The Braves smashed five homers to back up the pitching of Larry McWilliams, who allowed only three hits and shut out the Padres, 9-0. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 9, San Diego Padres 0
Game Played on Friday, July      4, 1980 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0
Braves       2  3  1    0  1  1    1  0  x  -   9 11  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Smith ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Hubbard 2b            5   0   0   0     0   2   .302
  Flannery 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .351      Murphy cf             4   2   2   4     0   0   .305
Cash 2b               2   0   1   0     0   0   .228      Chambliss 1b          3   2   2   0     1   0   .308
  Bevacqua ph,3b      2   0   0   0     0   0   .298        Lum 1b              0   0   0   0     0   0   .147
Dade lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .209      Matthews rf           4   2   2   3     0   2   .277
Winfield rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .300        Asselstine rf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Tenace 1b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .216      Horner 3b             4   1   3   1     0   0   .226
  Kinney p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Royster 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .225
Rodriguez 3b,ss       3   0   0   0     0   1   .197      Burroughs lf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .272
Mumphrey cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Nahorodny c           4   1   2   1     0   0   .270
Kendall c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Gomez ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Rasmussen p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125      McWilliams p          3   1   0   0     1   1   .250
  Blair p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .200
  Montanez 1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .267

Totals               30   0   3   0     1   4             Totals               35   9  11   9     2   6

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 46,071
Left on Base: Padres 4, Braves 4
DP: Padres 0, Braves 1
Errors: Hubbard
Doubles: Nahorodny (7)
Home Runs: Matthews 2 (8), Murphy 2 (16), Horner (9)
GIDP: Dade (2)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rasmussen L(1-8)        1.2   5   5   5   2   1   2  12   5.35
Blair                   4.1   6   4   4   0   4   3  19   6.43
Kinney                  2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.18
Totals                  8    11   9   9   2   6   5  37

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McWilliams W(5-5)       9     3   0   0   1   4   0  31   4.18
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   4   0  31

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Dave Pallone, 3B - Dutch Rennert


PADRES 1ST: Smith flied out to center; Cash singled to center;
Dade grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Cash out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Hubbard grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy
lined to left; Chambliss singled to right; Matthews homered
[Chambliss scored]; Horner singled to center; Burroughs forced
Horner (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Braves 2.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield flied out to center; Tenace struck out;
Rodriguez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 2ND: Nahorodny doubled to center; Gomez grounded out
(second to first) [Nahorodny to third]; McWilliams walked;
Hubbard struck out; Murphy homered [Nahorodny scored, McWilliams
scored]; Chambliss walked; BLAIR REPLACED RASMUSSEN (PITCHING);
Matthews struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 5.

PADRES 3RD: Mumphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Kendall
grounded out (shortstop to first); Blair singled to right; Smith
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 5.

BRAVES 3RD: Horner homered; Burroughs struck out; Nahorodny
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gomez popped to shortstop; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 6.

PADRES 4TH: Cash popped to third in foul territory; Dade
grounded out (third to first); Winfield singled to right; Tenace
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0,
Braves 6.

BRAVES 4TH: McWilliams grounded out (third to first); Hubbard
popped to second; Murphy flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 6.

PADRES 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Mumphrey
grounded out (third to first); Kendall lined to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 6.

BRAVES 5TH: Chambliss singled to right; Matthews struck out;
Horner singled to left [Chambliss to second]; Burroughs forced
Horner (third to second) [Chambliss to third, Burroughs to
first]; Nahorodny singled to left [Chambliss scored, Burroughs
to second]; Gomez forced Nahorodny (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 7.

PADRES 6TH: Blair was called out on strikes; Smith grounded out
(third to first); BEVACQUA BATTED FOR CASH; Bevacqua flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 7.

BRAVES 6TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); RODRIGUEZ
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); FLANNERY REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING
2B); McWilliams struck out; Hubbard flied out to right; Murphy
homered; Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 8.

PADRES 7TH: LUM REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PLAYING 1B); Dade walked;
Winfield flied out to left; Tenace struck out; Rodriguez flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 8.

BRAVES 7TH: Matthews homered; KINNEY REPLACED TENACE (PITCHING);
MONTANEZ REPLACED BLAIR (PLAYING 1B); Horner flied out to right;
Burroughs flied out to center; Nahorodny grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 9.

PADRES 8TH: ASSELSTINE REPLACED MATTHEWS (PLAYING RF); ROYSTER
REPLACED HORNER (PLAYING 3B); Mumphrey flied out to center;
Kendall flied out to center; Montanez flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Braves 9.

BRAVES 8TH: Gomez flied out to right; McWilliams grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hubbard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 0, Braves 9.

PADRES 9TH: Flannery reached on an error by Hubbard [Flannery to
first]; Bevacqua grounded out (third to first) [Flannery to
second]; Dade grounded out (shortstop to first); Winfield
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
0, Braves 9.