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Saturday September 8, 1979
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A bases-loaded triple by Gene Tenace highlighted a seven-run third inning that carried the Padres to a 9-2 rout of the Braves. A sacrifice fly by Tim Flannery, double by Paul Dade and bases-loaded walk to Jerry Turner produced the first three markers of the inning and a single by Bill Fahey scored Tenace with the final run of the outburst. Bob Horner's 26th homer with a man on in the fourth was all the Braves could do with Bob Shirley, who went the route for the third time this season. [The Sporting News]


San Diego Padres 9, Atlanta Braves 2

Game Played on Saturday, September 8, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Padres       1  0  7    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   9 10  1
Braves       0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards cf           4   2   1   0     1   2   .266      Miller cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .344
Flannery 2b           4   0   0   1     0   1   .167      Royster 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Dade 3b               4   1   2   2     0   1   .282      Matthews rf           4   1   3   0     0   0   .313
Winfield rf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .306      Horner 3b             4   1   1   2     0   0   .317
Turner lf             3   2   0   1     2   2   .247      Murphy 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .288
Tenace 1b             2   1   1   3     2   0   .267      Bonnell lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .257
Fahey c               4   0   2   2     0   0   .320      Frias ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Almon ss              4   1   2   0     0   0   .217      Benedict c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .224
Shirley p             3   1   1   0     0   1   .106      Matula p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .043
                                                            Devine p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wessinger ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            M. Mahler p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .115
                                                            Spikes ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .281
                                                            B. McLaughlin p     0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   9  10   9     6   7             Totals               32   2   5   2     1   4

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance:  4,261
Left on Base: Padres 5, Braves 4
DP: Padres 1, Braves 1
Errors: Dade
Doubles: Dade (17), Fahey (7), Winfield (26), Bonnell (19)
Triples: Tenace (4)
Home Runs: Horner (26)
Stolen Bases: Richards (17), Almon (5)
Caught Stealing: Tenace (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Shirley (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Dade (3), Flannery (1)
GIDP: Winfield (9), Murphy (11)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shirley W(7-14)         9     5   2   2   1   4   1  33   3.41
Totals                  9     5   2   2   1   4   1  33

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matula L(7-9)           2.1   5   8   8   4   0   0  15   4.36
Devine                  2.2   2   1   1   1   1   0  11   3.24
M. Mahler               3     2   0   0   1   4   0  11   5.98
B. McLaughlin           1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   4.82
Totals                  9    10   9   9   6   7   0  41

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Ed Vargo


PADRES 1ST: Richards singled; Richards stole second; Flannery
grounded out (second to first) [Richards to third]; Dade hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Richards scored]; Winfield grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Miller flied out to center; Royster struck out;
Matthews grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Braves 0.

PADRES 2ND: Turner flied out to center; Tenace walked; Tenace
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Fahey
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Horner grounded out (third to first); Murphy walked;
Bonnell struck out; Frias reached on an error by Dade [Murphy to
second, Frias to first]; Benedict grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Braves 0.

PADRES 3RD: Almon singled; Almon stole second; Shirley singled
[Almon to third]; Richards walked [Shirley to second]; Flannery
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Almon scored]; Dade doubled
[Shirley scored, Richards to third]; Winfield was walked
intentionally; Turner walked [Richards scored, Dade to third,
Winfield to second]; Tenace tripled [Dade scored, Winfield
scored, Turner scored]; DEVINE REPLACED MATULA (PITCHING); Fahey
singled [Tenace scored]; Almon forced Fahey (shortstop to
second); Shirley struck out; 7 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 8,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Devine flied out to right; Miller flied out to
center; Royster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 8, Braves 0.

PADRES 4TH: Richards grounded out (second to first); Flannery
flied out to center; Dade grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 8, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Matthews singled; Horner homered [Matthews scored];
Murphy flied out to right; Bonnell doubled; Frias grounded out
(second to first); Benedict struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 8, Braves 2.

PADRES 5TH: Winfield flied out to center; Turner walked; Tenace
popped to second; Fahey doubled [Turner scored]; Almon grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 9, Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: WESSINGER BATTED FOR DEVINE; Wessinger grounded out
(pitcher to first); Miller popped to second; Royster grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 9, Braves 2.

PADRES 6TH: M. MAHLER REPLACED WESSINGER (PITCHING); Shirley
grounded out (third to first); Richards struck out; Flannery
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 9, Braves 2.

BRAVES 6TH: Matthews singled; Horner popped to shortstop; Murphy
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Matthews out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 9,
Braves 2.

PADRES 7TH: Dade singled; Winfield grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Dade out at second]; Turner
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 9, Braves 2.

BRAVES 7TH: Bonnell lined to second; Frias grounded out
(shortstop to first); Benedict flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 9, Braves 2.

PADRES 8TH: Tenace walked; Fahey made an out to shortstop; Almon
singled [Tenace to second]; Shirley out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Tenace to third, Almon to second]; Richards
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 9, Braves 2.

BRAVES 8TH: SPIKES BATTED FOR M. MAHLER; Spikes struck out;
Miller made an out to shortstop; Royster grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 9, Braves 2.

PADRES 9TH: B. MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED SPIKES (PITCHING); Flannery
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dade struck out; Winfield
doubled; Turner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 9,
Braves 2.

BRAVES 9TH: Matthews singled; Horner flied out to center; Murphy
forced Matthews (pitcher to shortstop); Bonnell forced Murphy
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 9, Braves 2.



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