| Rick Monday singled home the tie-breaking run in the fourth as the Dodgers belted the Braves, 7-3. The crowd of 52,527 pushed the L. A. total to 2,756,484, a new major league single-season attendance record. The old mark of 2,755,184 was set by the Dodgers in 1962. [The Sporting News] |
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Atlanta Braves 3
Game Played on Saturday, September 17, 1977 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Braves 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 1 Dodgers 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 x - 7 8 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royster 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .209 Lopes 2b 4 0 1 3 0 1 .286 Office cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .249 Russell ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .275 Burroughs rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .277 Smith rf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .315 Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .276 Simpson rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Matthews lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .285 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Murphy c 4 0 0 0 0 3 .304 Garvey 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .288 Bonnell 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .291 Baker lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .282 Rockett ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Monday cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .238 Niekro p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .165 Burke cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Whisenton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Oates c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .272 Leon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316 Sutton p 2 1 0 1 1 2 .162 Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .364 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Totals 32 3 6 3 1 6 Totals 33 7 8 7 4 6 Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 52,527 Left on Base: Braves 4, Dodgers 7 DP: Braves 0, Dodgers 0 Errors: Leon Doubles: Lopes (16) Home Runs: Burroughs (39), Smith (29) Stolen Bases: Matthews (21), Russell (14) Sacrifice Flies: Office (2) Hit by Pitch: Lopes (2,by Leon) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro L(15-18) 6 7 7 7 4 5 1 29 3.98 Leon 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 4.05 Totals 8 8 7 7 4 6 1 38 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sutton W(14-8) 8 6 3 3 1 5 1 31 3.11 Sosa 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.10 Totals 9 6 3 3 1 6 1 34 Passed Balls: Murphy 2 (2) Hit by Pitch: Leon (9) Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Lee Weyer BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (pitcher to first); Office popped to third; Burroughs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (second to first); Russell singled to pitcher; Russell stole second; Smith homered [Russell scored]; Cey grounded out (pitcher to first); Garvey grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Dodgers 2. BRAVES 2ND: Montanez grounded out (first to pitcher); Matthews walked; Matthews stole second; Murphy struck out; Bonnell singled to right [Matthews scored]; Rockett struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 2ND: Baker struck out; Monday grounded out (second to first); Oates grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 2. BRAVES 3RD: Niekro popped to shortstop; Royster flied out to right; Office flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 3RD: Sutton struck out; Lopes grounded out (second to first); Russell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Dodgers 2. BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs homered; Montanez popped to shortstop; Matthews flied out to center; Murphy popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 4TH: Smith struck out; Cey grounded out (third to first); Garvey singled to left; Baker walked [Garvey to second]; Monday singled to left [Garvey scored, Baker to second]; Murphy allowed a passed ball [Baker to third, Monday to second]; Oates was walked intentionally; Sutton walked [Baker scored, Monday to third, Oates to second]; Lopes doubled to right [Monday scored, Oates scored, Sutton scored]; Russell popped to catcher in foul territory; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Dodgers 7. BRAVES 5TH: Bonnell singled to center; Rockett popped to first; Niekro singled to left [Bonnell to second]; On a bunt Royster singled to pitcher [Bonnell to third, Niekro to second]; Office hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bonnell scored]; Burroughs popped to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Dodgers 7. DODGERS 5TH: Smith walked; Cey popped to second; Garvey singled to right [Smith to second]; Murphy allowed a passed ball [Smith to third, Garvey to second]; Baker flied out to left; Monday flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Dodgers 7. BRAVES 6TH: Montanez popped to third in foul territory; Matthews grounded out (third to first); Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Dodgers 7. DODGERS 6TH: Oates singled to second; Sutton struck out; Lopes struck out; Russell forced Oates (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Dodgers 7. BRAVES 7TH: Bonnell grounded out (third to first); Rockett popped to third; WHISENTON BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Whisenton struck out; Debut game for Larry Whisenton; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Dodgers 7. DODGERS 7TH: LEON REPLACED WHISENTON (PITCHING); Smith grounded out (second to first); Cey grounded out (third to first); Garvey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Dodgers 7. BRAVES 8TH: SIMPSON REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING RF); Royster popped to second; Office popped to shortstop; Burroughs singled to center; Montanez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Dodgers 7. DODGERS 8TH: Baker singled to center; Monday was called out on strikes; Oates reached on an error by Leon [Baker to second, Oates to first]; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR SUTTON; Davalillo flied out to center; Lopes was hit by a pitch [Baker to third, Oates to second]; Russell forced Oates (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Braves 3, Dodgers 7. BRAVES 9TH: SOSA REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); BURKE REPLACED MONDAY (PLAYING CF); Matthews popped to second in foul territory; Murphy was called out on strikes; Bonnell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Dodgers 7.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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