Jim Bouton received credit for his first major league victory since 1970 when the Braves embarrassed the Giants, handling them their sixth straight loss, 4-1. The score was 1-1 in the seventh when Joe Nolan singled, stole second and scored on a single by Dale Murphy. Two outs later and after a walk to pinch-hitter Bob Beall, a double by Jerry Royster plated Murphy. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 4, San Francisco Giants 1
Game Played on Thursday, September 14, 1978 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Braves       0  1  0    0  0  0    2  1  0  -   4  7  3
Giants       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  3


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster ss            5   0   1   1     0   0   .266      Madlock 2b            3   1   0   0     1   1   .314
Office cf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .251      Whitfield lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .295
Matthews rf           5   0   2   0     0   1   .285        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Burroughs lf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .314      Ivie 1b               3   0   0   1     0   2   .306
  Bonnell pr,lf       0   1   0   0     0   0   .222      Evans 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .250
Nolan c               3   1   0   0     1   0   .249      Cruz cf,lf            3   0   1   0     1   0   .239
Murphy 1b             4   2   1   1     0   1   .236      Dwyer rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Hubbard 2b            3   0   1   2     0   1   .299      Tamargo c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Gilbreath 3b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .248      Metzger ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .238
Bouton p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Halicki p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .136
  Beall ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .255        Herndon ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .260
  Skok p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .071

Totals               33   4   7   4     5   5             Totals               30   1   3   1     4   4

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance:  3,358
Left on Base: Braves 8, Giants 7
DP: Braves 1, Giants 1
Errors: Nolan, Gilbreath, Bouton, Dwyer, Tamargo, Halicki
Doubles: Royster (16), Burroughs (30), Cruz (11), Evans (22)
Triples: Gilbreath (3)
Stolen Bases: Matthews (8), Murphy (11), Nolan (3), Whitfield 2 (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Hubbard (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Ivie (3)
GIDP: Burroughs (14), Cruz (9)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bouton W(1-1)           6     3   1   0   3   2   0  26   4.91
Skok                    2     0   0   0   1   2   0   6   4.30
Garber SV(24)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.33
Totals                  9     3   1   0   4   4   0  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki L(8-9)          7     5   3   2   4   5   0  30   2.88
Moffitt                 2     2   1   1   1   0   0   9   3.29
Totals                  9     7   4   3   5   5   0  39

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Ed Vargo


BRAVES 1ST: Royster flied out to left; Office grounded out
(shortstop to first); Matthews singled; Matthews stole second;
Burroughs walked; Nolan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Madlock was called out on strikes; Whitfield singled
to right; Whitfield stole second; Ivie struck out; Evans flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Murphy reached on an error by Halicki [Murphy to
first]; Murphy stole second [Murphy to third (error by
Tamargo)]; Hubbard out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Murphy scored (unearned)]; Gilbreath grounded out (second to
first); Bouton flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.
 Braves 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Cruz doubled; Dwyer grounded out (second to first)
[Cruz to third]; Tamargo grounded out (second to first); Metzger
walked; Halicki popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Royster grounded out (third to first); Office struck
out; Matthews flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Madlock walked; Whitfield reached on an error by
Bouton [Madlock to third, Whitfield to first]; Ivie hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Madlock scored (unearned)]; Whitfield
stole second [Whitfield to third (error by Nolan)]; Evans
grounded out (second to first); Cruz walked; Dwyer flied out to
right; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs flied out to center; Nolan grounded out
(first unassisted); Murphy was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Tamargo flied out to right; Metzger flied out to
center; Halicki flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
1, Giants 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Hubbard flied out to left; Gilbreath tripled to
right; Bouton grounded out (first unassisted); Royster grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Madlock made an out to third; Whitfield grounded out
(pitcher to first); Ivie reached on an error by Gilbreath [Ivie
to first]; Evans doubled to left [Ivie to third]; Cruz popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1,
Giants 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Office grounded out (second to first); Matthews
singled; Burroughs grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Matthews out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Dwyer flied out to right; Tamargo grounded out
(first to pitcher); Metzger grounded out (second to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 1.

BRAVES 7TH: Nolan walked; Nolan stole second; Murphy singled
[Nolan scored]; Hubbard struck out; Gilbreath struck out; BEALL
BATTED FOR BOUTON; Beall walked [Murphy to second]; Royster
doubled [Murphy scored, Beall to third]; Office was walked
intentionally; Matthews struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Braves 3, Giants 1.

GIANTS 7TH: SKOK REPLACED BEALL (PITCHING); HERNDON BATTED FOR
HALICKI; Herndon struck out; Madlock made an out to second;
Whitfield grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 3, Giants 1.

BRAVES 8TH: HERNDON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MOFFITT
REPLACED WHITFIELD (PITCHING); CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
LF); Burroughs doubled to right [Burroughs to third (error by
Dwyer)]; BONNELL RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Nolan grounded out (first
unassisted); Murphy grounded out (pitcher to first); Hubbard
singled to center [Bonnell scored]; Gilbreath walked [Hubbard to
second]; Skok forced Hubbard (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 8TH: BONNELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Ivie was called
out on strikes; Evans walked; Cruz grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 1.

BRAVES 9TH: Royster made an out to first; Office popped to third
in foul territory; Matthews grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 1.

GIANTS 9TH: GARBER REPLACED SKOK (PITCHING); Dwyer flied out to
right; Tamargo grounded out (second to first); Metzger grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4,
Giants 1.