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Friday May 18, 1979
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

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.



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