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 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    2, 1978 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Reds         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.