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The Braves lost their home opener and suffered a fourth straight setback in the process as Tom Seaver clouted his 10th career homer and permitted only seven hits while striking out 10 in eight innings for the Reds' 9-4 triumph. George Foster's two-run triple and a sacrifice fly by Johnny Bench started the Reds on their way in the first inning. Bench also slugged a homer. [The Sporting News] Cincinnati Reds 9, Atlanta Braves 4Game Played on Monday, April 9, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumReds 3 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 - 9 11 0
Braves 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 7 2
Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Griffey rf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .364 Royster 3b 4 1 3 0 0 1 .385
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Hubbard 2b 2 1 0 0 2 1 .143
Morgan 2b 3 2 0 0 2 2 .429 Matthews rf 4 1 2 3 0 1 .267
Foster lf 4 1 3 2 1 0 .421 Burroughs lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .091
Bench c 4 1 2 2 0 0 .294 Lum 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .071
Driessen 1b 2 1 0 1 2 0 .278 Murphy c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .154
Knight 3b 5 2 1 0 0 0 .273 Bonnell cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .154
Geronimo cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .167 Frias ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Seaver p 3 1 1 2 0 0 .333 Beall ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Pastore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chaney ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
M. Mahler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
LaCorte p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Skok p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Office ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 9 11 9 6 3 Totals 33 4 7 4 2 12
Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 30,433
Left on Base: Reds 8, Braves 4
DP: Reds 1, Braves 2
Errors: Frias, M. Mahler
Doubles: Griffey (5)
Triples: Foster (1)
Home Runs: Seaver (1), Bench (1), Matthews (1), Bonnell (1)
Stolen Bases: Driessen (1)
Caught Stealing: Hubbard (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Concepcion (1), Seaver (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (1), Driessen (1), Griffey (1)
GIDP: Morgan (2), Knight (1)
Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Seaver W(1-1) 8 7 4 4 2 10 2 32 7.45
Pastore 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3.18
Totals 9 7 4 4 2 12 2 35
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
M. Mahler L(0-1) 2.1 5 5 4 2 0 0 15 15.43
LaCorte 1.2 3 3 3 2 2 1 10 16.20
Skok 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 2.25
Devine 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 0.00
Totals 9 11 9 8 6 3 2 44
Umpires: HP - Dick Tremblay, 1B - Hank Rountree, 2B - Ed Norris, 3B - Andy Anderson
REDS 1ST: Griffey doubled to left; Concepcion out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Griffey to third]; Morgan walked;
Foster tripled to right [Griffey scored, Morgan scored]; Bench
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Foster scored]; Driessen popped to
first; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Braves 0.
BRAVES 1ST: Royster was called out on strikes; Hubbard walked;
Matthews singled to left [Hubbard to second]; Burroughs struck
out while Hubbard was caught stealing third (catcher to third);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Braves 0.
REDS 2ND: Knight reached on an error by M. Mahler; Geronimo
popped to shortstop; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Knight to second]; Griffey singled to center [Knight
scored (unearned)]; Concepcion grounded out (second to first); 1
R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Lum popped to catcher in foul territory; Murphy was
called out on strikes; Bonnell popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0.
REDS 3RD: Morgan walked; Foster singled to left [Morgan to
second]; Bench singled to third [Morgan to third, Foster to
second]; Driessen hit a sacrifice fly to center [Morgan scored];
LACORTE REPLACED M. MAHLER (PITCHING); Knight flied out to
center; Geronimo struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 5,
Braves 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Frias flied out to center; LaCorte grounded out
(shortstop to first); Royster singled to right; Hubbard walked
[Royster to second]; Matthews homered [Royster scored, Hubbard
scored]; Burroughs grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Braves 3.
REDS 4TH: Seaver homered; Griffey singled to first; Concepcion
grounded out (first unassisted) [Griffey to second]; Morgan
struck out; Foster walked; Bench popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 3.
BRAVES 4TH: Lum popped to third in foul territory; Murphy flied
out to right; Bonnell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 3.
REDS 5TH: Driessen walked; Driessen stole second; Knight singled
to center [Driessen to third, Knight to second (on throw to
home)]; SKOK REPLACED LACORTE (PITCHING); Geronimo walked;
Seaver reached on an error by Frias [Driessen scored, Knight to
third, Geronimo to second]; Griffey hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Knight scored]; Concepcion popped to shortstop; Morgan
was called out on strikes; 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Reds 8, Braves
3.
BRAVES 5TH: Frias struck out; Skok was called out on strikes;
Royster singled to right; Hubbard was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 8, Braves 3.
REDS 6TH: Foster grounded out (pitcher to first); Bench homered;
Driessen popped to second; Knight grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 9, Braves 3.
BRAVES 6TH: Matthews struck out; Burroughs struck out; Lum flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 9, Braves 3.
REDS 7TH: Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); Seaver
grounded out (second to first); Griffey flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 9, Braves 3.
BRAVES 7TH: Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonnell
homered; BEALL BATTED FOR FRIAS; Beall struck out; OFFICE BATTED
FOR SKOK; Office was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Reds 9, Braves 4.
REDS 8TH: CHANEY REPLACED BEALL (PLAYING SS); DEVINE REPLACED
OFFICE (PITCHING); Concepcion singled; Morgan grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first to second) [Concepcion
out at second]; Foster singled; Bench forced Foster (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 9, Braves 4.
BRAVES 8TH: Royster singled to center; Hubbard flied out to
right; Matthews flied out to center; Burroughs singled to center
[Royster to second]; Lum flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Reds 9, Braves 4.
REDS 9TH: Driessen walked; Knight grounded into a double play
(pitcher to second to first) [Driessen out at second]; Geronimo
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 9,
Braves 4.
BRAVES 9TH: PASTORE REPLACED SEAVER (PITCHING); Murphy struck
out; Bonnell grounded out (third to first); Chaney struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 9, Braves 4.
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