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Rookie Larry McWilliams won his first major league start as the Braves blanked the Mets, 3-0, in the first game of a twin bill. But the Mets came back to capture the second contest, 7-4. McWilliams went seven innings before being lifted for a pinch-hitter. The first Brave tally came in the seventh when Dale Murphy blasted his 13th homer of the campaign. A single by Rowland Office, double by Jeff Burroughs, walk to Bob Horner and two-run single by Joe Nolan in the eighth frame gave the Braves insurance. Atlanta Braves 3, New York Mets 0 (Game 1)Game Played on Monday, July 17, 1978 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumMets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 x - 3 9 1
Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Randle 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .229 Royster ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .281
Foli ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Office cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .262
S. Henderson lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .256 Matthews rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .300
Stearns c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .262 Burroughs lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .320
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Bonnell pr,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .230
Mazzilli cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .274 Horner 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .265
Maddox rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .284 Nolan c 3 0 1 2 1 0 .211
Flynn 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .248 Murphy 1b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .238
Espinosa p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Hubbard 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .308
Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McWilliams p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Kranepool ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 0 6 0 2 5 Totals 28 3 9 3 5 3
Time of Game: 2:29
Left on Base: Mets 9, Braves 7
DP: Mets 2, Braves 0
Errors: Hubbard
Doubles: Maddox (9), S. Henderson (14), Foli (11), Flynn 2 (6), Hubbard (1), Burroughs (18)
Home Runs: Murphy (13)
Caught Stealing: Matthews (4)
Sacrifice Hits: McWilliams (1)
GIDP: Hubbard (1), Murphy (7)
Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Espinosa L(7-8) 7.1 9 3 3 5 3 1 33 4.14
Murray 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.60
Totals 8 9 3 3 5 3 1 34
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
McWilliams W(1-0) 7 5 0 0 2 2 0 29 0.00
Garber SV(13) 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 1.27
Totals 9 6 0 0 2 5 0 36
Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming
METS 1ST: Randle struck out; Debut game for Larry
McWilliams; Foli reached on an error by Hubbard [Foli to
first]; S. Henderson forced Foli (shortstop to second); Stearns
singled to left [S. Henderson to second]; Montanez grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 1ST: Royster was called out on strikes; Office flied out
to right; Matthews walked; Matthews was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0.
METS 2ND: Mazzilli grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox
doubled to left; Flynn struck out; Espinosa grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs struck out; Horner made an out to
shortstop; Nolan walked; Murphy singled to center [Nolan to
second]; Nolan was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0.
METS 3RD: Randle grounded out (catcher unassisted); Foli popped
to catcher in foul territory; S. Henderson doubled to left;
Stearns flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0,
Braves 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Hubbard singled to left; McWilliams out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hubbard to second]; Royster
grounded out (second to first) [Hubbard to third]; Office popped
to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0,
Braves 0.
METS 4TH: Montanez lined to second; Mazzilli walked; Maddox
flied out to right; Flynn popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 4TH: Matthews flied out to right; Burroughs flied out to
right; Horner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0,
Braves 0.
METS 5TH: Espinosa grounded out (third to first); Randle
grounded out (shortstop to first); Foli doubled to left; S.
Henderson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0,
Braves 0.
BRAVES 5TH: Nolan flied out to left; Murphy singled to left;
Hubbard grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0,
Braves 0.
METS 6TH: Stearns flied out to left; Montanez flied out to left;
Mazzilli grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mets 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 6TH: McWilliams popped to third in foul territory;
Royster grounded out (first to second to first); Office singled
to first; Matthews walked [Office to second]; Burroughs walked
[Office to third, Matthews to second]; Horner popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 0.
METS 7TH: Maddox flied out to center; Flynn doubled to left;
Espinosa grounded out (third to first); Randle walked; Foli
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0,
Braves 0.
BRAVES 7TH: Nolan made an out to shortstop; Murphy homered;
Hubbard doubled to center; POCOROBA BATTED FOR MCWILLIAMS;
Pocoroba struck out; Royster flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 1.
METS 8TH: GARBER REPLACED POCOROBA (PITCHING); S. Henderson
struck out; Stearns grounded out (third to first); Montanez
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0,
Braves 1.
BRAVES 8TH: Office singled to right; Matthews flied out to
center; Burroughs doubled to left [Office to third]; BONNELL RAN
FOR BURROUGHS; Horner walked; Nolan singled to right [Office
scored, Bonnell scored, Horner to third]; MURRAY REPLACED
ESPINOSA (PITCHING); Murphy grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Nolan out at second]; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 3.
METS 9TH: BONNELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Mazzilli grounded
out (second to first); Maddox struck out (catcher to first);
Flynn doubled to left; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR MURRAY; Kranepool
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Braves 3.
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