The Reds, after building up a 7-1 lead, had a struggle on their hands before defeating the Braves, 8-7. Cesar Geronimo and Pete Rose each drove in two runs for the Reds, one of Geronimo's RBIs coming on a homer. Gary Matthews produced two runs for the Braves with a single and homer. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 8, Atlanta Braves 7
Game Played on Saturday, September 24, 1977 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Reds         1  5  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   8 11  0
Braves       0  1  0    0  1  2    0  0  3  -   7 14  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   1   2   2     1   0   .306      Royster 2b            5   1   1   0     0   1   .216
  Knight 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Asselstine cf         4   1   2   1     1   0   .230
Griffey rf            4   2   1   0     1   1   .317      Burroughs rf          5   0   0   0     0   2   .274
Morgan 2b             4   0   0   0     1   0   .292      Montanez 1b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .286
Foster lf             4   0   1   0     1   1   .325      Matthews lf           4   2   3   2     1   0   .287
Driessen 1b           4   0   0   1     1   0   .291      Bonnell 3b            5   0   2   1     0   0   .302
Bench c               3   1   1   1     1   2   .278      Murphy c              5   0   2   1     0   0   .271
  Sarmiento p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rockett ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .263
  Summers ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .162      Ruthven p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .279
  Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Hanna p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Whisenton ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Concepcion ss         4   1   2   0     1   1   .276        Collins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Geronimo cf           5   2   3   2     0   0   .270        Chaney ph           1   1   1   1     0   0   .201
Hume p                3   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Bradford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Werner c            2   1   1   0     0   0   .211        Paciorek ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .240
                                                            Davey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Nolan ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .291
                                                            Belloir pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   8  11   6     7   5             Totals               40   7  14   7     2   4

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance: 25,893
Left on Base: Reds 10, Braves 9
DP: Reds 0, Braves 0
Errors: Burroughs, Matthews
Doubles: Concepcion (26), Asselstine (5)
Home Runs: Geronimo (10), Chaney (3), Matthews (15)
Sacrifice Flies: Montanez (3)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hume W(2-3)             6     7   4   4   1   2   2  26   8.25
Sarmiento               2     2   0   0   1   2   0   9   2.48
Murray                  0     3   3   3   0   0   0   3   4.94
Borbon SV(18)           1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.24
Totals                  9    14   7   7   2   4   2  43

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven L(7-12)         1.1   5   6   5   3   0   0  12   4.41
Hanna                   0.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   4   5.13
Collins                 3     2   1   1   0   3   1  11   5.04
Bradford                2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.00
Davey                   1     1   1   1   2   0   0   6   4.20
McLaughlin              1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4  15.00
Totals                  9    11   8   7   7   5   1  45

Wild Pitches: Davey (1)

Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Jerry Crawford


REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to left; Griffey singled to left;
Morgan flied out to center; Foster singled to left [Griffey
scored (error by Matthews) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Driessen
grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Royster flied out to center; Asselstine doubled;
Burroughs struck out; Montanez grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Braves 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench walked; Concepcion singled to right [Bench to
third]; Geronimo singled to right [Bench scored, Concepcion to
third, Geronimo to second (error by Burroughs)]; Hume popped to
third in foul territory; Rose singled to center [Concepcion
scored, Geronimo scored]; Griffey walked [Rose to second];
Morgan walked [Rose to third, Griffey to second]; HANNA REPLACED
RUTHVEN (PITCHING); Foster struck out; Driessen walked [Rose
scored, Griffey to third, Morgan to second]; Bench singled to
shortstop [Griffey scored, Morgan to third, Driessen to second];
Concepcion forced Bench (shortstop to second); 5 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Reds 6, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Matthews walked; Bonnell singled to left [Matthews
to second]; Murphy singled to right [Matthews scored, Bonnell to
second]; Rockett flied out to left; WHISENTON BATTED FOR HANNA;
Whisenton struck out; Royster grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 6, Braves 1.

REDS 3RD: COLLINS REPLACED WHISENTON (PITCHING); Geronimo
homered; Hume flied out to center; Rose flied out to right;
Griffey was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
7, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Asselstine grounded out (pitcher to first);
Burroughs flied out to right; Montanez lined to first; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Braves 1.

REDS 4TH: Morgan flied out to center; Foster flied out to
center; Driessen flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
7, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Matthews singled to right; Bonnell forced Matthews
(second to shortstop); Murphy flied out to center; Rockett
forced Bonnell (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 7, Braves 1.

REDS 5TH: Bench struck out; Concepcion struck out; Geronimo
singled to center; Hume flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Reds 7, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: CHANEY BATTED FOR COLLINS; Chaney homered; Royster
grounded out (second to first); Asselstine grounded out
(shortstop to first); Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Braves 2.

REDS 6TH: BRADFORD REPLACED CHANEY (PITCHING); Rose singled to
center; Debut game for Larry Bradford; Griffey flied out
to right; Morgan popped to catcher in foul territory; Foster
grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7,
Braves 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Montanez singled to right; Matthews homered
[Montanez scored]; Bonnell grounded out (third to first); Murphy
flied out to center; Rockett popped to catcher in foul
territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 7, Braves 4.

REDS 7TH: Driessen grounded out (first unassisted); Bench struck
out; Concepcion doubled to left; Geronimo grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7, Braves 4.

BRAVES 7TH: WERNER REPLACED HUME (PLAYING C ); SARMIENTO
REPLACED BENCH (PITCHING); PACIOREK BATTED FOR BRADFORD;
Paciorek grounded out (third to first); Royster struck out;
Asselstine walked; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 7, Braves 4.

REDS 8TH: DAVEY REPLACED PACIOREK (PITCHING); Werner singled to
center; Rose walked [Werner to second]; Griffey flied out to
center [Werner to third]; Davey threw a wild pitch [Werner
scored, Rose to second]; Morgan flied out to center; Foster was
walked intentionally; Driessen flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 8, Braves 4.

BRAVES 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Montanez singled
to left; Matthews popped to catcher in foul territory; Bonnell
popped to second; Murphy singled to left [Montanez to second];
Rockett flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 8, Braves
4.

REDS 9TH: MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED DAVEY (PITCHING); SUMMERS BATTED
FOR SARMIENTO; Summers grounded out (shortstop to first);
Concepcion walked; Geronimo flied out to center; Werner flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 8, Braves 4.

BRAVES 9TH: MURRAY REPLACED SUMMERS (PITCHING); NOLAN BATTED FOR
MCLAUGHLIN; Nolan singled to center; BELLOIR RAN FOR NOLAN;
Royster singled to right [Belloir to second]; Asselstine singled
to center [Belloir scored, Royster to second]; BORBON REPLACED
MURRAY (PITCHING); Burroughs flied out to center [Royster to
third]; Montanez hit a sacrifice fly to right [Royster scored];
Matthews singled to right [Asselstine to third]; Bonnell singled
to right [Asselstine scored, Matthews to third]; Murphy flied
out to center; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 8, Braves 7.