| The Braves turned three singles and two stolen bases into two runs in the third inning and went on to beat the Dodgers, 6-2. Eddie Miller singled and stole second. Jerry Royster followed with a single, scoring Miller, and then stole second before Bob Horner drove in Royster to cap the game-winning burst. [The Sporting News] |
Atlanta Braves 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Thursday, September 6, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Dodgers 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 9 0 Braves 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 x - 6 10 0 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .263 Miller cf 4 3 3 0 0 0 .417 Thomas cf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .259 Royster 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .266 Garvey 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .312 Matthews rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .313 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Horner 3b 4 0 2 3 0 1 .318 Baker lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .282 Murphy 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .295 Hatcher rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .327 Bonnell lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Thomasson pr,rf 2 1 2 0 0 0 .250 Nolan c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Martinez ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .312 Chaney ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .118 Yeager c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .218 Hanna p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Joshua ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .293 J. McLaughlin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Sutton p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .147 Guerrero ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Welch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Castillo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ferguson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Totals 33 2 9 1 3 5 Totals 32 6 10 6 1 8 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 2,583 Left on Base: Dodgers 7, Braves 3 DP: Dodgers 1, Braves 3 Doubles: Thomas (13), Garvey (30) Stolen Bases: Lopes (42), Miller 3 (4), Matthews (18), Royster (28) Caught Stealing: Bonnell (6) GIDP: Hatcher (3), Martinez (3), Joshua (4) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sutton L(12-13) 6 5 3 3 0 5 0 22 3.92 Welch 1.2 3 3 3 1 3 0 8 4.28 Castillo 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 8 10 6 6 1 8 0 33 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hanna W(1-1) 7 7 1 1 3 5 0 29 2.96 J. McLaughlin SV(4) 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 7 2.34 Totals 9 9 2 2 3 5 0 36 Umpires: HP - Steve Fields, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Eric Gregg DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to left; Thomas doubled to right; Garvey struck out; Cey popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Miller singled to first; Miller stole second; Royster grounded out (second to first); Matthews singled to center [Miller scored]; Matthews stole second; Horner struck out; Murphy struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 1. DODGERS 2ND: Baker walked; Hatcher grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Baker out at second]; Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 1. BRAVES 2ND: Bonnell grounded out (third to first); Nolan flied out to right; Chaney grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 1. DODGERS 3RD: Yeager struck out; Sutton struck out; Lopes walked; Thomas singled to center [Lopes to second]; Garvey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 1. BRAVES 3RD: Hanna struck out; Miller singled to second; Miller stole second; Royster singled to shortstop [Miller to third]; Royster stole second; Matthews struck out; Horner singled to left [Miller scored, Royster scored, Horner out at second (left to catcher to second)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 3. DODGERS 4TH: Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker lined to first; Hatcher singled to left; THOMASSON RAN FOR HATCHER; Martinez singled to right [Thomasson to second]; Yeager struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 3. BRAVES 4TH: THOMASSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Murphy struck out; Bonnell grounded out (pitcher to first); Nolan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 3. DODGERS 5TH: Sutton grounded out (shortstop to first); Lopes struck out; Thomas singled to right; Garvey doubled to center [Thomas scored]; Cey flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 3. BRAVES 5TH: Chaney flied out to left; Hanna flied out to center; Miller grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 3. DODGERS 6TH: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomasson singled to center; Martinez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Thomasson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 3. BRAVES 6TH: Royster popped to second; Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Horner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 3. DODGERS 7TH: Yeager flied out to left; GUERRERO BATTED FOR SUTTON; Guerrero lined to right; Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Thomas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 3. BRAVES 7TH: WELCH REPLACED GUERRERO (PITCHING); Murphy lined to second; Bonnell singled to third; Nolan struck out while Bonnell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 3. DODGERS 8TH: J. MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED HANNA (PITCHING); Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 3. BRAVES 8TH: Chaney struck out; J. McLaughlin struck out; Miller singled to left; Miller stole second; Royster singled to left [Miller scored]; Matthews walked [Royster to second]; CASTILLO REPLACED WELCH (PITCHING); Horner singled to center [Royster scored, Matthews to second]; Murphy singled to left [Matthews scored, Horner to second]; Bonnell grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 6. DODGERS 9TH: Thomasson singled to center; Martinez singled to right [Thomasson to third]; JOSHUA BATTED FOR YEAGER; Joshua grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Thomasson scored (no RBI), Martinez out at second]; FERGUSON BATTED FOR CASTILLO; Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 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