Tom Seaver became a 20-game winner for the fifth time in his career when the Reds' star righthander defeated the Braves, 4-0. The victory was Seaver's 13th against three losses since being acquired from the Mets, for whom he had a 7-3 record. George Foster hit his 51st homer to start the Reds' scoring in the seventh inning. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, Atlanta Braves 0
Game Played on Sunday, September 25, 1977 (Day game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  1  -   4 10  0
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               4   0   3   1     1   0   .309      Royster 2b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .217
  Knight 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Asselstine cf         4   0   1   0     0   0   .231
Griffey rf            5   1   2   0     0   1   .318      Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .273
Morgan 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .290      Montanez 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .284
Foster lf             4   2   1   1     0   0   .324      Matthews lf           3   0   0   0     0   2   .285
Driessen 1b           3   0   3   2     1   0   .295      Bonnell 3b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .300
Bench c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .276      Murphy c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .275
Concepcion ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .275      Rockett ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Geronimo cf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .271        Nolan ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .288
Seaver p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .195        Belloir ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Niekro p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .168
                                                            Office ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .243
                                                            Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .091

Totals               34   4  10   4     3   3             Totals               28   0   3   0     3   5

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 12,859
Left on Base: Reds 7, Braves 4
DP: Reds 1, Braves 1
Doubles: Driessen (30), Rose (37), Murphy (5), Royster (9)
Home Runs: Foster (51)
Stolen Bases: Foster (6)
Caught Stealing: Rose (4), Driessen (13), Bonnell (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (13)
GIDP: Montanez (17)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(20-6)          9     3   0   0   3   5   0  31   2.64
Totals                  9     3   0   0   3   5   0  31

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(16-19)         8     8   3   3   3   3   1  33   3.94
Campbell                1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   3.18
Totals                  9    10   4   4   3   3   1  38

Passed Balls: Murphy (3)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Joe West


REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Rose was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Griffey singled to right; Morgan
popped to shortstop; Foster grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Royster flied out to right; Asselstine singled to
second; Burroughs flied out to right; Montanez popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

REDS 2ND: Driessen singled to third; Bench struck out while
Driessen was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Matthews struck out; Bonnell walked; Bonnell was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first to
second); Murphy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo grounded out (second to first); Seaver
grounded out (third to first); Rose grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Rockett popped to shortstop; Niekro grounded out
(shortstop to first); Royster was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

REDS 4TH: Griffey grounded out (first to pitcher); Morgan flied
out to center; Foster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Asselstine flied out to right; Burroughs flied out
to right; Montanez walked; Matthews flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

REDS 5TH: Driessen walked; Bench forced Driessen (second to
shortstop); Concepcion flied out to left; Geronimo grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Bonnell grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy
flied to right in foul territory; Rockett flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

REDS 6TH: Seaver grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt
Rose singled; Griffey struck out; Morgan flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Niekro popped to shortstop; Royster struck out;
Asselstine lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Braves
0.

REDS 7TH: Foster homered; Driessen singled to right; Murphy
allowed a passed ball [Driessen to second]; Bench lined to
second; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first) [Driessen
to third]; Geronimo was walked intentionally; Seaver grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 1, Braves
0.

BRAVES 7TH: Burroughs walked; Montanez grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Burroughs out at second];
Matthews was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
1, Braves 0.

REDS 8TH: Rose walked; Griffey singled to right [Rose to third,
Griffey to second (on throw to 3b)]; Morgan flied out to right;
Foster reached on a fielder's choice [Rose out at home
(shortstop to catcher), Griffey to third]; Foster stole second;
Driessen doubled [Griffey scored, Foster scored]; Bench grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Braves
0.

BRAVES 8TH: Bonnell grounded out (second to first); Murphy
doubled to left; NOLAN BATTED FOR ROCKETT; Nolan was called out
on strikes; OFFICE BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Office flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Braves 0.

REDS 9TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED OFFICE (PITCHING); BELLOIR REPLACED
NOLAN (PLAYING SS); Concepcion popped to second; Geronimo
singled to left; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Geronimo to second]; Rose doubled [Geronimo scored];
Griffey flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Braves
0.

BRAVES 9TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Royster doubled;
Asselstine flied out to center [Royster to third]; Burroughs
flied out to center; Montanez popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Braves 0.