| Dale Murphy smashed three homers, bringing his season's total to 13, and Bob Horner hit his first of the year as the Braves defeated the Giants, 6-4. Murphy hit his first homer of the game with two men on base in the first inning and Horner followed with a solo shot in the attack on Vida Blue. Murphy tagged Blue for another homer in the third and capped his five-RBI evening with a blow off Tom Griffin in the seventh. [The Sporting News] |
Atlanta Braves 6, San Francisco Giants 4
Game Played on Friday, May 18, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Giants 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 4 8 1 Braves 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 x - 6 9 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Madlock 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .176 Royster 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .328 Cruz lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Matthews rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .284 Clark rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .268 Burroughs lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .238 Ivie 1b 3 1 1 1 0 2 .219 Murphy c 3 3 3 5 1 0 .346 Evans 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 .286 Horner 1b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .400 Herndon cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .293 Lum pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247 McCovey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Bonnell cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .280 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hubbard 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .227 Hill c 2 0 0 1 0 0 .160 Frias ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Metzger ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 M. Mahler p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .083 LeMaster ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .341 Garber p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Whitfield ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .321 Blue p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .160 Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andrews ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .222 North cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Totals 33 4 8 4 2 5 Totals 33 6 9 6 4 3 Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 13,896 Left on Base: Giants 6, Braves 7 DP: Giants 1, Braves 0 Errors: Evans Home Runs: Murphy 3 (13), Horner (1) Stolen Bases: Royster (7) Sacrifice Flies: Hill (2), Ivie (1) GIDP: Frias (5) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue L(6-4) 4.2 5 5 4 4 2 3 24 4.99 Griffin 2.1 2 1 1 0 1 1 9 4.83 Moffitt 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 9.22 Totals 8 9 6 5 4 3 4 37 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA M. Mahler W(1-3) 7.1 6 4 4 2 3 0 30 5.72 Garber SV(7) 1.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 4.94 Totals 9 8 4 4 2 5 0 37 Umpires: HP - Jack Baswell, 1B - Bill Lawson, 2B - Jim Waller, 3B - Jack Stansell GIANTS 1ST: Debut for umpires Jack Baswell, Jack Stansell and Jim Waller; Madlock popped to shortstop; Cruz struck out; Clark flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Royster singled to third; Royster stole second; Matthews struck out; Burroughs reached on an error by Evans [Royster stayed at second, Burroughs to first]; Murphy homered [Royster scored, Burroughs scored (unearned)]; Horner homered; Bonnell struck out; Hubbard made an out to shortstop; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 4. GIANTS 2ND: Ivie singled to right; Evans flied out to right; Herndon singled to right [Ivie to third]; Hill hit a sacrifice fly to right [Ivie scored]; LeMaster singled to center [Herndon to third]; Blue struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 4. BRAVES 2ND: Frias flied out to center; M. Mahler popped to first in foul territory; Royster flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 4. GIANTS 3RD: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Clark grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 4. BRAVES 3RD: Matthews flied out to right; Burroughs flied out to center; Murphy homered; Horner walked; Bonnell grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 5. GIANTS 4TH: Ivie struck out; Evans popped to shortstop; Herndon flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 5. BRAVES 4TH: Hubbard grounded out (third to first); Frias walked; On a bunt M. Mahler forced Frias (pitcher to shortstop); Royster flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 5. GIANTS 5TH: Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); LeMaster grounded out (third to first); Blue made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 5. BRAVES 5TH: Matthews popped to second; Burroughs singled to left; Murphy walked [Burroughs to second]; Horner flied out to center; Bonnell walked [Burroughs to third, Murphy to second]; GRIFFIN REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Hubbard struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 5. GIANTS 6TH: Madlock singled to left; Cruz walked [Madlock to second]; Clark flied out to center [Madlock to third]; Ivie hit a sacrifice fly to right [Madlock scored, Cruz to second]; Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 5. BRAVES 6TH: Frias popped to first in foul territory; M. Mahler flied out to center; Royster flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 5. GIANTS 7TH: Herndon flied out to right; Hill grounded out (second to first); LeMaster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 5. BRAVES 7TH: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Murphy homered; Horner singled to third; LUM RAN FOR HORNER; Bonnell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 6. GIANTS 8TH: LUM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); ANDREWS BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Andrews singled to center; Madlock singled to left [Andrews to second]; Cruz grounded out (second to first) [Andrews to third, Madlock to second]; Clark walked; GARBER REPLACED M. MAHLER (PITCHING); Ivie struck out; Evans singled to right [Andrews scored, Madlock scored, Clark to third]; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR HERNDON; McCovey flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Braves 6. BRAVES 8TH: MOFFITT REPLACED MCCOVEY (PITCHING); NORTH REPLACED ANDREWS (PLAYING CF); Hubbard singled to left; Frias grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Hubbard out at second]; Garber singled to left; Royster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Braves 6. GIANTS 9TH: METZGER BATTED FOR HILL; Metzger grounded out (second to first); WHITFIELD BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Whitfield singled to right; North struck out; Madlock flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Braves 6.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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