After winning the first game, 6-4, with a 14-hit attack that included a homer and two doubles by Bob Horner, the Braves collected only three hits off Eric Rasmussen and lost to the Padres, 7-0, in the second game of a twi-night doubleheader. The Padres took a 4-2 lead in the opener with three runs in the fifth inning before the Braves came back with three in their half. A triple by Jerry Royster and double by Gary Matthews produced one run and chased Randy Jones. John D'Acquisto struck out Jeff Burroughs, but Horner smashed his homer for the deciding blow. Royster added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.

In the nightcap, Dave Winfield and Gene Tenace homered for the Padres to support Rasmussen's shutout pitching. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 6, San Diego Padres 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, July      8, 1978 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Padres       0  0  1    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   4 14  0
Braves       0  1  1    0  3  1    0  0  x  -   6  8  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           5   1   2   0     0   0   .295      Royster 2b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .285
Smith ss              5   1   2   1     0   0   .264      Bonnell cf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .222
Perkins 1b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .286        Office ph,cf        2   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Winfield cf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .303      Matthews rf           3   1   1   2     0   1   .307
Gamble rf             4   0   3   1     0   0   .282      Burroughs lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .325
Gonzalez 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .221      Horner 3b             4   2   3   2     0   0   .262
Sweet c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .227      Murphy 1b             4   0   1   1     0   2   .221
  Turner ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .279      Pocoroba c            3   1   1   0     1   0   .267
  Roberts c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .196      Rockett ss            0   0   0   0     2   0   .141
Almon 3b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .262        Chaney ph,ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
  Ashford ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Camp p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Jones p               2   0   1   0     0   0   .174        Skok p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  D'Acquisto p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .231        Beall ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .221
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garber p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reynolds ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .234
  Owchinko p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .194

Totals               39   4  14   3     0   2             Totals               30   6   8   6     5   6

Time of Game: 2:33
Left on Base: Padres 8, Braves 8
DP: Padres 0, Braves 1
Errors: Royster
Doubles: Horner 2 (6), Murphy (7), Matthews (9)
Triples: Bonnell (3), Royster (5)
Home Runs: Horner (4)
Stolen Bases: Almon (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Chaney (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Matthews (4), Royster (1)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones                   4.1   6   4   4   2   2   0  21   3.20
D'Acquisto L(1-2)       0.2   1   2   2   2   2   1   6   2.02
Lee                     2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.56
Owchinko                1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.28
Totals                  8     8   6   6   5   6   1  38

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Camp                    4    11   4   3   0   0   0  22   3.64
Skok W(2-1)             2     1   0   0   0   2   0   6   1.82
Garber SV(10)           3     2   0   0   0   0   0  11   1.41
Totals                  9    14   4   3   0   2   0  39

Wild Pitches: Camp (1)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Ed Montague


PADRES 1ST: Richards singled; Richards was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Smith grounded out (pitcher to first);
Perkins made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Royster made an out to first; Bonnell grounded out
(third to first); Matthews flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield made an out to second; Gamble singled; Camp
threw a wild pitch [Gamble to second]; Gonzalez flied out to
right; Sweet grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Horner
doubled; Murphy doubled [Horner scored]; Pocoroba flied out to
center; Rockett was walked intentionally; Camp struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 1.

PADRES 3RD: Almon singled; Almon stole second; Jones made an out
to second; Richards grounded out (second to first) [Almon to
third]; Smith singled [Almon scored]; Perkins singled [Smith to
second]; Winfield forced Perkins (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonnell
tripled; Matthews hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bonnell
scored]; Burroughs grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 1, Braves 2.

PADRES 4TH: Gamble flied out to center; Gonzalez singled; Sweet
singled [Gonzalez to second]; Almon flied out to center; Jones
singled [Gonzalez out at home (center to catcher), Sweet to
second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Braves 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Horner doubled; Murphy struck out; Pocoroba grounded
out (third to first) [Horner to third]; Rockett was walked
intentionally; Camp grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Braves 2.

PADRES 5TH: Richards singled; Smith singled [Richards to
second]; Perkins reached on an error by Royster [Richards scored
(no RBI), Smith to second, Perkins to first]; Winfield singled
[Smith scored, Perkins to second]; SKOK REPLACED CAMP
(PITCHING); Gamble singled [Perkins scored (unearned), Winfield
to third]; Gonzalez lined into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Gamble out at first]; Sweet struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Royster tripled; Bonnell grounded out (pitcher to
first); Matthews doubled [Royster scored]; D'ACQUISTO REPLACED
JONES (PITCHING); Burroughs struck out; Horner homered [Matthews
scored]; Murphy struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4,
Braves 5.

PADRES 6TH: Almon flied out to left; D'Acquisto was called out
on strikes; Richards flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 4, Braves 5.

BRAVES 6TH: Pocoroba walked; CHANEY BATTED FOR ROCKETT; Chaney
reached on a fielder's choice [Pocoroba to second]; BEALL BATTED
FOR SKOK; Beall walked [Pocoroba to third, Chaney to second];
LEE REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); Royster hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Pocoroba scored, Chaney to third, Beall to second];
OFFICE BATTED FOR BONNELL; Office struck out; Matthews struck
out (catcher to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 4, Braves
6.

PADRES 7TH: OFFICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); CHANEY STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); GARBER REPLACED BEALL (PITCHING); Smith flied
out to center; Perkins grounded out (first unassisted); Winfield
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
4, Braves 6.

BRAVES 7TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Horner
flied out to left; Murphy flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 4, Braves 6.

PADRES 8TH: Gamble singled; Gonzalez made an out to first;
TURNER BATTED FOR SWEET; Turner singled [Gamble to second];
ASHFORD BATTED FOR ALMON; Ashford forced Turner (third to
second) [Gamble to third]; REYNOLDS BATTED FOR LEE; Reynolds
flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 4, Braves 6.

BRAVES 8TH: OWCHINKO REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); ROBERTS
REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING C ); ASHFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
3B); Pocoroba singled; Chaney out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
to second) [Pocoroba to second]; Garber flied out to right;
Royster was walked intentionally; Office grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 4, Braves 6.

PADRES 9TH: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith flied
out to left; Perkins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Braves 6.