Doyle Alexander, with three-inning relief help from Greg Minton, notched his 11th victory by pitching the Giants to a 6-2 triumph over the Braves. Larry Herndon had two hits and drove in three runs. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 6, Atlanta Braves 2
Game Played on Thursday, October   1, 1981 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Giants       2  0  3    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   6  9  0
Braves       0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  8  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Morgan 2b             3   1   1   0     2   1   .240      Butler rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .252
Cabell 1b             3   1   1   0     2   1   .256      Linares lf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Clark rf              3   1   0   1     2   1   .268      Horner 3b             4   1   3   1     0   1   .274
Evans 3b              5   1   2   1     0   0   .258      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .270
Herndon lf            4   1   2   3     0   0   .289      Murphy cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .249
Martin cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .247      Hubbard 2b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .238
May c                 4   1   2   1     0   1   .311      Sinatro c             3   1   1   0     1   1   .292
LeMaster ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Runge ss              4   0   2   0     0   0   .278
Alexander p           3   0   0   0     0   0   .176      Niekro p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .077
  Minton p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Walk p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Asselstine ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .259
                                                            Bedrosian p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Whisenton ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Alvarez p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pocoroba ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               34   6   9   6     6   5             Totals               35   2   8   2     1   5

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance:  2,160
Left on Base: Giants 7, Braves 7
DP: Giants 0, Braves 1
Doubles: May (17), Sinatro (1), Chambliss (25)
Home Runs: Horner (13)
Stolen Bases: Butler (6)
Caught Stealing: Morgan (5)
GIDP: Martin (9)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander W(11-7)       6     6   1   1   0   5   1  24   2.89
Minton SV(20)           3     2   1   1   1   0   0  12   2.92
Totals                  9     8   2   2   1   5   1  36

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(7-7)           2.2   7   5   5   2   3   0  16   3.10
Walk                    2.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   8   4.57
Bedrosian               2     1   1   1   3   0   0  10   4.44
Alvarez                 2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   0.00
Totals                  9     9   6   6   6   5   0  40

Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Nick Colosi


GIANTS 1ST: Morgan walked; Cabell singled to center [Morgan to
third]; Clark struck out; Evans singled to right [Morgan scored,
Cabell to third]; Herndon grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Cabell scored, Evans to second]; Martin popped to shortstop; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Butler popped to shortstop; Linares flied out to
left; Horner singled to center; Chambliss grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

GIANTS 2ND: May struck out; LeMaster grounded out (third to
first); Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); Hubbard
struck out; Sinatro doubled to left; Runge singled to shortstop
[Sinatro to third]; Niekro flied to right in foul territory; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Morgan singled to right; Morgan was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Cabell was called out on strikes;
Clark walked; Evans singled to right [Clark to third, Evans to
second (on throw to 3b)]; Herndon singled to right [Clark
scored, Evans scored]; Martin singled to shortstop [Herndon to
second]; May singled to center [Herndon scored, Martin to
second]; WALK REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); LeMaster popped to
shortstop; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Butler struck out; Linares grounded out (third to
first); Horner homered; Chambliss struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Alexander flied out to center; Morgan flied out to
right; Cabell walked; Clark grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Murphy flied out to right; Hubbard flied out to
right; Sinatro struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5,
Braves 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Evans flied out to center; Herndon singled to right;
Martin grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Herndon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 5,
Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Runge grounded out (shortstop to first); ASSELSTINE
BATTED FOR WALK; Asselstine grounded out (shortstop to first);
Butler singled to center; Butler stole second; Linares flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 5, Braves 1.

GIANTS 6TH: BEDROSIAN REPLACED ASSELSTINE (PITCHING); May
doubled to center; LeMaster lined to shortstop; Alexander popped
to third; Morgan walked; Cabell walked [May to third, Morgan to
second]; Clark walked [May scored, Morgan to third, Cabell to
second]; Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Giants 6, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: Horner struck out; Chambliss doubled to right;
Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); Hubbard lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 6, Braves 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Herndon flied out to right; Martin grounded out
(third to first); May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 6, Braves 1.

BRAVES 7TH: MINTON REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Sinatro
walked; Runge singled to right [Sinatro to second]; WHISENTON
BATTED FOR BEDROSIAN; Whisenton grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Sinatro to third, Runge to second]; Butler grounded out (second
to first) [Sinatro scored, Runge to third]; Linares grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 6, Braves 2.

GIANTS 8TH: ALVAREZ REPLACED WHISENTON (PITCHING); LeMaster
grounded out (third to first); Debut game for Jose
Alvarez; Minton batted right handed; Minton was called out
on strikes; Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6,
Braves 2.

BRAVES 8TH: Horner singled to center; Chambliss flied out to
left; Murphy forced Horner (shortstop to second); Hubbard
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 6,
Braves 2.

GIANTS 9TH: Cabell grounded out (second to first); Clark
grounded out (third to first); Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 6, Braves 2.

BRAVES 9TH: Sinatro grounded out (third to first); Runge
grounded out (pitcher to first); POCOROBA BATTED FOR ALVAREZ;
Pocoroba grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 6, Braves 2.