Jack Clark hit a three-run homer and accounted for another run with a sacrifice fly to lead the Giants to a 5-4 victory over the Braves. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 5, Atlanta Braves 4
Game Played on Saturday, August    9, 1980 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Giants       3  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   5  5  0
Braves       0  1  1    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   4 14  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   2   1   0     1   1   .244      Hubbard 2b            6   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Pettini ss            2   2   0   0     1   0   .240      Matthews rf           5   1   2   0     1   0   .285
Clark rf              3   1   1   4     0   0   .290      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .288
Evans 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .251      Horner 3b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Ivie 1b               4   0   2   1     0   1   .249      Murphy cf             3   2   2   0     2   1   .288
Herndon lf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .241      Burroughs lf          4   0   2   1     1   0   .253
Stennett 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Nahorodny c           3   0   1   0     1   0   .265
Littlejohn c          2   0   0   0     1   0   .250        Benedict pr,c       1   1   1   1     0   0   .262
  Sadek ph,c          1   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Ramirez ss            5   0   4   2     0   0   .364
Knepper p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .172      Boggs p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .135
  Holland p           1   0   0   0     1   1   .000        Spikes ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .323
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hanna p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Minton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Royster ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .232
                                                            Bradford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pocoroba ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .263

Totals               30   5   5   5     5   4             Totals               39   4  14   4     6   4

Time of Game: 2:59   Attendance: 17,906
Left on Base: Giants 5, Braves 16
DP: Giants 1, Braves 0
Errors: Hubbard, Horner
Home Runs: Clark (21), Benedict (2)
Stolen Bases: Herndon (6), Pettini (1), North (36)
Caught Stealing: North (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Pettini (6), Boggs (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Clark (8)
GIDP: Horner (12)
Hit by Pitch: Chambliss (4,by Knepper)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knepper                 4.1   7   3   3   4   0   0  24   4.05
Holland W(4-2)          4     7   1   1   1   4   1  20   1.09
Lavelle                 0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   3.13
Minton SV(11)           0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.88
Totals                  9    14   4   4   6   4   1  47

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Boggs L(5-8)            5     3   5   4   3   1   1  22   3.87
Hanna                   2     0   0   0   1   3   0   7   3.93
Bradford                2     2   0   0   1   0   0   8   3.18
Totals                  9     5   5   4   5   4   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Knepper (7)

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


GIANTS 1ST: North walked; Pettini reached on an error by Horner
[North to third (error by Hubbard), Pettini to first]; Clark
homered [North scored, Pettini scored (unearned)]; Evans
grounded out (second to first); Ivie grounded out (shortstop to
first); Herndon walked; Herndon stole second; Stennett flied out
to right; 3 R (2 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Hubbard grounded out (third to first); Matthews
singled to left; Chambliss was hit by a pitch [Matthews to
second]; Horner grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Chambliss out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
3, Braves 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Littlejohn grounded out (shortstop to first);
Knepper grounded out (first unassisted); North struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Murphy walked; Burroughs flied out to center;
Nahorodny singled to left [Murphy to second]; Ramirez singled to
left [Murphy scored, Nahorodny to second]; Boggs out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Nahorodny to third, Ramirez to
second]; Hubbard grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Pettini walked; Pettini stole second; Clark made an
out to first; Evans grounded out (second to first) [Pettini to
third]; Ivie singled to right [Pettini scored]; Herndon forced
Ivie (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4,
Braves 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Matthews singled to center; Chambliss flied out to
center; Horner flied out to right; Murphy singled to shortstop
[Matthews to third]; Burroughs singled to left [Matthews scored,
Murphy to second]; Nahorodny flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Stennett grounded out (second to first); Littlejohn
grounded out (shortstop to first); Knepper grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Ramirez singled to left; Boggs forced Ramirez
(pitcher to shortstop); Hubbard flied out to center; Matthews
walked [Boggs to second]; Chambliss popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 2.

GIANTS 5TH: North singled to center; North stole second; Pettini
out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [North to third];
Clark hit a sacrifice fly to right [North scored]; Evans
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5,
Braves 2.

BRAVES 5TH: Horner popped to first in foul territory; Murphy
walked; Burroughs walked [Murphy to second]; HOLLAND REPLACED
KNEPPER (PITCHING); Nahorodny flied out to center [Murphy to
third]; Ramirez singled to left [Murphy scored, Burroughs to
second]; SPIKES BATTED FOR BOGGS; Spikes struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 3.

GIANTS 6TH: HANNA REPLACED SPIKES (PITCHING); Ivie was called
out on strikes; Herndon struck out; Stennett flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 3.

BRAVES 6TH: Hubbard flied out to right; Matthews grounded out
(pitcher to first); Chambliss singled to left; Horner made an
out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Littlejohn walked; Holland struck out; North
grounded out (second to first) [Littlejohn to second]; Pettini
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 3.

BRAVES 7TH: Murphy singled to center; Burroughs singled to left
[Murphy to second]; Nahorodny walked [Murphy to third, Burroughs
to second]; BENEDICT RAN FOR NAHORODNY; Ramirez made an out to
second; ROYSTER BATTED FOR HANNA; Royster struck out; Hubbard
forced Benedict (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants
5, Braves 3.

GIANTS 8TH: BRADFORD REPLACED ROYSTER (PITCHING); BENEDICT
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Clark flied out to center; Evans
singled to center; Ivie singled to center [Evans to second];
Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first) [Evans to third, Ivie
to second]; Stennett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 3.

BRAVES 8TH: Matthews flied out to right; Chambliss was called
out on strikes; Horner singled to right; Murphy struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 3.

GIANTS 9TH: SADEK BATTED FOR LITTLEJOHN; Sadek popped to first
in foul territory; Holland walked; North forced Holland
(shortstop to second); North was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 3.

BRAVES 9TH: SADEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Burroughs
grounded out (shortstop to first); Benedict homered; Ramirez
singled to left; POCOROBA BATTED FOR BRADFORD; LAVELLE REPLACED
HOLLAND (PITCHING); Pocoroba walked [Ramirez to second]; MINTON
REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING); Hubbard flied out to left; Matthews
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5,
Braves 4.