Completing the three-game series sweep, the Braves edged the Giants, 3-2, with an unearned run in the 12th inning. With one out, Larvell Blanks reached second on a two-base throwing error by third baseman Darrell Evans and scored on a single by Chris Chambliss. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 3, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Wednesday, May       28, 1980 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Giants       1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  1
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3 13  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              3   1   0   0     3   1   .269      Royster 2b            6   0   1   0     0   0   .220
Strain 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .304      Blanks 3b,ss          5   2   1   0     1   0   .203
Clark rf              5   1   1   2     1   0   .293      Chambliss 1b          6   0   1   1     0   0   .276
Evans 3b              4   0   1   0     1   0   .265      Matthews rf           5   1   2   0     0   1   .284
Ivie 1b               4   0   1   0     1   0   .233      Murphy cf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .273
Whitfield lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .228      Asselstine lf         3   0   1   1     1   1   .259
  Wohlford ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Benedict c            4   0   2   1     0   1   .277
May c                 3   0   1   0     0   2   .255        Bradford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sadek pr,c          2   0   0   0     0   1   .333        Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
LeMaster ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .234        Horner ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .109
Whitson p             1   0   0   0     1   0   .045        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Holland p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gomez ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .180
  McCovey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .188        Lum ph              0   0   0   0     0   0   .136
  Minton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burroughs ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .286
  Herndon ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .246        Ruiz 3b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .333
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Alexander p           2   0   1   0     0   0   .158
                                                            Spikes ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Camp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Nahorodny c         2   0   0   0     0   1   .118

Totals               38   2   5   2     7   6             Totals               44   3  13   3     3   6

Time of Game: 3:38   Attendance:  5,500
Left on Base: Giants 10, Braves 11
DP: Giants 1, Braves 0
Errors: Evans
Doubles: Benedict (5)
Home Runs: Clark (8)
Stolen Bases: Evans (7)
Caught Stealing: Royster (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Strain 2 (5), LeMaster (1), Asselstine (2)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Whitson                 5.2   9   2   2   0   2   0  25   3.50
Holland                 2.1   2   0   0   2   2   0   9   0.79
Minton                  2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.48
Lavelle L(0-5)          1.1   2   1   0   1   2   0   8   2.86
Totals                 11.1  13   3   2   3   6   0  48

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander               7     3   2   2   4   5   1  28   4.05
Camp                    1.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.63
Bradford                1     0   0   0   3   0   0   6   0.87
Garber                  1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   6.00
Hrabosky W(3-1)         1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.41
Totals                 12     5   2   2   7   6   1  48

Wild Pitches: Alexander (2)

Umpires: HP - Steve Fields, 1B - Eric Gregg, 2B - Dave Pallone, 3B - Satch Davidson


GIANTS 1ST: North walked; Strain out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [North to second]; Alexander threw a wild
pitch [North to third]; Clark grounded out (shortstop to first)
[North scored]; Evans popped to first; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Royster popped to shortstop; Blanks flied out to
center; Chambliss flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Ivie flied out to right; Whitfield struck out; May
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Matthews singled to right; Murphy singled to left
[Matthews to second]; Asselstine struck out; Benedict struck
out; Gomez grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 0.

GIANTS 3RD: LeMaster struck out; Whitson walked; North struck
out; Strain forced Whitson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Alexander grounded out (third to first); Royster
singled to left; Royster was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Blanks flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Braves 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Clark homered; Evans walked; Evans stole second;
Ivie popped to first in foul territory; Whitfield grounded out
(second to first) [Evans to third]; May was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Chambliss flied out to center; Matthews grounded out
(shortstop to first); Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

GIANTS 5TH: LeMaster grounded out (third to first); Whitson
flied out to left; North walked; Strain flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Asselstine flied out to left; Benedict flied out to
right; Gomez singled to third; Alexander singled to center
[Gomez to second]; Royster grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Clark popped to third in foul territory; Evans
singled to right; Ivie grounded out (pitcher to first) [Evans to
second]; Whitfield grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Blanks singled to center; Chambliss flied out to
right; Matthews singled to right [Blanks to second]; Murphy
flied out to left; Asselstine singled to left [Blanks scored,
Matthews to second]; Benedict singled to left [Matthews scored,
Asselstine to third]; LUM BATTED FOR GOMEZ; HOLLAND REPLACED
WHITSON (PITCHING); BURROUGHS BATTED FOR LUM; Burroughs was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 2.

GIANTS 7TH: BLANKS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); RUIZ REPLACED
BURROUGHS (PLAYING 3B); May singled to third; SADEK RAN FOR MAY;
LeMaster out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Sadek to
second]; Holland reached on a fielder's choice [Sadek out at
third (pitcher to shortstop)]; North popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 7TH: SADEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SPIKES BATTED FOR
ALEXANDER; Spikes singled to center; Royster lined into a double
play (third to first) [Spikes out at first]; Blanks walked;
Chambliss made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 2, Braves 2.

GIANTS 8TH: CAMP REPLACED SPIKES (PITCHING); Strain grounded out
(shortstop to first); Clark flied out to right; Evans made an
out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 8TH: Matthews was called out on strikes; Murphy flied out
to right; Asselstine walked; Benedict doubled to left
[Asselstine out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 2.

GIANTS 9TH: Ivie singled to left; Whitfield forced Ivie (pitcher
to shortstop); Sadek flied out to left; LeMaster singled to left
[Whitfield to second]; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR HOLLAND; BRADFORD
REPLACED BENEDICT (PITCHING); NAHORODNY REPLACED CAMP (PLAYING C
); McCovey grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 9TH: MINTON REPLACED MCCOVEY (PITCHING); Ruiz grounded
out (third to first); Nahorodny grounded out (pitcher to first);
Royster flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2,
Braves 2.

GIANTS 10TH: North walked; Strain out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [North to second]; Clark was walked intentionally;
Evans flied out to left [North to third, Clark to second]; Ivie
was walked intentionally; GARBER REPLACED BRADFORD (PITCHING);
WOHLFORD BATTED FOR WHITFIELD; Wohlford flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 10TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Blanks flied
out to left; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Matthews
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 2.

GIANTS 11TH: Sadek struck out; LeMaster popped to first in foul
territory; HERNDON BATTED FOR MINTON; Herndon grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 11TH: LAVELLE REPLACED HERNDON (PITCHING); Murphy singled
to shortstop; Asselstine out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Murphy to second]; HORNER BATTED FOR GARBER; Horner was
walked intentionally; Ruiz struck out; Nahorodny struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 2.

GIANTS 12TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED HORNER (PITCHING); North flied
out to center; Strain grounded out (third to first); Clark
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
2, Braves 2.

BRAVES 12TH: Royster flied out to center; Blanks reached on an
error by Evans [Blanks to second]; Chambliss singled to right
[Blanks scored (unearned)]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
2, Braves 3.