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The Phil Niekro-Biff Pocoroba battery combined its talents in leading the Braves to a 3-1 victory over the Giants. Nlekro pitched a six-hitter and had six strikeouts to increase his National League-leading total to 237 while Pocoroba stroked a decisive two-run homer in the second inning. [The Sporting News] Atlanta Braves 3, San Francisco Giants 1Game Played on Monday, September 12, 1977 (Night game) at Candlestick ParkBraves 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 10 3
Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 6 0
Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Royster 2b 4 0 1 0 1 2 .201 Thomas cf 3 1 2 0 1 1 .266
Office cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .255 Andrews 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .262
Burroughs rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .274 Madlock 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .298
Montanez 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .275 Thomasson lf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .251
Matthews lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .287 Clark rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .253
Pocoroba c 3 1 1 2 1 0 .290 Evans 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .251
Moore 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .257 LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .175
Rockett ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .282 Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278
Niekro p 4 0 1 0 0 0 .158 Sadek c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .232
Williams p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Harris ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .248
Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
James ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Totals 33 3 10 3 4 5 Totals 33 1 6 1 2 6
Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 1,092
Left on Base: Braves 8, Giants 7
DP: Braves 0, Giants 1
Errors: Royster, Pocoroba, Moore
Home Runs: Pocoroba (8)
Stolen Bases: Andrews (5)
Caught Stealing: Royster (10), Thomas (12)
Hit by Pitch: Matthews (1,by Williams)
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Niekro W(15-17) 9 6 1 0 2 6 0 35 3.85
Totals 9 6 1 0 2 6 0 35
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Williams L(5-5) 5 7 3 3 3 0 1 22 4.06
Heaverlo 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 10 2.71
Curtis 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 5.52
Totals 9 10 3 3 4 5 1 38
Hit by Pitch: Williams (3)
Wild Pitches: Niekro 2 (16), Williams (3)
Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Ed Sudol
BRAVES 1ST: Royster flied out to center; Office grounded out
(first unassisted); Burroughs walked; Montanez grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
GIANTS 1ST: Thomas struck out; Andrews walked; Andrews stole
second; Madlock grounded out (catcher to first) [Andrews to
third]; Thomasson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Matthews was hit by a pitch; Williams threw a wild
pitch [Matthews to second]; Pocoroba homered [Matthews scored];
Moore grounded out (second to first); Rockett made an out to
catcher; Niekro grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Braves 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 2ND: Clark singled to pitcher; Evans flied out to left;
LeMaster reached on an error by Royster [Clark to second,
LeMaster to first]; Sadek made an out to second; Williams made
an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Royster walked; Royster was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Office singled to left; Burroughs forced
Office (third to second); Montanez grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 3RD: Thomas singled to center; Thomas was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Andrews flied out to left;
Madlock flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2,
Giants 0.
BRAVES 4TH: Matthews singled to pitcher; Pocoroba walked
[Matthews to second]; Moore hit into a double play (center to
second to third) [Matthews out at third]; Rockett flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 4TH: Thomasson was called out on strikes; Clark flied out
to center; Evans singled to center; LeMaster struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 0.
BRAVES 5TH: Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first); Royster
singled to center [Royster out at second (center to second)];
Office singled to center; Burroughs singled to left [Office to
second]; Montanez singled to center [Office scored, Burroughs to
third, Montanez out at second (center to first)]; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Braves 3, Giants 0.
GIANTS 5TH: Sadek flied out to center; HARRIS BATTED FOR
WILLIAMS; Harris made an out to first; Thomas singled to third
[Thomas to second (error by Moore)]; Andrews made an out to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Giants 0.
BRAVES 6TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED HARRIS (PITCHING); Matthews
singled to right; Pocoroba flied out to left; Moore grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Matthews to second]; Rockett was walked
intentionally; Niekro singled to first [Matthews to third,
Rockett to second]; Royster struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Braves 3, Giants 0.
GIANTS 6TH: Madlock flied out to left; Thomasson singled to
right; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Thomasson to second]; Clark
flied out to left; Evans struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Giants 0.
BRAVES 7TH: Office flied out to left; Burroughs struck out;
Montanez singled to second; Matthews grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Giants 0.
GIANTS 7TH: LeMaster made an out to second; Sadek flied out to
center; JAMES BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; James struck out; Debut
game for Skip James; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Giants
0.
BRAVES 8TH: CURTIS REPLACED JAMES (PITCHING); Pocoroba made an
out to second; Moore grounded out (third to first); Rockett
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Giants 0.
GIANTS 8TH: Thomas walked; Andrews flied out to center; Madlock
flied out to center; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Thomas to third
(error by Pocoroba)]; Thomasson singled to pitcher [Thomas
scored (unearned)]; Clark flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Giants 1.
BRAVES 9TH: Niekro flied out to left; Royster struck out
(catcher to first); Office was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Giants 1.
GIANTS 9TH: Evans flied out to right; WHITFIELD BATTED FOR
LEMASTER; Whitfield struck out; Sadek flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Giants 1.
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