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Message #: 13796
JUNE 21 Dave Kingman jacked one out of the ballyard and Phil Niekro went 6 strong innings as the Atlanta Braves won at Fulton Co. Stadium in dramatic fashion over the Los Angeles Dodgers, the final score, 3 to 2. Atlanta scored the deciding run in the bottom of the 9th inning. After two outs Kingman cracked a solo homerun (his 23rd of the season) making Atlanta the victors to the delight of the home town faithful. Los Angeles had 8 hits in the game while Atlanta had 5, but Atlanta had the more timely hits. Preston Hanna(1-1) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 1 inning. Bob Welch(2-3) absorbed the loss in relief. He pitched 1 and 1/3 innings giving up 2 hits and no walks. Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG D.Lopes 2B 4 0 1 0 .259 P.Rose 2B 2 0 0 0 .295 T.Puhl RF 3 1 2 1 .300 J.Royster SS 4 0 2 1 .280 S.Garvey 1B 4 0 0 0 .253 R.Torres CF 4 0 0 0 .203 C.Lemon CF 4 0 2 0 .375 G.Matthews RF 3 0 0 0 .291 D.Baker LF 4 0 1 0 .262 B.Horner 3B 4 0 0 0 .270 M.Mendoza SS 4 0 1 0 .215 D.Kingman LF 4 2 2 1 .288 R.Cey 3B 4 0 1 0 .295 D.Murphy 1B 2 0 0 0 .316 B.Bochy C 2 0 0 0 .182 C-E.Miller PR 0 0 0 0 .400 B-B.Fahey PH,C 1 0 0 0 .260 E-J.Burroughs 1B 0 0 0 0 .287 R.Sutcliffe P 3 1 0 0 .176 J.Ferguson C 3 1 0 0 .240 R.Niemann P 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Niekro P 1 0 0 0 .154 B.Welch P 0 0 0 0 .286 A-B.Bonnell PH 1 0 0 0 .299 C.Hough P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-R.Office PH 1 0 1 0 .277 P.Hanna P 0 0 0 0 ---- -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 2 8 1 Totals 29 3 5 2 A-Pinch Hit For Niekro In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Bochy In 7th Inning C-Pinch Ran For Murphy In 8th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Hough In 8th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Miller In 9th Inning Dodgers......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 2 8 1 Braves.......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 5 3 Dodgers (46-32) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Sutcliffe 7 1/3 2 2 2 3 5 0 96 2.94 A1 C8 R.Niemann 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 1.72 C9 D1 B.Welch LOSS(2-3) BS(4th) 1 1/3 2 1 1 0 1 1 14 3.35 D2 Totals 8 2/3 5 3 3 4 6 1 Braves (34-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET P.Niekro 6 3 1 0 0 3 0 75 4.02 A1 C3 C.Hough 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 26 3.68 C4 D3 P.Hanna WIN(1-1) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 4.91 D4 Totals 9 8 2 0 0 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 43,617 DATE- Thursday, June 21st 1979 TIME- Night T- 2:21 LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 5 Braves: 4 DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 1 Braves: 0 ERRORS- B.Bochy, P.Rose, D.Kingman, J.Ferguson DOUBLES- D.Baker(14th), R.Office(8th) HOME RUNS- D.Kingman(23rd) STOLEN BASES- J.Royster(16th) CAUGHT STEALING- T.Puhl, C.Lemon SACRIFICE HITS- T.Puhl WALKS- P.Rose-2, G.Matthews, D.Murphy STRIKE OUTS- S.Garvey, D.Baker, M.Mendoza, B.Bochy, P.Rose, R.Torres-3, D.Murphy, P.Niekro GIDP- B.Horner BALKS- R.Sutcliffe WILD PITCHES- R.Sutcliffe-3 PASSED BALLS- J.Ferguson ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? JUNE 22 Joe Niekro completed the game without help from the bullpen as the Atlanta Braves outscored the Los Angeles Dodgers 9 to 2. Niekro(7-9) had a strong outing. He surrendered only 5 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings. Atlanta managed 11 in their victory. Don Sutton(6-9) ended up with the loss. He allowed 7 hits and 4 walks in 4 innings. Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG R.Landestoy SS 3 0 0 0 .281 P.Rose 2B 5 1 1 0 .294 D.Lopes 2B 4 1 3 2 .265 J.Royster SS 3 2 1 0 .280 D.Baker LF 3 0 0 0 .259 R.Torres CF 3 1 0 0 .194 S.Garvey 1B 4 0 0 0 .250 G.Matthews RF 4 2 3 2 .296 T.Puhl RF,CF 4 0 0 0 .296 B.Horner 3B 5 2 3 1 .276 R.Cey 3B 2 0 0 0 .293 D.Kingman LF 4 1 2 3 .291 B-B.Fahey PH 1 0 0 0 .258 D.Murphy 1B 4 0 0 1 .310 C-P.Guerrero 3B 1 0 1 0 .241 J.Ferguson C 2 0 1 1 .242 C.Lemon CF 2 0 0 0 .372 J.Niekro P 2 0 0 0 .103 D-R.Sutcliffe PH 1 0 0 0 .173 E-B.Clark RF 1 0 0 0 .276 B.Bochy C 3 1 1 0 .188 D.Sutton P 1 0 0 0 .091 A-M.Hatcher PH 1 0 0 0 .367 D.Murray P 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Patterson P 0 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 2 5 2 Totals 32 9 11 8 A-Pinch Hit For Sutton In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Cey In 6th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Fahey In 6th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Lemon In 7th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Sutcliffe In 7th Inning Dodgers......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 5 0 Braves.......... 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 - 9 11 2 Dodgers (46-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Sutton LOSS(6-9) 4 7 8 8 4 2 1 90 3.84 A1 C5 D.Murray 3 3 1 1 4 1 0 62 5.32 C6 E3 D.Patterson 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 14 2.78 E4 Totals 8 11 9 9 8 4 1 Braves (35-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Niekro WIN(7-9) 9 5 2 2 2 4 1 123 4.25 A1 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 4 1 ATTENDANCE- 37,291 DATE- Friday, June 22nd 1979 TIME- Night T- 2:57 LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 6 Braves: 9 DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 1 Braves: 2 ERRORS- J.Royster, D.Murphy DOUBLES- B.Bochy(2nd) TRIPLES- D.Kingman(5th) HOME RUNS- D.Lopes(18th), D.Kingman(24th) STOLEN BASES- D.Lopes(24th) SACRIFICE HITS- J.Niekro-2 WALKS- R.Landestoy, D.Baker, J.Royster-2, R.Torres-2, G.Matthews, D.Kingman, J.Ferguson-2 HIT BY PITCH- B.Bochy STRIKE OUTS- R.Landestoy, D.Lopes, D.Baker, C.Lemon, R.Torres, D.Kingman-2, J.Niekro GIDP- B.Fahey, C.Lemon, B.Horner @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ JUNE 23 Right fielder Gary Matthews lofted one into the 'cheap seats' and had 2 RBI as the Atlanta Braves beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in 10 innings by a score of 5 to 4. The score was knotted at 3 after nine innings. Finally, Atlanta pulled the game out in the 10th inning. Pete Rose led off and he doubled. Jerry Royster next to the plate and he stroked a base-hit. Royster stole second with some aggressive base running. Rusty Torres was up next and he hit a deep fly knocking in a run. Matthews came to the plate and delivered a single giving Atlanta the victory as 39,714 happy fans celebrated wildly. Atlanta managed 8 in their victory. The winning pitcher was Doyle Alexander(2-1) who allowed 1 run in 1 inning. Bob Welch(2-4) was the loser in relief. With this win, Atlanta has a 36-44 record. They have been 6-4 lately. With the loss Los Angeles now has a record of 46-34. Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG R.Landestoy SS 5 0 1 0 .279 P.Rose 2B 5 1 1 0 .292 F-M.Mendoza SS 0 0 0 0 .215 J.Royster SS 3 2 2 0 .284 D.Lopes 2B 3 0 1 1 .266 R.Torres CF 2 0 1 1 .203 D.Baker LF 5 0 1 0 .258 G.Matthews RF 5 1 2 2 .298 S.Garvey 1B 5 1 1 1 .249 B.Horner 3B 4 1 2 2 .279 T.Puhl RF 4 1 0 0 .293 D.Kingman LF 3 0 0 0 .288 R.Cey 3B 3 1 0 0 .290 E-E.Miller PR,LF 0 0 0 0 .400 C.Lemon CF 4 0 1 0 .371 D.Murphy 1B 4 0 0 0 .304 B.Bochy C 2 0 0 0 .183 J.Ferguson C 3 0 0 0 .239 B-B.Fahey PH,C 1 1 1 0 .264 R.Wise P 3 0 0 0 .045 G-B.Martinez C 0 0 0 0 .316 C.Hough P 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Hooton P 1 0 0 0 .125 B.McLaughlin P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-P.Guerrero PH 1 0 0 0 .233 D-B.Bonnell PH 1 0 0 0 .295 T.Griffin P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Alexander P 0 0 0 0 .000 C-M.Hatcher PH 1 0 1 2 .387 B.Welch P 1 0 0 0 .250 -- -- ----- -- -- -- --- Totals 36 4 7 4 Totals 33 5 8 5 A-Pinch Hit For Hooton In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Bochy In 9th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Griffin In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For McLaughlin In 9th Inning E-Pinch Ran For Kingman In 9th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Landestoy In 10th Inning G-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Fahey In 10th Inning Dodgers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 4 7 0 Braves.......... 