Atlanta Braves 6, Cincinnati Reds 5 (original) (raw)

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Retrosheet Boxscore: Atlanta Braves 6, Cincinnati Reds 5

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Day

Game Played on Tuesday, August 8, 1978 (N) at Riverfront Stadium

ATL N 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 - 6 10 1 CIN N 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 - 5 5 0

BATTING

Atlanta Braves AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Royster ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 5 Office cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 Matthews rf 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Burroughs lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 Bonnell pr,lf 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Pocoroba c 4 1 2 1 0 0 6 0 Murphy 1b 4 1 2 1 0 1 10 1 Gilbreath 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 Ruiz 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 7 2 Niekro p 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Totals 36 6 10 6 3 7 27 11

FIELDING - E: Gilbreath (3).

BATTING - 2B: Ruiz (2,off Hume); Royster (13,off Hume); Office (7,off Hume). SH: Royster (8,off Hume). Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING - SB: Matthews (5,2nd base off Hume/Correll).

Cincinnati Reds AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Rose 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Kennedy 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 Lum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Henderson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Griffey rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Foster lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 Driessen 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 10 0 Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 Geronimo cf 4 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 Correll c 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Bench ph,c 2 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 Hume p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Collins ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Auerbach 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morgan ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knight 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 33 5 5 3 3 6 27 10

BATTING - HR: Griffey (4,8th inning off Niekro 0 on 2 out); Bench (17,9th inning off Niekro 1 on 2 out). Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING - SB: Collins (4,2nd base off Niekro/Pocoroba).

PITCHING

Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Niekro W(14-11) 9 5 5 3 3 6 2 36

Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hume L(5-11) 6 6 3 3 1 4 0 25 Borbon 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 Tomlin 0 2 2 2 1 0 0 3 Sarmiento 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Bair 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 Totals 9 10 6 6 3 7 0 40

Inherited Runners - Scored: Tomlin 1-1; Sarmiento 3-2. .

Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming

Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 32730

Starting Lineups:

Atlanta Braves Cincinnati Reds

1. Royster ss Rose 3b
2. Office cf Kennedy 2b
3. Matthews rf Griffey rf
4. Burroughs lf Foster lf
5. Pocoroba c Driessen 1b
6. Murphy 1b Concepcion ss
7. Gilbreath 3b Geronimo cf
8. Ruiz 2b Correll c
9. Niekro p Hume p

BRAVES 1ST: Royster struck out; Office grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (first unassisted); Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs struck out; Pocoroba grounded out (second to first); Murphy popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Foster grounded out (pitcher to first); Driessen grounded out (first to pitcher); Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Reds 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Gilbreath grounded out (third to first); Ruiz doubled to center; Niekro grounded out (pitcher to first); Royster doubled to right [Ruiz scored]; Office grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 0.

REDS 3RD: Geronimo struck out; Correll popped to second; Hume struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Reds 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Matthews singled to center; Matthews stole second; Burroughs grounded out (second to first) [Matthews to third]; Pocoroba singled to right [Matthews scored]; Murphy singled to left [Pocoroba to second]; Gilbreath struck out; Ruiz forced Murphy (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Kennedy walked; Griffey flied out to center; Foster popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Reds 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Niekro walked; Royster out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Niekro to second]; Office doubled to right [Niekro scored]; Matthews flied out to center; Burroughs flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.

REDS 5TH: Driessen popped to shortstop; Concepcion popped to second; Geronimo popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Pocoroba popped to third in foul territory; Murphy struck out; Gilbreath grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.

REDS 6TH: Correll grounded out (third to first); COLLINS BATTED FOR HUME; Collins walked; Collins stole second; Rose walked; LUM BATTED FOR KENNEDY; Lum flied out to left; Griffey grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.

BRAVES 7TH: BORBON REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); AUERBACH REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING 2B); Ruiz walked; On a bunt Niekro struck out; Royster flied out to left; Office flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 0.

REDS 7TH: Foster struck out; Driessen singled to right; Concepcion singled to left [Driessen to second]; Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first) [Driessen to third, Concepcion to second]; BENCH BATTED FOR CORRELL; Bench reached on an error by Gilbreath [Driessen scored (unearned) (no RBI), Concepcion scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bench to first]; MORGAN BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Morgan popped to second in foul territory; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Reds 2.

BRAVES 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING 2B); BENCH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Matthews grounded out (third to first); Burroughs singled to pitcher; Jeff Burroughs singled off Pedro Borbon's right hand; TOMLIN REPLACED BORBON (PITCHING); BONNELL RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Pocoroba singled to right [Bonnell to third]; Murphy singled to left [Bonnell scored, Pocoroba to second]; Gilbreath walked [Pocoroba to third, Murphy to second]; SARMIENTO REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); Ruiz popped to second; Niekro singled to left [Pocoroba scored, Murphy scored, Gilbreath to second]; Royster flied out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 6, Reds 2.

REDS 8TH: BONNELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Rose popped to second; HENDERSON BATTED FOR SARMIENTO; Henderson grounded out (second to first); Griffey homered; Foster struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Reds 3.

BRAVES 9TH: BAIR REPLACED HENDERSON (PITCHING); Office struck out; Matthews popped to catcher in foul territory; Bonnell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Reds 3.

REDS 9TH: Driessen singled to center; Concepcion struck out; Geronimo forced Driessen (third to second); Bench homered [Geronimo scored]; Knight grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 6, Reds 5.

Final Totals R H E LOB Braves 6 10 1 7 Reds 5 5 0 4

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