A clutch relief performance by Tom House, who took over with the bases loaded and none out in the seventh inning. enabled the Braves to defeat the Giants, 4-2. With Dave May hitting a homer, the Braves took a 3-0 lead before the Giants rapped Phil Niekro for four straight singles, two runs crossing the plate on a hit by Dave Rader. Elias Sosa relieved and passed Glenn Adams. House then appeared and retired the next three batters without a run scoring. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 4, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Friday, June      20, 1975 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  6  1
Braves       0  0  0    1  0  2    1  0  x  -   4  9  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomas 2b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .256      Garr lf               4   1   3   0     1   0   .267
Joshua cf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .318      Lum 1b                3   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Brown ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Baker rf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .231
Murcer rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .296      May cf                2   1   1   1     1   0   .315
Montanez 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .272        Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Speier ss             4   1   1   0     0   0   .275        Office cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Thomasson lf,cf       3   1   2   0     1   0   .186      Evans 3b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .261
Ontiveros 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .270      Perez 2b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .286
Rader c               3   0   1   2     0   0   .272      Blanks ss             4   1   1   0     0   0   .259
  Miller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Correll c             4   0   3   1     0   0   .264
Barr p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .032      Niekro p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .213
  Adams ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .298        Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        House p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Arnold ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .258

Totals               31   2   6   2     3   1             Totals               31   4   9   3     5   2

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance:  4,373
Left on Base: Giants 7, Braves 9
DP: Giants 1, Braves 1
Errors: Ontiveros, Correll
Doubles: Thomasson (4), Correll 2 (4)
Home Runs: May (4)
Caught Stealing: Garr (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Joshua (3), Lum (2)
GIDP: Lum (7)
Hit by Pitch: Thomas (1,by Niekro)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barr L(6-7)             6     8   3   1   2   1   1  27   2.71
Lavelle                 2     1   1   1   3   1   0  10   2.22
Totals                  8     9   4   2   5   2   1  37

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro W(8-5)           6     6   2   2   2   0   0  26   2.63
Sosa                    0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   4.17
House SV(6)             3     0   0   0   0   1   0   9   4.68
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   1   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Niekro (6)
Wild Pitches: Niekro (8)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Ed Sudol


GIANTS 1ST: Thomas walked; Joshua out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Thomas to second]; Murcer made an out to shortstop;
Montanez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled to shortstop; Lum forced Garr (second
to shortstop); Baker flied out to center; May walked [Lum to
second]; Evans popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Speier grounded out (second to first); Thomasson
doubled to center; Ontiveros grounded out (shortstop to first);
Niekro threw a wild pitch [Thomasson to third]; Rader flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Perez flied out to center; Blanks grounded out
(first unassisted); Correll singled to second; Niekro grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Barr flied out to center; Thomas was hit by a pitch;
Joshua grounded out (pitcher to first) [Thomas to second];
Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Garr singled to shortstop; Lum grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garr out at second];
Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Montanez singled to right; Speier forced Montanez
(pitcher to shortstop); Thomasson walked [Speier to second];
Ontiveros hit into a double play (center to second) [Speier out
at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: May homered; Evans grounded out (second to first);
Perez was called out on strikes; Blanks singled to right;
Correll doubled to center [Blanks to third]; Niekro flied out to
right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

GIANTS 5TH: Rader flied out to center; Barr grounded out (third
to first); Thomas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Garr singled to left; Garr was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Lum made an out to shortstop; Baker
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 0, Braves 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Joshua flied out to right; Murcer grounded out
(second to first); Montanez grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 1.

BRAVES 6TH: May flied out to center; Evans walked; Perez
grounded out (first unassisted) [Evans to second]; Blanks
reached on an error by Ontiveros [Evans scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Blanks to first]; Correll doubled to right [Blanks scored
(unearned)]; Niekro flied out to left; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Giants 0, Braves 3.

GIANTS 7TH: Speier singled to left; Thomasson singled to right
[Speier to second]; Ontiveros singled to left [Speier to third,
Thomasson to second]; Rader singled to right [Speier scored,
Thomasson scored, Ontiveros to second]; ADAMS BATTED FOR BARR;
SOSA REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Rader was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Correll [Ontiveros to third, Rader to
second]; Adams walked; HOUSE REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Thomas
flied out to right; BROWN BATTED FOR JOSHUA; Brown popped to
shortstop; Murcer flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Giants 2, Braves 3.

BRAVES 7TH: BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); THOMASSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); LAVELLE REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); Garr
walked; Lum out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Garr to
second]; Baker was walked intentionally; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR
MAY; Williams flied out to center; Evans walked [Garr to third,
Baker to second]; Perez singled to pitcher [Garr scored, Baker
to third, Evans to second]; Blanks grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 4.

GIANTS 8TH: OFFICE REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING CF); Montanez
grounded out (second to first); Speier flied out to center;
Thomasson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 2, Braves 4.

BRAVES 8TH: Correll flied out to center; House was called out on
strikes; Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Giants 2, Braves 4.

GIANTS 9TH: Ontiveros struck out; MILLER BATTED FOR RADER;
Miller made an out to shortstop; ARNOLD BATTED FOR LAVELLE;
Arnold popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 2, Braves 4.