| 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. 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