Homers by Willie Montanez, Darrel Chaney and Jeff Burroughs helped the Braves defeat the Padres, 8-5, for their fourth straight victory. Montanez hit his homer with a man on base, while Chaney and Burroughs rapped solo shots. Chaney also accounted for a second RBI with a single. Phil Niekro, who struck out 11, had a shutout in the works until the ninth inning when the Padres erupted for all their runs on five singles and two walks. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 8, San Diego Padres 5
Game Played on Sunday, June      26, 1977 (Day game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  5  -   5  9  2
Braves       0  1  2    1  1  1    2  0  x  -   8 11  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Almon ss              5   0   1   0     0   1   .235      Matthews lf           4   0   1   0     1   0   .269
Scanlon 2b            4   0   1   1     1   0   .111      Moore 3b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .285
Ivie 1b               5   0   0   0     0   2   .277        Bonnell rf          1   0   1   0     0   0   .321
Winfield rf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .307      Montanez 1b           4   2   2   2     1   0   .311
Kingman lf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .205      Burroughs rf          4   2   3   1     0   0   .282
Hendrick cf           3   1   1   1     1   1   .292        Royster pr,3b       1   1   0   0     0   0   .208
Tenace 3b             3   0   0   0     0   3   .228      Office cf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .268
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pocoroba c            2   0   1   0     2   0   .304
  Richards ph         1   1   1   1     0   0   .256      Gilbreath 2b          3   1   1   1     1   0   .231
Roberts c             2   0   1   0     1   1   .205      Chaney ss             3   1   2   2     1   0   .252
  Turner ph           0   1   0   0     1   0   .246      Niekro p              3   0   0   1     0   1   .188
Freisleben p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .250        Kline p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sawyer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .176        Leon p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  Rettenmund ph       1   0   1   0     0   0   .321
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  D'Acquisto p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sutherland 3b       1   0   1   1     1   0   .354

Totals               34   5   9   4     5  11             Totals               33   8  11   7     7   1

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 13,484
Left on Base: Padres 7, Braves 9
DP: Padres 0, Braves 2
Errors: Almon, Winfield
Doubles: Roberts (4), Rettenmund (3), Gilbreath (4)
Home Runs: Montanez (10), Chaney (2), Burroughs (20)
Stolen Bases: Burroughs (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Niekro (1)
GIDP: Scanlon (1), Almon (7)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Freisleben L(0-5)       4.1   7   5   5   3   1   3  22   7.04
Sawyer                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.72
Tomlin                  1     1   1   1   1   0   0   5   4.11
D'Acquisto              0.1   1   2   1   2   0   0   5   4.45
Spillner                1.2   2   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.25
Totals                  8    11   8   7   7   1   3  41

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro W(6-9)           8     8   4   4   3  11   0  34   4.53
Kline                   0     0   1   1   2   0   0   2   5.11
Leon SV(1)              1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.42
Totals                  9     9   5   5   5  11   0  39

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Joe West, 3B - Frank Pulli


PADRES 1ST: Almon singled; Scanlon grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Almon out at second]; Ivie
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore
flied out to center; Montanez made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield struck out; Kingman struck out; Hendrick
walked; Tenace was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs singled to right [Burroughs scored (error
by Winfield)]; Office flied out to right; Pocoroba singled;
Gilbreath grounded out (shortstop to first) [Pocoroba to
second]; Chaney was walked intentionally; Niekro struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 1.

PADRES 3RD: Roberts doubled; Freisleben was called out on
strikes; Almon flied out to center; Scanlon flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Matthews singled; Matthews was picked off first
(catcher to first); Moore walked; Montanez homered [Moore
scored]; Burroughs singled; Burroughs stole second; Office made
an out to first; Pocoroba was walked intentionally; Gilbreath
forced Pocoroba (second to shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 0, Braves 3.

PADRES 4TH: Ivie was called out on strikes; Winfield flied out
to center; Kingman made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Padres 0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 4TH: Chaney homered; Niekro grounded out (third to
first); Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Braves 4.

PADRES 5TH: Hendrick struck out; Tenace struck out; Roberts
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 4.

BRAVES 5TH: Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); Burroughs
homered; SAWYER REPLACED FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); Office grounded
out (first unassisted); Pocoroba flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 5.

PADRES 6TH: RETTENMUND BATTED FOR SAWYER; Rettenmund doubled;
Almon struck out; Scanlon walked; Ivie flied out to center;
Winfield forced Scanlon (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 5.

BRAVES 6TH: TOMLIN REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); Gilbreath
doubled; Chaney grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gilbreath to
third]; Niekro hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gilbreath scored];
Matthews walked; Moore flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 6.

PADRES 7TH: Kingman grounded out (third to first); Hendrick
flied out to left; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Braves 6.

BRAVES 7TH: D'ACQUISTO REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); Montanez
singled; Burroughs reached on an error by Almon [Montanez to
second, Burroughs to first]; ROYSTER RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Office
flied out to right; Pocoroba walked [Montanez to third, Royster
to second]; Gilbreath walked [Montanez scored, Royster to third,
Pocoroba to second]; SPILLNER REPLACED TENACE (PITCHING);
SUTHERLAND REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PLAYING 3B); Chaney singled to
right [Royster scored (unearned), Pocoroba out at home (right to
catcher), Gilbreath to second]; Niekro forced Chaney; 2 R (1
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 8.

PADRES 8TH: ROYSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); BONNELL
REPLACED MOORE (PLAYING RF); Roberts walked; Sutherland singled
[Roberts to second]; Almon flied out to center; Scanlon forced
Sutherland (first to shortstop) [Roberts to third]; Ivie flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 8.

BRAVES 8TH: Matthews flied out to center; Bonnell singled;
Montanez walked [Bonnell to second]; Royster made an out to
first; Office made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Padres 0, Braves 8.

PADRES 9TH: Winfield singled; Kingman singled to left [Winfield
to third]; Hendrick singled [Winfield scored, Kingman to
second]; RICHARDS BATTED FOR SPILLNER; Richards singled [Kingman
scored, Hendrick to second]; TURNER BATTED FOR ROBERTS; KLINE
REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Turner walked [Hendrick to third,
Richards to second]; Sutherland walked [Hendrick scored,
Richards to third, Turner to second]; LEON REPLACED KLINE
(PITCHING); Almon grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Richards scored (no RBI), Turner to third, Sutherland out at
second]; Scanlon singled [Turner scored]; Ivie grounded out
(third to first); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 5, Braves 8.