        Office ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .264
  Apodaca p           0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        Capra p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Phillips ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .209        Camp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .286      McLaughlin p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Collins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gaston ph           1   1   1   2     0   0   .238
                                                            Kline p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Chaney ph,ss        1   0   0   1     0   0   .241

Totals               34   6  10   6     2   2             Totals               32   5   6   5     2   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  6,343
Left on Base: Mets 5, Braves 2
DP: Mets 1, Braves 0
Doubles: Randle 2 (7)
Triples: Milner (3)
Home Runs: Boisclair (2), Burroughs (16), Gaston (1)
Caught Stealing: Randle (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Boisclair (4), Harrelson (1)
GIDP: Gilbreath (3)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack                 6.1   5   5   5   2   4   2  25   3.96
Apodaca W(2-2)          1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.97
Lockwood SV(9)          1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.65
Totals                  9     6   5   5   2   5   2  34

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McLaughlin              4.2   7   5   5   0   0   1  21  18.00
Collins                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.06
Kline                   2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.89
Capra L(1-7)            0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   7.05
Camp                    1.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   6   3.33
Totals                  9    10   6   6   2   2   1  38

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Paul Pryor


METS 1ST: Randle grounded out (pitcher to first); On a bunt
Harrelson singled; Boisclair out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Harrelson to second]; Milner singled to right [Harrelson
scored]; Kranepool forced Milner (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Bonnell walked; Royster popped to second; Montanez
flied out to center; Burroughs was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 0.

METS 2ND: Stearns singled to left; Mazzilli lined to center;
Millan forced Stearns (second to shortstop); Matlack forced
Millan (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 1,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Matthews lined to center; Pocoroba grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gilbreath grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 1, Braves 0.

METS 3RD: Randle doubled to right; Harrelson out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Randle to third]; Boisclair homered
[Randle scored]; Milner made an out to third; Kranepool grounded
out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first); McLaughlin
struck out; Bonnell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 3, Braves 0.

METS 4TH: Stearns flied out to center; Mazzilli grounded out
(third to first); Millan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Royster made an out to first; Montanez struck out;
Burroughs homered; Matthews flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mets 3, Braves 1.

METS 5TH: Matlack grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt
Randle singled; Harrelson singled to center [Randle to third];
Boisclair popped to shortstop; COLLINS REPLACED MCLAUGHLIN
(PITCHING); Milner tripled to right [Randle scored, Harrelson
scored]; Kranepool grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mets 5, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Pocoroba singled to right; Gilbreath grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Pocoroba out at second];
Robinson walked; GASTON BATTED FOR COLLINS; Gaston homered
[Robinson scored]; Bonnell grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Braves 3.

METS 6TH: KLINE REPLACED GASTON (PITCHING); Stearns was called
out on strikes; Mazzilli flied out to right; Millan grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 5, Braves 3.

BRAVES 6TH: Royster flied out to center; Montanez struck out;
Burroughs grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 5, Braves 3.

METS 7TH: Matlack grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
doubled to left; Randle was caught stealing third (catcher to
third); Harrelson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets
5, Braves 3.

BRAVES 7TH: Matthews singled to center; Pocoroba flied out to
center; Gilbreath singled to left [Matthews to second]; PACIOREK
BATTED FOR ROBINSON; APODACA REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); OFFICE
BATTED FOR PACIOREK; Office singled to right [Matthews scored,
Gilbreath to third]; CHANEY BATTED FOR KLINE; Chaney grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Gilbreath scored, Office to second];
Bonnell grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 5, Braves 5.

METS 8TH: CHANEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); CAPRA REPLACED
OFFICE (PITCHING); Boisclair walked; Milner flied out to center;
Kranepool singled to right [Boisclair to third]; VAIL RAN FOR
KRANEPOOL; CAMP REPLACED CAPRA (PITCHING); Stearns grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Boisclair scored, Vail to second];
Mazzilli was walked intentionally; Millan forced Mazzilli
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 6, Braves 5.

BRAVES 8TH: VAIL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Royster flied out
to left; Montanez popped to catcher in foul territory; Burroughs
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 6,
Braves 5.

METS 9TH: PHILLIPS BATTED FOR APODACA; Phillips flied out to
left; On a bunt Randle struck out; Harrelson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 6, Braves 5.

BRAVES 9TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED PHILLIPS (PITCHING); Matthews
grounded out (second to first); Pocoroba made an out to
shortstop; Gilbreath struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 6,
Braves 5.