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Saturday April 18, 1981
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Spacing four hits, Tom Griffin hurled the Giants to a 4-1 triumph over the Braves as Joe Morgan led the Frisco attack with three RBIs. The Giants scored three runs in the third inning on an RBI single by Enos Cabell and two run round-tripper by Morgan. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 4, Atlanta Braves 1

Game Played on Saturday, April 18, 1981 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Giants       0  0  3    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  9  1
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  4  2


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              4   2   2   0     1   0   .154      Harper rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .200
Cabell 1b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .313      Linares lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .107
Morgan 2b             3   1   1   3     1   0   .259      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .320
Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .160      Horner 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .200
Herndon lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .400      Murphy cf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .226
May c                 4   0   3   0     0   0   .417      Hubbard 2b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .179
Davis rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .100      Ramirez ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .231
LeMaster ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .185      Benedict c            1   0   0   0     1   1   .174
Griffin p             4   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Pocoroba ph,c       1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                          Montefusco p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hanna p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Washington ph       1   0   1   0     0   0   .320
                                                            Miller pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Camp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   4     3   2             Totals               30   1   4   1     2   9

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 14,260
Left on Base: Giants 8, Braves 4
DP: Giants 1, Braves 1
Errors: Griffin, Harper, Montefusco
Doubles: May (3), North (2)
Triples: Hubbard (1), Washington (1)
Home Runs: Morgan (1)
Stolen Bases: Davis (2), North 3 (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Cabell (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Morgan (1)
GIDP: Davis (1), Harper (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin W(1-0)          9     4   1   1   2   9   0  32   4.38
Totals                  9     4   1   1   2   9   0  32

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco L(0-1)       5     7   3   3   1   0   1  24   2.38
Garber                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.40
Hanna                   2     1   1   1   2   1   0   8   4.91
Camp                    1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   6.00
Totals                  9     9   4   4   3   2   1  39

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Fred Brocklander, 3B - Charlie Williams


GIANTS 1ST: North grounded out (second to first); Cabell flied
out to left; Morgan walked; Evans lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Harper struck out; Linares struck out; Chambliss
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Herndon flied out to left; May grounded out (second
to first); Davis singled to second; Davis stole second; LeMaster
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants
0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Horner was called out on strikes; Murphy singled to
pitcher [Murphy to second (error by Griffin)]; Hubbard grounded
out (shortstop to first) [Murphy to third]; Ramirez lined to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Griffin made an out to third; North singled to
first; North stole second; North stole third; Cabell singled to
left [North scored]; Morgan homered [Cabell scored]; Evans flied
out to left; Herndon made an out to first; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Benedict walked; Montefusco struck out; Harper
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Benedict out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3,
Braves 0.

GIANTS 4TH: May singled to right [May to second (error by
Harper)]; Davis flied out to left; LeMaster grounded out
(shortstop to first); Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Linares grounded out (third to first); Chambliss
flied out to left; Horner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 3, Braves 0.

GIANTS 5TH: North grounded out (first to pitcher); Cabell
reached on an error by Montefusco [Cabell to first]; Morgan
flied out to left; Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Murphy struck out; Hubbard tripled to right; Ramirez
struck out; Benedict was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Herndon singled to center; May doubled to left
[Herndon to third]; GARBER REPLACED MONTEFUSCO (PITCHING); Davis
grounded out (first unassisted); LeMaster grounded out (third to
first); Griffin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: LUM BATTED FOR GARBER; Lum grounded out (third to
first); Harper singled to second; Linares popped to catcher in
foul territory; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 3, Braves 0.

GIANTS 7TH: HANNA REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); North walked; North
stole second; Cabell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[North to third]; Morgan hit a sacrifice fly to center [North
scored]; Evans walked; Herndon forced Evans (second to
shortstop); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Horner grounded out (pitcher to first); Murphy
walked; Hubbard struck out; Ramirez lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 0.

GIANTS 8TH: May singled to center; Davis grounded into a double
play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [May out at second];
LeMaster struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 8TH: POCOROBA BATTED FOR BENEDICT; Pocoroba flied out to
right; WASHINGTON BATTED FOR HANNA; Washington tripled to
center; MILLER RAN FOR WASHINGTON; Harper grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Miller scored]; Linares lined to
shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 1.

GIANTS 9TH: CAMP REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); POCOROBA STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); Griffin struck out; North doubled to center;
Cabell grounded out (second to first) [North to third]; Morgan
made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 1.

BRAVES 9TH: Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); Horner
flied out to left; Murphy popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Braves 1.



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