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 - 5 8 1 Dodgers (46-34) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET B.Hooton 7 4 3 3 4 5 2 95 2.45 A1 C9 T.Griffin 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 3.05 D1 D4 B.Welch LOSS(2-4) 1 1/3 3 2 2 2 1 0 39 3.65 D5 Totals 9 1/3 8 5 5 6 7 2 Braves (36-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET R.Wise 7 1/3 3 0 0 4 2 0 116 5.19 A1 D2 C.Hough HOLD(2nd) 1 0 3 3 3 1 0 23 4.30 D3 D8 B.McLaughlin BS(3rd) 0 2/3 2 0 0 0 1 0 14 4.50 D9 E3 D.Alexander WIN(2-1) 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 22 4.95 E4 Totals 10 7 4 4 7 5 1 ATTENDANCE- 39,714 DATE- Saturday, June 23rd 1979 TIME- Night T- 3:24 LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers:11 Braves: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 1 Braves: 0 ERRORS- J.Ferguson DOUBLES- C.Lemon(22nd), P.Rose(16th), R.Torres(4th) HOME RUNS- S.Garvey(10th), G.Matthews(24th), B.Horner(13th) STOLEN BASES- D.Lopes(25th), D.Baker(7th), J.Royster(17th) CAUGHT STEALING- J.Royster SACRIFICE HITS- B.Hooton SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Torres WALKS- D.Lopes-2, T.Puhl, R.Cey-2, B.Bochy, B.Fahey, J.Royster-2, R.Torres-2, D.Kingman, J.Ferguson HIT BY PITCH- C.Lemon STRIKE OUTS- R.Landestoy, R.Cey-2, C.Lemon, P.Guerrero, G.Matthews, B.Horner-2, D.Kingman, D.Murphy, R.Wise-2 GIDP- R.Torres ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( JUNE 24 At Fulton Co. Stadium the Atlanta Braves scored 5 runs in the 1st inning and easily handled the Los Angeles Dodgers by the score of 8 to 4. Nino Espinosa(8-11) pitched a fine game. He was reached for 6 hits and 4 walks in 8 innings. Atlanta out-hit Los Angeles for the game, 12 hits to 8. Jerry Reuss(6-3) was tagged with the loss. He was knocked around, surrendering 7 runs in 6 and 1/3 innings. Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG D.Lopes 2B 3 2 0 0 .263 P.Rose 2B 5 2 3 1 .297 T.Puhl RF 5 1 2 1 .294 J.Royster SS 5 1 1 1 .283 S.Garvey 1B 4 1 1 1 .249 D.Kingman LF 5 0 1 1 .286 C.Lemon CF 3 0 1 0 .370 D.Murphy 1B 4 1 2 0 .308 D.Baker LF 4 0 2 1 .262 G.Matthews CF 4 2 2 2 .300 M.Mendoza SS 4 0 1 1 .216 J.Ferguson C 3 1 0 0 .235 R.Cey 3B 3 0 0 0 .287 B.Horner 3B 4 0 2 0 .283 B.Fahey C 4 0 1 0 .263 J.Burroughs RF 2 1 1 2 .290 J.Reuss P 3 0 0 0 .103 N.Espinosa P 3 0 0 0 .156 T.Griffin P 0 0 0 0 .000 A-R.Torres PH 1 0 0 0 .200 B-R.Landestoy PH 1 0 0 0 .277 D.Alexander P 0 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 36 8 12 7 A-Pinch Hit For Espinosa In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Griffin In 9th Inning Dodgers......... 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 8 2 Braves.......... 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 - 8 12 1 Dodgers (46-35) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET J.Reuss LOSS(6-3) 6 1/3 11 7 6 1 1 0 120 3.04 A1 D5 T.Griffin 1 2/3 1 1 1 1 3 0 23 3.15 D6 Totals 8 12 8 7 2 4 0 Braves (37-44) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET N.Espinosa WIN(8-11) 8 6 4 2 4 4 0 143 4.86 A1 D7 D.Alexander 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 18 4.82 D8 Totals 9 8 4 2 4 5 0 ATTENDANCE- 40,790 DATE- Sunday, June 24th 1979 TIME- Day T- 2:36 LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 8 Braves: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0 Braves: 1 ERRORS- M.Mendoza-2, P.Rose DOUBLES- B.Fahey(4th), P.Rose-2(18th), G.Matthews(21st), J.Burroughs(7th) STOLEN BASES- D.Lopes-3(28th) SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Garvey, J.Burroughs WALKS- D.Lopes-2, C.Lemon, R.Cey, J.Ferguson, J.Burroughs STRIKE OUTS- D.Lopes, S.Garvey-2, C.Lemon, B.Fahey, J.Royster, D.Kingman, J.Ferguson, N.Espinosa GIDP- J.Reuss WILD PITCHES- J.Reuss |
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