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The pitching and batting of Phil Niekro highlighted the Braves' 6-5 defeat of the Reds. The veteran knuckleballer had a no-hitter for six innings but the spell was broken when Dan Driessen stroked a one-out single in the seventh as the Reds picked up two unearned runs. Atlanta Braves 6, Cincinnati Reds 5Game Played on Tuesday, August 8, 1978 (Night game) at Riverfront StadiumBraves 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 - 6 10 1
Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 - 5 5 0
Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Royster ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .271 Rose 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .313
Office cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .257 Kennedy 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .221
Matthews rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .283 Lum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Burroughs lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .318 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Bonnell pr,lf 1 1 0 0 0 1 .233 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Pocoroba c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .242 Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Murphy 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .245 Henderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .198
Gilbreath 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .253 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100
Ruiz 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .333 Griffey rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .286
Niekro p 3 1 1 2 1 1 .232 Foster lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .297
Driessen 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .279
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 .304
Geronimo cf 4 1 0 0 0 1 .234
Correll c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Bench ph,c 2 1 1 2 0 0 .258
Hume p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Collins ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234
Auerbach 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Morgan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .264
Knight 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Totals 36 6 10 6 3 7 Totals 33 5 5 3 3 6
Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 32,730
Left on Base: Braves 7, Reds 4
DP: Braves 0, Reds 0
Errors: Gilbreath
Doubles: Ruiz (2), Royster (13), Office (7)
Home Runs: Griffey (4), Bench (17)
Stolen Bases: Matthews (5), Collins (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Royster (8)
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Niekro W(14-11) 9 5 5 3 3 6 2 36 2.89
Totals 9 5 5 3 3 6 2 36
Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hume L(5-11) 6 6 3 3 1 4 0 25 5.13
Borbon 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 4.60
Tomlin 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 3 4.38
Sarmiento 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.38
Bair 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1.41
Totals 9 10 6 6 3 7 0 40
Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming
BRAVES 1ST: Royster struck out; Office grounded out (first
unassisted); Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0.
REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (first unassisted); Kennedy grounded
out (shortstop to first); Griffey grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs struck out; Pocoroba grounded out (second
to first); Murphy popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0.
REDS 2ND: Foster grounded out (pitcher to first); Driessen
grounded out (first to pitcher); Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Gilbreath grounded out (third to first); Ruiz
doubled to center; Niekro grounded out (pitcher to first);
Royster doubled to right [Ruiz scored]; Office grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 0.
REDS 3RD: Geronimo struck out; Correll popped to second; Hume
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 0.
BRAVES 4TH: Matthews singled to center; Matthews stole second;
Burroughs grounded out (second to first) [Matthews to third];
Pocoroba singled to right [Matthews scored]; Murphy singled to
left [Pocoroba to second]; Gilbreath struck out; Ruiz forced
Murphy (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2,
Reds 0.
REDS 4TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Kennedy
walked; Griffey flied out to center; Foster popped to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Reds 0.
BRAVES 5TH: Niekro walked; Royster out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Niekro to second]; Office doubled to right
[Niekro scored]; Matthews flied out to center; Burroughs flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.
REDS 5TH: Driessen popped to shortstop; Concepcion popped to
second; Geronimo popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves
3, Reds 0.
BRAVES 6TH: Pocoroba popped to third in foul territory; Murphy
struck out; Gilbreath grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.
REDS 6TH: Correll grounded out (third to first); COLLINS BATTED
FOR HUME; Collins walked; Collins stole second; Rose walked; LUM
BATTED FOR KENNEDY; Lum flied out to left; Griffey grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.
BRAVES 7TH: BORBON REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); AUERBACH REPLACED
COLLINS (PLAYING 2B); Ruiz walked; On a bunt Niekro struck out;
Royster flied out to left; Office flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.
REDS 7TH: Foster struck out; Driessen singled to right;
Concepcion singled to left [Driessen to second]; Geronimo
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Driessen to third, Concepcion
to second]; BENCH BATTED FOR CORRELL; Bench reached on an error
by Gilbreath [Driessen scored (unearned) (no RBI), Concepcion
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bench to first]; MORGAN BATTED FOR
AUERBACH; Morgan popped to second in foul territory; 2 R (0 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 2.
BRAVES 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); BENCH STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); Matthews grounded out (third to first);
Burroughs singled to pitcher; Jeff Burroughs singled off
Pedro Borbon's right hand; TOMLIN REPLACED BORBON
(PITCHING); BONNELL RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Pocoroba singled to right
[Bonnell to third]; Murphy singled to left [Bonnell scored,
Pocoroba to second]; Gilbreath walked [Pocoroba to third, Murphy
to second]; SARMIENTO REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); Ruiz popped to
second; Niekro singled to left [Pocoroba scored, Murphy scored,
Gilbreath to second]; Royster flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Braves 6, Reds 2.
REDS 8TH: BONNELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Rose popped to
second; HENDERSON BATTED FOR SARMIENTO; Henderson grounded out
(second to first); Griffey homered; Foster struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Reds 3.
BRAVES 9TH: BAIR REPLACED HENDERSON (PITCHING); Office struck
out; Matthews popped to catcher in foul territory; Bonnell
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Reds 3.
REDS 9TH: Driessen singled to center; Concepcion struck out;
Geronimo forced Driessen (third to second); Bench homered
[Geronimo scored]; Knight grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Reds 5.
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