|
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 3Game Played on Saturday, September 17, 1977 (Night game) at Dodger StadiumBraves 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.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".