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Playing before a holiday crowd of 50,595, the Braves beat Tom Seaver when Biff Pocoroba hit a three-run double in the eighth inning to edge the Reds, 5-4. Willie Montanez hit a homer for the Braves in the fourth and also doubled and scored in the sixth, but the Reds took a 3-2 lead with a homer by Johnny Bench in the top of the eighth. Atlanta Braves 5, Cincinnati Reds 4Game Played on Monday, July 4, 1977 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumReds 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 - 4 8 1
Braves 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 x - 5 8 0
Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Rose 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .303 Matthews lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .279
Knight 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .323 Office cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .249
Geronimo cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .290 Montanez 1b 3 3 2 1 1 0 .308
Morgan 2b 4 1 2 0 1 2 .316 Burroughs rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .273
Driessen 1b 3 1 2 2 2 0 .313 Pocoroba c 3 0 1 3 1 0 .308
Foster lf 5 0 0 1 0 0 .311 Moore 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Bench c 3 1 1 1 2 0 .275 Camp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lum rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .114 Gilbreath 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .242
Concepcion ss 3 0 2 0 1 0 .297 Chaney ss 3 0 0 0 0 2 .226
Seaver p 2 0 0 0 1 2 .200 Niekro p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .204
Nolan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .348
Royster pr,3b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .212
Totals 31 4 8 4 9 7 Totals 31 5 8 5 2 6
Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 50,595
Left on Base: Reds 11, Braves 4
DP: Reds 0, Braves 1
Errors: Rose
Doubles: Morgan (12), Concepcion (13), Montanez (12), Pocoroba (15)
Home Runs: Bench (18), Driessen (11), Montanez (11)
Stolen Bases: Driessen (17), Lum (1)
Caught Stealing: Concepcion (4), Foster (4), Gilbreath (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (5)
GIDP: Foster (8)
Hit by Pitch: Rose (4,by Niekro)
Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Seaver L(8-5) 8 8 5 5 2 6 1 33 3.07
Totals 8 8 5 5 2 6 1 33
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Niekro W(8-9) 8 7 3 3 9 6 1 38 4.44
Camp SV(7) 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 3.45
Totals 9 8 4 4 9 7 2 42
Hit by Pitch: Niekro (3)
Wild Pitches: Niekro (9)
Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Eric Gregg
REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Geronimo popped to shortstop;
Morgan walked [Rose to second]; Driessen singled to left [Rose
scored, Morgan to third]; Driessen stole second; Foster popped
to second; Bench walked; Lum forced Bench (shortstop to second);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 1, Braves 0.
BRAVES 1ST: Matthews flied out to right; Office grounded out
(first unassisted); Montanez popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Reds 1, Braves 0.
REDS 2ND: Concepcion walked; Concepcion was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Seaver walked; Rose grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Seaver to second]; Geronimo grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Braves 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs flied out to left; Pocoroba grounded out
(first unassisted); Moore grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Braves 0.
REDS 3RD: Morgan singled to right; Driessen walked [Morgan to
second]; Foster grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Driessen to second, Morgan out at third]; Bench grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Braves 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Gilbreath flied out to right; Chaney struck out;
Niekro struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Braves 0.
REDS 4TH: Lum walked; Lum stole second; Concepcion flied out to
center; Seaver struck out; Rose flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Braves 0.
BRAVES 4TH: Matthews grounded out (second to first); Office
lined to shortstop; Montanez homered; Burroughs singled to third
[Burroughs to second (error by Rose)]; Pocoroba was walked
intentionally; Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Braves 1.
REDS 5TH: Geronimo struck out; Morgan doubled to left; Niekro
threw a wild pitch [Morgan to third]; Driessen walked; Foster
forced Driessen (second to shortstop) [Morgan scored]; Foster
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Reds 2, Braves 1.
BRAVES 5TH: Gilbreath singled to center; Gilbreath was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Chaney flied out to
center; Niekro struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Braves
1.
REDS 6TH: Bench walked; Lum struck out; Concepcion singled to
left [Bench to second]; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Bench to third, Concepcion to second]; Rose walked;
Geronimo flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Reds 2,
Braves 1.
BRAVES 6TH: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Office
flied out to left; Montanez doubled; Burroughs singled to center
[Montanez scored]; Pocoroba grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Braves 2.
REDS 7TH: Morgan was called out on strikes; Driessen grounded
out (first unassisted); Foster popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Braves 2.
BRAVES 7TH: Moore lined to right; Gilbreath flied out to right;
Chaney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Braves 2.
REDS 8TH: Bench homered; Lum grounded out (shortstop to first);
Concepcion doubled to left; Seaver struck out; Rose was hit by a
pitch; Geronimo struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 3,
Braves 2.
BRAVES 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); NOLAN BATTED FOR
NIEKRO; Nolan singled to right; ROYSTER RAN FOR NOLAN; Matthews
struck out; Office singled to left [Royster to second]; Montanez
walked [Royster to third, Office to second]; Burroughs struck
out; Pocoroba doubled to center [Royster scored, Office scored,
Montanez scored]; Moore popped to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 3, Braves 5.
REDS 9TH: ROYSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); CAMP REPLACED
MOORE (PITCHING); Morgan struck out; Driessen homered; Foster
grounded out (second to first); Bench flied out to right; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 5.
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