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The Braves smashed three homers in one inning, accounting for five runs, and beat the Mets, 5-3, in a game that was stopped by rain after 6½ innings. The Braves put on their slugging show against Jerry Koosman with two out in the third. Rowland Office singled and Jeff Burroughs homered to begin the barrage. After a single by Willie Montanez, Gary Matthews and Junior Moore followed with consecutive circuit clouts. [The Sporting News] Atlanta Braves 5, New York Mets 3Game Played on Friday, August 26, 1977 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumMets 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 3 8 0 Braves 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 - 5 7 2 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randle 3b 3 1 2 0 1 1 .308 Gilbreath 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .244 Harrelson ss 3 2 2 1 0 0 .176 Office cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .249 Henderson lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .306 Burroughs rf 4 1 1 2 0 1 .274 Milner 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .256 Montanez 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .276 Vail rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Matthews lf 3 1 1 2 0 0 .280 Boisclair rf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .282 Moore 3b 2 1 2 1 0 0 .251 Hodges c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Correll c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .213 Stearns ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265 Rockett ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Mazzilli cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .236 Hanna p 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Foster 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Davey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Koosman p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .123 Baldwin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Valentine ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .148 Siebert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 27 3 8 2 5 3 Totals 24 5 7 5 5 2 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 18,001 Left on Base: Mets 10, Braves 7 DP: Mets 0, Braves 2 Errors: Burroughs, Moore Home Runs: Burroughs (33), Matthews (13), Moore (4) Stolen Bases: Randle 2 (26), Correll (2) Caught Stealing: Gilbreath (8) Sacrifice Hits: Harrelson (7) GIDP: Milner 2 (7) Hit by Pitch: Vail (1,by Hanna), Moore (1,by Baldwin) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman L(8-17) 2.2 7 5 5 2 1 3 16 3.41 Baldwin 2.1 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 4.53 Siebert 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 3.38 Totals 6 7 5 5 5 2 3 30 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hanna W(1-2) 6.2 8 3 2 4 3 0 32 4.20 Davey SV(2) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.70 Totals 7 8 3 2 5 3 0 34 Passed Balls: Hodges (1) Hit by Pitch: Baldwin (4), Hanna (2) Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - John McSherry METS 1ST: On a bunt Randle singled; Randle stole second; Harrelson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Randle to third]; Henderson walked; Milner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Henderson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Gilbreath grounded out (shortstop to first); Office singled to right; Burroughs flied out to left; Montanez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0. METS 2ND: Vail was hit by a pitch; Hodges flied out to right; Mazzilli singled to center [Vail to third]; Foster grounded out (pitcher to first) [Mazzilli to second]; Koosman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: BOISCLAIR REPLACED VAIL (PLAYING RF); Matthews grounded out (second to first); Moore singled to second; Correll flied out to right; Rockett popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0. METS 3RD: Randle singled to second; Harrelson grounded out (second to first) [Randle to second]; Henderson walked; Milner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Henderson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Hanna struck out; Gilbreath walked; Gilbreath was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Office singled to center; Burroughs homered [Office scored]; Montanez singled to first; Matthews homered [Montanez scored]; Moore homered; Correll walked; BALDWIN REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Correll stole second; Rockett walked; Hanna made an out to pitcher; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 5. METS 4TH: Boisclair singled to right; Hodges grounded out (second to first) [Boisclair to second]; Mazzilli walked; Foster forced Mazzilli (shortstop to second) [Boisclair to third]; Baldwin struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 5. BRAVES 4TH: Gilbreath walked; Hodges allowed a passed ball [Gilbreath to second]; Office flied out to left; Burroughs made an out to shortstop; Montanez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 5. METS 5TH: Randle walked; Randle stole second; Harrelson singled to center [Randle scored]; Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first) [Harrelson to second]; Milner singled to right [Harrelson scored]; Boisclair lined to second; Hodges forced Milner (second to shortstop); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 5. BRAVES 5TH: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore was hit by a pitch; Correll grounded out (third to first) [Moore to second]; Rockett lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 5. METS 6TH: Mazzilli grounded out (pitcher to first); Foster struck out; VALENTINE BATTED FOR BALDWIN; Valentine reached on an error by Moore [Valentine to first]; Randle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 5. BRAVES 6TH: SIEBERT REPLACED VALENTINE (PITCHING); Hanna walked; Gilbreath flied out to left; Office made an out to second; Burroughs was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Braves 5. METS 7TH: Harrelson singled to second; Henderson lined to second; Milner lined to right; Boisclair singled to right [Harrelson scored (error by Burroughs) (unearned), Boisclair to third]; DAVEY REPLACED HANNA (PITCHING); STEARNS BATTED FOR HODGES; Stearns walked; Mazzilli grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Braves 5. BRAVES 7TH: STEARNS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C );; game called for rain after 80 minute delay; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Braves 5. |
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