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Led by Pete Rose, who rapped out four hits, the Reds posted a 6-2 victory over the Braves. Rose had a double, two singles and a sixth-inning solo homer. A bases-loaded triple by Dave Concepcion started the Reds on the road to victory in the first inning. Tom Seaver faced only 29 batters. [The Sporting News] Cincinnati Reds 6, Atlanta Braves 2Game Played on Wednesday, August 2, 1978 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumReds 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 6 8 0
Braves 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 3 1
Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Rose 3b 5 2 4 2 0 0 .318 Royster ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272
Knight 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .173 Office cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .261
Griffey rf 3 1 0 0 2 0 .287 Matthews rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .290
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .278 Burroughs lf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .322
Foster lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .295 Horner 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .277
Bench c 2 1 0 0 2 0 .255 Pocoroba c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .243
Correll pr,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Murphy 1b 3 1 1 1 0 2 .244
Concepcion ss 5 1 3 3 0 1 .308 Gilbreath 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .246
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .240 Hanna p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175
Kennedy 2b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .204 Easterly p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Seaver p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .130 Leon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Skok p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Beall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238
Mahler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .115
Nolan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .238
Totals 33 6 8 6 7 4 Totals 29 2 3 2 0 10
Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 26,812
Left on Base: Reds 9, Braves 0
DP: Reds 1, Braves 0
Errors: Easterly
Doubles: Rose (32), Concepcion (25)
Triples: Concepcion (4)
Home Runs: Rose (5), Murphy (18), Burroughs (15)
Stolen Bases: Rose (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (9), Geronimo (6)
Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Seaver W(11-9) 9 3 2 2 0 10 2 29 3.04
Totals 9 3 2 2 0 10 2 29
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hanna L(7-9) 1.1 3 4 4 3 1 0 10 4.80
Easterly 1.2 1 1 0 2 1 0 8 6.20
Leon 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0.00
Skok 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 10 4.30
Mahler 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 4.13
Totals 9 8 6 5 7 4 1 42
Passed Balls: Pocoroba (11)
Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Jim Quick
REDS 1ST: Rose doubled; Griffey walked; Driessen grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Rose to third, Griffey to second]; Foster
struck out; Bench was walked intentionally; Concepcion tripled
to right [Rose scored, Griffey scored, Bench scored]; Geronimo
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3,
Braves 0.
BRAVES 1ST: Royster struck out; Office flied out to center;
Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Braves 0.
REDS 2ND: Kennedy walked; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Kennedy to second]; Rose singled to center [Kennedy
scored]; EASTERLY REPLACED HANNA (PITCHING); Rose stole second;
Griffey walked; Driessen struck out; Foster lined to second; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs flied out to center; Horner struck out;
Pocoroba grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 4, Braves 0.
REDS 3RD: Bench flied out to center; Concepcion singled to
center; Concepcion was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Easterly [Concepcion to third]; Geronimo grounded out (second
to first) [Concepcion scored (unearned)]; Kennedy walked; Seaver
forced Kennedy (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Reds 5, Braves 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Murphy homered; Gilbreath popped to first in foul
territory; Easterly singled to center; Royster lined into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Easterly out at first]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Braves 1.
REDS 4TH: LEON REPLACED EASTERLY (PITCHING); Rose singled;
Pocoroba allowed a passed ball [Rose to second]; Griffey flied
out to center; Driessen walked; Foster popped to second; Bench
forced Driessen (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Reds 5, Braves 1.
BRAVES 4TH: Office flied out to center; Matthews struck out;
Burroughs was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds
5, Braves 1.
REDS 5TH: SKOK REPLACED LEON (PITCHING); Concepcion doubled;
Geronimo out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Concepcion
to third]; Kennedy popped to center; Seaver grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Braves 1.
BRAVES 5TH: Horner flied out to right; Pocoroba flied out to
left; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Braves 1.
REDS 6TH: Rose homered; Griffey flied out to center; Driessen
grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster singled to center;
Bench walked [Foster to second]; CORRELL RAN FOR BENCH;
Concepcion forced Foster (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Reds 6, Braves 1.
BRAVES 6TH: CORRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Gilbreath flied
out to right; BEALL BATTED FOR SKOK; Beall grounded out (second
to first); Royster grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 1.
REDS 7TH: MAHLER REPLACED BEALL (PITCHING); Geronimo struck out;
Kennedy flied out to right; Seaver grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 1.
BRAVES 7TH: Office grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews
flied out to center; Burroughs homered; Horner grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 2.
REDS 8TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey flied
out to right; Driessen lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 6, Braves 2.
BRAVES 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Pocoroba struck
out; Murphy struck out; Gilbreath struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Reds 6, Braves 2.
REDS 9TH: Foster flied out to left; Correll flied out to right;
Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 2.
BRAVES 9TH: NOLAN BATTED FOR MAHLER; Nolan struck out; Royster
popped to shortstop; Office flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 2.
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