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Thursday May 31, 1979
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The Padres won their fifth straight game, defeating the Braves, 3-1, behind the five-hit pitching of Eric Rasmussen and Rollie Fingers. The Padres scored their first run in the third inning when Gene Tenace doubled, moved to third on an infield out and scored on a single by Gene Richards. In the sixth, ozzie Smith drew a walk and Dave Winfield followed with a home run. [The Sporting News]


San Diego Padres 3, Atlanta Braves 1

Game Played on Thursday, May 31, 1979 (Day game) at San Diego Stadium

Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  5  0
Padres       0  0  1    0  0  2    0  0  x  -   3  7  1


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .313      Richards cf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .285
Office cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .275      Smith ss              3   1   1   0     1   1   .165
Matthews rf           4   1   3   0     0   1   .292      Winfield rf           3   1   1   2     0   0   .353
Burroughs lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Briggs lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .270
Lum 1b                4   0   0   0     0   1   .227      Bevacqua 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Nolan c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .320        Evans 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Hubbard 2b            2   0   0   1     0   0   .222      Hargrove 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Frias ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .244      Tenace c              2   1   1   0     1   0   .246
Matula p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .056      Gonzalez 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .253
  Asselstine ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Rasmussen p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .067
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .266
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .111

Totals               30   1   5   1     0   6             Totals               28   3   7   3     2   2

Time of Game: 1:57   Attendance: 11,143
Left on Base: Braves 4, Padres 4
DP: Braves 2, Padres 1
Errors: Evans
Doubles: Tenace (3)
Home Runs: Winfield (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Matula (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Hubbard (2)
GIDP: Burroughs (5), Bevacqua 2 (4)
Hit by Pitch: Winfield (2,by Garber)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matula L(2-4)           7     7   3   3   2   1   1  27   4.06
Garber                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.57
Totals                  8     7   3   3   2   2   1  31

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen W(2-5)        7     4   1   0   0   4   0  26   4.22
Fingers SV(8)           2     1   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.91
Totals                  9     5   1   0   0   6   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Garber (3)

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Bob Engel


BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (second to first); Office
grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards made an out to shortstop; Smith grounded
out (shortstop to first); Winfield grounded out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs flied to right in foul territory; Lum was
called out on strikes; Nolan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Briggs singled to center; Bevacqua grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Briggs out at
second]; Dan Briggs called for interference; Hargrove
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Hubbard grounded out (third to first); Frias
grounded out (third to first); Matula struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Tenace doubled to left; Gonzalez flied out to right
[Tenace to third]; Rasmussen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Richards singled to center [Tenace scored]; Smith singled to
shortstop [Richards to second]; Winfield forced Richards (third
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Office
flied out to left; Matthews singled to center; Burroughs lined
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Briggs singled to right; Bevacqua grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Briggs out at second];
Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Padres 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Lum flied out to center; Nolan flied out to left;
Hubbard grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Braves 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Tenace flied out to center; Gonzalez grounded out
(third to first); Rasmussen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Padres 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Frias singled to left; Matula out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Frias to second]; Royster grounded out
(third to first); Office was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: Richards grounded out (second to first); Smith
walked; Winfield homered [Smith scored]; Briggs grounded out
(second to first); Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); 2 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Padres 3.

BRAVES 7TH: EVANS REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING 3B); Matthews
singled to shortstop; Burroughs reached on an error by Evans
[Matthews to second, Burroughs to first]; Lum made an out to
shortstop; Nolan singled to second [Matthews to third, Burroughs
to second]; Hubbard hit a sacrifice fly to center [Matthews
scored (unearned)]; Frias grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R
(0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Padres 3.

PADRES 7TH: Hargrove flied out to center; Tenace walked;
Gonzalez singled to left [Tenace to third, Gonzalez out at
second (left to shortstop to first to second)]; TURNER BATTED
FOR RASMUSSEN; Turner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Padres 3.

BRAVES 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); ASSELSTINE
BATTED FOR MATULA; Asselstine flied out to left; Royster was
called out on strikes; Office was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Padres 3.

PADRES 8TH: GARBER REPLACED ASSELSTINE (PITCHING); Richards
grounded out (second to first); Smith struck out; Winfield was
hit by a pitch; Gene Garber warned by HP umpire Dick
Stello; Briggs grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Padres 3.

BRAVES 9TH: Matthews singled to left; Burroughs grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Matthews out at
second]; Lum grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 1, Padres 3.



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