Hitting a homer and double, Rowland Office drove in three of the Braves' runs in a 6-4 victory over the Mets. After Office's RBIs helped the Braves take a 4-2 lead, their deciding pair counted in the eighth inning on a pass to Willie Montanez, double by Gary Matthews, sacrifice fly by Joe Nolan and infield out by Junior Moore. The Mets had a two-run homer by Steve Henderson in the third and added their other pair on doubles by John Milner, Ron Hodges and Lee Mazzilli in the ninth before their rally ended. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 6, New York Mets 4
Game Played on Sunday, August    28, 1977 (Day game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Mets         0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   4 12  0
Braves       1  0  0    0  2  0    1  2  x  -   6  8  0


Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randle 3b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .304      Office cf             4   1   2   3     0   0   .251
Harrelson ss          4   1   2   0     0   0   .179      Royster 2b            4   1   2   0     0   1   .205
Boisclair rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .277      Burroughs rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .274
Henderson lf          4   1   2   2     0   0   .309      Montanez 1b           3   1   1   1     1   0   .278
Milner 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .258      Matthews lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .285
Hodges c              4   1   3   1     0   1   .288      Nolan c               2   0   0   1     1   0   .327
Mazzilli cf           4   0   2   1     0   1   .239      Moore 3b              4   0   0   1     0   0   .250
Flynn 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .215      Rockett ss            3   1   2   0     1   0   .264
Espinosa p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .095      Solomon p             3   1   0   0     1   2   .100
  Vail ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .271        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Kranepool ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .289

Totals               35   4  12   4     1   7             Totals               31   6   8   6     4   4

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance:  6,199
Left on Base: Mets 5, Braves 6
DP: Mets 0, Braves 2
Doubles: Milner (16), Hodges (2), Mazzilli (16), Office (11), Matthews (22)
Home Runs: Henderson (9), Office (4)
Stolen Bases: Royster (23)
Caught Stealing: Hodges (2), Randle (19)
Sacrifice Flies: Nolan (1)
GIDP: Flynn (1)


Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa L(6-11)        6     5   3   3   2   3   1  25   3.89
Lockwood                2     3   3   3   2   1   0  11   3.24
Totals                  8     8   6   6   4   4   1  36

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Solomon W(4-3)          8.1  11   4   4   1   6   1  33   3.99
Campbell SV(5)          0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.51
Totals                  9    12   4   4   1   7   1  36

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Paul Runge


METS 1ST: Randle made an out to shortstop; Harrelson flied out
to center; Boisclair walked; Henderson singled to center
[Boisclair to third]; Milner popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Office grounded out (first unassisted); Royster
singled to right; Burroughs grounded out (third to first)
[Royster to second]; Montanez singled to right [Royster scored];
Matthews forced Montanez (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 1.

METS 2ND: Hodges singled to second; Mazzilli struck out while
Hodges was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Flynn
singled to left; Espinosa forced Flynn (shortstop to second); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Nolan grounded out (first to pitcher); Moore
grounded out (second to first); Rockett singled to left; Solomon
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 0, Braves 1.

METS 3RD: Randle struck out; Harrelson singled to left;
Boisclair flied out to left; Henderson homered [Harrelson
scored]; Milner grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 2, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Office grounded out (pitcher to first); Royster was
called out on strikes; Burroughs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Braves 1.

METS 4TH: Hodges singled to right; Mazzilli flied out to center;
Flynn grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Hodges out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Montanez flied out to left; Matthews grounded out
(first unassisted); Nolan grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Braves 1.

METS 5TH: Espinosa struck out; Randle struck out; Harrelson
singled to left; Harrelson was picked off first (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Moore grounded out (second to first); Rockett
grounded out (second to first); Solomon walked; Office homered
[Solomon scored]; Royster singled to center; Royster stole
second; Burroughs struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2,
Braves 3.

METS 6TH: Boisclair struck out; Henderson flied out to left;
Milner made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mets 2,
Braves 3.

BRAVES 6TH: Montanez flied out to center; Matthews flied out to
center; Nolan walked; Moore forced Nolan (second to shortstop);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Braves 3.

METS 7TH: Hodges struck out; Mazzilli singled to center; Flynn
forced Mazzilli (first to shortstop); VAIL BATTED FOR ESPINOSA;
Vail forced Flynn (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mets 2, Braves 3.

BRAVES 7TH: LOCKWOOD REPLACED VAIL (PITCHING); Rockett walked;
Solomon struck out; Office doubled to right [Rockett scored];
Royster flied out to right; Burroughs grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Braves 4.

METS 8TH: Randle singled to shortstop; Randle was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Harrelson made an out to
first; Boisclair grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mets 2, Braves 4.

BRAVES 8TH: Montanez walked; Matthews doubled to left [Montanez
to third]; Nolan hit a sacrifice fly to right [Montanez scored,
Matthews to third]; Moore grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Matthews scored]; Rockett singled to right; Solomon grounded
out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 2, Braves 6.

METS 9TH: Henderson popped to second; Milner doubled to right;
Hodges doubled to left [Milner scored]; CAMPBELL REPLACED
SOLOMON (PITCHING); Mazzilli doubled to left [Hodges scored];
Flynn flied out to center; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR LOCKWOOD;
Kranepool struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mets 4, Braves 6.