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Friday September 26, 1980
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Chris Chambliss drove in three runs with a grounder, double and homer to lead the Braves to a 5-3 victory over the Giants. Chambliss' homer in the eighth inning clinched the decision after the Giants pulled within one run at 4-3. [The Sporting News]


Atlanta Braves 5, San Francisco Giants 3

Game Played on Friday, September 26, 1980 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Giants       0  0  0    1  1  0    1  0  0  -   3  8  0
Braves       2  0  2    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   5  8  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Venable cf,lf         5   1   2   0     0   1   .279      Harper lf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .185
Whitfield lf          3   0   1   1     0   1   .297      Ramirez ss            4   1   1   0     0   2   .259
  Rowland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Matthews rf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .282
Clark rf              2   0   0   1     1   0   .284      Horner 3b             3   1   1   1     0   0   .274
Evans 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .260      Chambliss 1b          4   2   2   3     0   0   .278
May c                 4   0   1   1     0   1   .259      Murphy cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .279
Murray 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .228      Hubbard 2b            1   0   0   1     2   0   .254
Sularz 2b             2   0   1   0     1   0   .217      Benedict c            3   0   2   0     1   0   .257
  Wohlford ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .284      Boggs p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .148
  LeMaster ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .215        Camp p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Pettini ss,2b         3   0   1   0     0   0   .246
  Strain ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .288
Blue p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .075
  North ph,cf         2   1   1   0     0   0   .252

Totals               33   3   8   3     2   4             Totals               29   5   8   5     5   4

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance:  6,578
Left on Base: Giants 7, Braves 8
DP: Giants 0, Braves 1
Errors: Matthews, Hubbard
Doubles: Whitfield (15), Evans (21), Horner (14), Chambliss (36)
Home Runs: Chambliss (17)
Stolen Bases: Venable (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Boggs (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Clark (10), Whitfield (2), Horner (4), Hubbard (5)
GIDP: Murray (8)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(14-10)           6     6   4   4   4   3   0  28   2.99
Rowland                 2     2   1   1   1   1   1   9   2.28
Totals                  8     8   5   5   5   4   1  37

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Boggs W(11-9)           7     8   3   3   2   3   0  31   3.50
Camp SV(21)             2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   1.88
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   4   0  37

Wild Pitches: Boggs (4)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Steve Fields


GIANTS 1ST: Venable flied out to right; Whitfield doubled to
left; Clark walked; Evans flied out to right; May flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Harper singled to center; Ramirez singled to center
[Harper to second]; Matthews walked [Harper to third, Ramirez to
second]; Horner hit a sacrifice fly to center [Harper scored,
Ramirez to third]; Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted)
[Ramirez scored, Matthews to second]; Murphy was walked
intentionally; Hubbard walked [Matthews to third, Murphy to
second]; Benedict flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 2.

GIANTS 2ND: Murray grounded out (third to first); Sularz reached
on an error by Matthews [Sularz to first]; Pettini forced Sularz
(pitcher to second) [Pettini to second (error by Hubbard)]; Blue
made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 2ND: Boggs struck out; Harper flied out to left; Ramirez
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Venable was called out on strikes; Whitfield
grounded out (second to first); Clark flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 2.

BRAVES 3RD: Matthews struck out; Horner doubled to left;
Chambliss doubled to left [Horner scored]; Murphy singled to
left [Chambliss to third]; Hubbard hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Chambliss scored, Murphy to second]; Benedict was walked
intentionally; Boggs lined to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 4.

GIANTS 4TH: Evans doubled to left; May singled to center [Evans
scored]; Murray grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [May out at second]; Sularz singled to right; Pettini
singled to shortstop [Sularz to second]; Blue grounded out
(pitcher unassisted); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 4.

BRAVES 4TH: Harper flied out to center; Ramirez grounded out
(pitcher to first); Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 1, Braves 4.

GIANTS 5TH: Venable singled to center; Venable stole second;
Boggs threw a wild pitch [Venable to third]; Whitfield struck
out; Clark hit a sacrifice fly to right [Venable scored]; Evans
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 4.

BRAVES 5TH: Horner flied out to left; Chambliss flied out to
right; Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 4.

GIANTS 6TH: May struck out; Murray flied out to right; Sularz
walked; Pettini made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 2, Braves 4.

BRAVES 6TH: Hubbard grounded out (shortstop to first); Benedict
singled to right; Boggs out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Benedict to second]; Harper flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 4.

GIANTS 7TH: NORTH BATTED FOR BLUE; North singled to left;
Venable singled to right [North to third]; Whitfield hit a
sacrifice fly to center [North scored]; Clark forced Venable
(second to shortstop); Evans flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 4.

BRAVES 7TH: NORTH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); VENABLE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); ROWLAND REPLACED WHITFIELD (PITCHING);
Ramirez struck out; Matthews grounded out (third to first);
Horner grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 3, Braves 4.

GIANTS 8TH: CAMP REPLACED BOGGS (PITCHING); May grounded out
(pitcher to first); Murray struck out; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR
SULARZ; Wohlford popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 4.

BRAVES 8TH: LEMASTER REPLACED WOHLFORD (PLAYING SS); PETTINI
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Chambliss homered; Murphy
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hubbard walked; Benedict
singled to left [Hubbard to third]; Camp made an out to first;
Harper grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 3, Braves 5.

GIANTS 9TH: STRAIN BATTED FOR PETTINI; Strain grounded out
(third to first); North grounded out (third to first); Venable
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
3, Braves 5.



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