| 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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