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Wednesday August 1, 1979
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A homer by Dale Murphy with two men on base climaxed a five-run rally in the eighth inning that carried the Braves to a 5-4 decision over the Padres. Jeff Burroughs began the winning rally with a pinch-single. A single by Jerry Royster moved Burroughs to second and brought on Rollie Fingers in relief of starter Randy Jones.

A single by Gary Matthews loaded the bases and two runs scored on a single by Bob Horner. Murphy then followed with a clout over the right field fence. [The Sporting News]


Atlanta Braves 5, San Diego Padres 4

Game Played on Wednesday, August 1, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Padres       0  0  1    1  1  1    0  0  0  -   4  7  2
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  5  x  -   5  9  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards cf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .275      Royster 2b            4   1   3   0     0   0   .264
Dade 3b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .289      Matthews rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .314
Bevacqua 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .257      Horner 3b             4   1   2   2     0   0   .322
  Rasmussen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .040      Murphy 1b             4   1   2   3     0   1   .317
Winfield rf           4   1   0   0     0   0   .342      Spikes lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .324
Turner lf             3   0   0   1     0   1   .254        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .375
Tenace c              4   1   1   1     0   1   .249      Bonnell cf,lf         3   0   0   0     1   0   .255
Briggs 1b             4   1   1   1     0   1   .215      Frias ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .291
Smith ss              3   1   1   0     0   0   .197      Benedict c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Jones p               3   0   1   1     0   2   .186      Solomon p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .135
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .083        J. McLaughlin p     0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  Gonzalez 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .226        Burroughs ph        1   1   1   0     0   0   .225
                                                            Office cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .261

Totals               33   4   7   4     0   8             Totals               33   5   9   5     1   3

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance:  5,062
Left on Base: Padres 3, Braves 5
DP: Padres 2, Braves 0
Errors: Bevacqua 2, Benedict
Doubles: Royster (19)
Home Runs: Briggs (8), Tenace (12), Murphy (15)
Stolen Bases: Richards (11), Winfield (10), Smith (20), Dade (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Turner (4)
GIDP: Frias (11)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones                   7     6   2   2   1   2   0  28   3.57
Fingers L(9-8)          0     3   3   3   0   0   1   3   3.93
Rasmussen               1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.15
Totals                  8     9   5   5   1   3   1  34

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Solomon                 6     7   4   3   0   4   2  25   5.14
J. McLaughlin W(4-1)    2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   1.79
Garber SV(19)           1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   4.09
Totals                  9     7   4   3   0   8   2  34

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer


PADRES 1ST: Richards struck out; Dade flied out to right;
Bevacqua grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Royster singled; Matthews popped to catcher in foul
territory; Horner grounded out (third to first) [Royster to
second]; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Braves 0.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Turner
flied out to center; Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Spikes grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonnell
walked; Frias grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Bonnell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Braves 0.

PADRES 3RD: Briggs homered; Smith flied out to left; Jones
struck out; Richards singled; Richards stole second; Dade struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Benedict grounded out (third to first); Solomon
reached on an error by Bevacqua [Solomon to first]; Royster
doubled [Solomon to third]; Matthews lined into a double play
(third unassisted) [Solomon out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Padres 1, Braves 0.

PADRES 4TH: Bevacqua singled; Winfield forced Bevacqua (pitcher
to shortstop); Winfield stole second [Winfield to third (error
by Benedict)]; Turner hit a sacrifice fly to center [Winfield
scored (unearned)]; Tenace flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Horner singled; Murphy popped to shortstop; Spikes
struck out; Bonnell reached on an error by Bevacqua [Horner to
second, Bonnell to first]; Frias forced Bonnell (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Braves 0.

PADRES 5TH: Briggs struck out; Smith singled; Smith stole
second; Jones singled [Smith scored]; Richards singled [Jones to
second]; Dade forced Richards (shortstop to second) [Jones to
third]; Dade stole second; Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Benedict grounded out (third to first); Solomon
flied out to right; Royster grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Braves 0.

PADRES 6TH: Winfield grounded out (third to first); Turner flied
out to right; Tenace homered; Briggs flied out to left; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Horner
grounded out (third to first); Murphy singled; Spikes forced
Murphy (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4,
Braves 0.

PADRES 7TH: J. MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED SOLOMON (PITCHING); Smith
grounded out (second to first); Jones struck out; Richards
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Bonnell grounded out (second to first); Frias flied
out to left; Benedict grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Braves 0.

PADRES 8TH: Dade lined to second; Bevacqua struck out; Winfield
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 8TH: BURROUGHS BATTED FOR J. MCLAUGHLIN; Burroughs
singled; Royster singled [Burroughs to second]; FINGERS REPLACED
JONES (PITCHING); Matthews singled [Burroughs to third, Royster
to second]; Horner singled [Burroughs scored, Royster scored,
Matthews to second]; Murphy homered [Matthews scored, Horner
scored]; RASMUSSEN REPLACED BEVACQUA (PITCHING); GONZALEZ
REPLACED FINGERS (PLAYING 2B); Spikes struck out; Bonnell flied
out to center; Frias lined to second; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 4, Braves 5.

PADRES 9TH: GARBER REPLACED SPIKES (PITCHING); OFFICE REPLACED
BURROUGHS (PLAYING CF); BONNELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Turner struck out; Tenace struck out; Briggs made an out to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Braves 5.



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