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Larry McWilliams and Joey McLaughlin combined on a five-hitter as the Braves shaded the Giants, 2-1. The winning run was unearned. In the seventh inning, Dale Murphy walked, went to second on a sacrifice, reached third when Frisco second sacker Rob Andrews dropped a throw at first base and scored on a sacrifice fly by Pepe Frias. [The Sporting News] Atlanta Braves 2, San Francisco Giants 1Game Played on Tuesday, September 11, 1979 (Night game) at Candlestick ParkBraves 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 0
Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 1
Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Miller cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Venable rf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .233
Royster 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .267 Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .291
Matthews rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .313 Evans 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .251
Horner 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .311 Ivie 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .304
Murphy 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .282 Herndon cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .252
Whisenton lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Johnston lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .169
Nolan c 3 0 2 0 1 0 .246 LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .260
Frias ss 2 0 0 1 1 0 .266 Littlejohn c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .205
McWilliams p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .118 Montefusco p 0 0 0 0 1 0 .175
Lum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 McCovey ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .263
J. McLaughlin p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Clark pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
Minton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 30 2 6 2 4 4 Totals 29 1 5 1 2 8
Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 5,128
Left on Base: Braves 7, Giants 5
DP: Braves 0, Giants 0
Errors: Andrews
Doubles: Nolan (8), Matthews (32), Ivie (17)
Triples: Nolan (3)
Stolen Bases: Royster (29)
Caught Stealing: Royster (7), Nolan (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Whisenton (1), Montefusco (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Frias (3)
Hit by Pitch: Venable (1,by McWilliams)
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
McWilliams W(2-2) 6 3 1 1 1 4 0 22 6.70
J. McLaughlin SV(5) 3 2 0 0 1 4 0 11 2.23
Totals 9 5 1 1 2 8 0 33
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Montefusco L(3-8) 8 5 2 1 3 4 0 32 4.08
Minton 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 2.12
Totals 9 6 2 1 4 4 0 36
Hit by Pitch: McWilliams (3)
Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Lanny Harris, 3B - Ed Montague
BRAVES 1ST: Miller grounded out (first unassisted); Royster
walked; Royster stole second; Matthews grounded out (third to
first); Horner popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
GIANTS 1ST: Venable struck out; Andrews flied out to right;
Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Murphy flied out to left; Whisenton flied out to
center; Nolan doubled to left; Frias popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
GIANTS 2ND: Ivie doubled to left; Herndon struck out; Johnston
flied out to center [Ivie to third]; LeMaster flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
BRAVES 3RD: McWilliams struck out; Miller grounded out (second
to first); Royster singled to left; Royster was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0,
Giants 0.
GIANTS 3RD: Littlejohn grounded out (third to first); Montefusco
walked; Venable was hit by a pitch [Montefusco to second];
Andrews flied out to center; Evans grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0.
BRAVES 4TH: Matthews doubled to left; Horner made an out to
second; Murphy flied out to center; Whisenton singled to center
[Matthews scored]; Nolan grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 4TH: Ivie struck out; Herndon grounded out (shortstop to
first); Johnston grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Braves 1, Giants 0.
BRAVES 5TH: Frias flied out to center; McWilliams struck out;
Miller grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 5TH: LeMaster popped to catcher in foul territory;
Littlejohn singled to left; Montefusco out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Littlejohn to second]; Venable singled to
left [Littlejohn scored, Venable out at second (left to third to
second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Giants 1.
BRAVES 6TH: Royster was called out on strikes; Matthews lined to
second; Horner was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 1, Giants 1.
GIANTS 6TH: Andrews flied out to center; Evans grounded out
(second to first); Ivie made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Braves 1, Giants 1.
BRAVES 7TH: Murphy walked; Whisenton reached on an error by
Andrews (assist by Montefusco) on a sacrifice bunt [Murphy to
third, Whisenton to second]; Nolan walked; Frias hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Murphy scored (unearned)]; LUM BATTED FOR
MCWILLIAMS; Lum flied to left in foul territory; Miller grounded
out (first to pitcher); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2,
Giants 1.
GIANTS 7TH: J. MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Herndon
struck out; Johnston struck out; LeMaster struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 1.
BRAVES 8TH: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews
singled to right; Horner flied out to left; Murphy popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2,
Giants 1.
GIANTS 8TH: Littlejohn grounded out (third to first); MCCOVEY
BATTED FOR MONTEFUSCO; McCovey singled to center; CLARK RAN FOR
MCCOVEY; Venable grounded out (first to pitcher) [Clark to
second]; Andrews singled to left [Clark out at home (left to
catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 1.
BRAVES 9TH: MINTON REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); Whisenton grounded
out (shortstop to first); Nolan tripled to left; Nolan was
caught stealing home (catcher to third); Frias walked; J.
McLaughlin grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Braves 2, Giants 1.
GIANTS 9TH: Evans struck out; Ivie walked; Herndon made an out
to shortstop; Johnston grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 1.
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