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. Atlanta Braves 5, San Diego Padres 4Game Played on Wednesday, August 1, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumPadres 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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