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.

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