Winning the 264th game of his career, Gaylord Perry hurled the Padres to a 3-1 decision over the Braves. The victory was the Padres' 74th of the season, a new club high.

A homer by Dave Winfield accounted for the Padres' first run in the second inning. A throwing error by Brave shortstop Jerry Royster resulted in a another tally in the fifth frame. The Braves' run in the sixth resulted from an error by Padre shortstop Ozzie Smith but the Padres got that run back in the bottom of the inning on doubles by Jim Wilhelm and Dave Roberts. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 3, Atlanta Braves 1
Game Played on Tuesday, September 12, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  5  2
Padres       0  1  0    0  1  1    0  0  x  -   3  8  1


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Smith ss              4   1   1   0     0   2   .264
Office cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .255      Evans 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Matthews rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .283      Turner lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .270
Burroughs lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .312        Thomas lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Horner 3b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Winfield rf           3   1   3   1     1   0   .300
  Beall ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Tenace 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .220
  Gilbreath 3b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Wilhelm cf            3   1   1   0     0   0   .333
Nolan c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .254      Roberts c             4   0   2   1     0   2   .233
Murphy 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .233      Baker 2b              3   0   0   0     0   3   .211
Hubbard 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .296        Gamble ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Mahler p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .105        Gonzalez 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Chaney ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .222      Perry p               4   0   0   0     0   3   .104
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   5   0     1   5             Totals               32   3   8   2     3  11

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 11,222
Left on Base: Braves 7, Padres 9
DP: Braves 0, Padres 0
Errors: Royster, Murphy, Smith
Doubles: Chaney (9), Wilhelm (2), Roberts (4)
Home Runs: Winfield (22)
Hit by Pitch: Horner (2,by Perry), Wilhelm (1,by Mahler)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mahler L(4-11)          6     7   3   2   2  10   1  28   4.50
Campbell                2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   4.73
Totals                  8     8   3   2   3  11   1  36

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(18-6)           9     5   1   0   1   5   0  35   2.97
Totals                  9     5   1   0   1   5   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Mahler (7), Perry (2)
Wild Pitches: Mahler (11)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Bob Engel


BRAVES 1ST: Royster singled to right; Office singled to center
[Royster to second]; Matthews flied out to right [Royster to
third]; Burroughs struck out; Horner forced Office (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Smith struck out; Evans lined to left; Turner
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Padres 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Nolan made an out to shortstop; Murphy grounded out
(third to first); Hubbard grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield homered; Tenace flied out to center;
Wilhelm flied out to center; Roberts singled to center; Baker
was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0,
Padres 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Mahler grounded out (first unassisted); Royster
flied out to right; Office grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Perry struck out; Smith struck out; Evans grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0,
Padres 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first);
Burroughs flied out to right; Horner was hit by a pitch; Nolan
singled to right [Horner to second]; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Turner grounded out (pitcher to first); Winfield
singled to center; Tenace walked [Winfield to second]; Wilhelm
was hit by a pitch [Winfield to third, Tenace to second];
Roberts struck out; Baker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Braves 0, Padres 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Hubbard flied out to right; Mahler grounded out
(first to pitcher); Royster grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Perry struck out; On a bunt Smith singled to third;
Evans singled to left [Smith to second]; Turner forced Evans
(second to shortstop) [Smith scored (error by Royster)
(unearned) (no RBI), Turner to second (error by Murphy)];
Winfield was walked intentionally; Tenace struck out; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Office singled to center; Matthews was called out on
strikes; Burroughs reached on an error by Smith [Office scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Burroughs to third]; BEALL BATTED FOR
HORNER; Beall struck out; Nolan walked; Murphy flied out to
center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 6TH: GILBREATH REPLACED BEALL (PLAYING 3B); Wilhelm
doubled to right; Mahler threw a wild pitch [Wilhelm to third];
Roberts doubled to left [Wilhelm scored]; Baker struck out;
Perry struck out; Smith made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 1, Padres 3.

BRAVES 7TH: Hubbard made an out to catcher; CHANEY BATTED FOR
MAHLER; Chaney doubled to right; Royster flied out to center;
Office grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 1, Padres 3.

PADRES 7TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED CHANEY (PITCHING); Evans flied out
to center; Turner walked; Winfield singled to right [Turner to
third]; Tenace flied out to center; Wilhelm grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Padres 3.

BRAVES 8TH: THOMAS REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING LF); Matthews struck
out; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Gilbreath
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1,
Padres 3.

PADRES 8TH: Roberts struck out; GAMBLE BATTED FOR BAKER; Gamble
flied out to center; Perry grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Padres 3.

BRAVES 9TH: GONZALEZ REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING 2B); Nolan flied
out to right; Murphy flied out to left; Hubbard grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Padres 3.