Phil Niekro pitched his first shutout of the season and only the second to the credit of the Braves' staff, stopping the Giants on four hits, 6-0. Biff Pocoroba, catching for Niekro, backed him with three hits, scoring one run and driving in two. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 6, San Francisco Giants 0
Game Played on Wednesday, July      2, 1975 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Braves       0  0  1    2  0  0    3  0  0  -   6  8  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               5   1   1   0     0   1   .253      Joshua cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .326
Gilbreath 2b          4   0   2   0     1   0   .271      Miller 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .248
Baker rf              3   2   0   0     2   2   .231      Murcer rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .295
Evans 3b              4   1   0   1     1   1   .242      Montanez 1b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .280
Lum 1b                3   0   1   0     2   0   .239      Speier ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .272
Blanks ss             3   1   1   2     2   1   .270      Thomasson lf          3   0   1   0     0   0   .204
Office cf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .309      Ontiveros 3b          3   0   2   0     0   0   .265
Pocoroba c            4   1   3   2     0   0   .284      Rader c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .277
Niekro p              3   0   0   1     0   0   .204      Halicki p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .100
                                                            Lavelle p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .288
                                                            Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .083

Totals               34   6   8   6     8   6             Totals               30   0   4   0     0   2

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance:  5,253
Left on Base: Braves 10, Giants 3
DP: Braves 1, Giants 2
Errors: Lavelle
Doubles: Garr (12)
Triples: Pocoroba (1)
Stolen Bases: Lum (1), Gilbreath (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Niekro (2)
GIDP: Office (4), Pocoroba (4), Rader (3)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro W(9-6)           9     4   0   0   0   2   0  30   2.52
Totals                  9     4   0   0   0   2   0  30

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki L(3-5)          6     7   6   6   5   6   0  30   4.17
Lavelle                 1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.37
Heaverlo                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.67
Williams                1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.83
Totals                  9     8   6   6   8   6   0  43

Passed Balls: Rader (6)

Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Bruce Froemming


BRAVES 1ST: Garr struck out; Gilbreath grounded out (pitcher to
first); Baker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller
flied out to right; Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Evans grounded out (first unassisted); Lum singled
to center; Lum stole second; Blanks walked; Office grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Blanks out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Montanez grounded out (pitcher to first); Speier
flied out to left; Thomasson singled to center; Ontiveros
singled to left [Thomasson to second]; Rader grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Pocoroba tripled to right; Niekro hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Pocoroba scored]; Garr grounded out (third to
first); Gilbreath grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Halicki was called out on strikes; Joshua grounded
out (pitcher to first); Miller grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Baker walked; Evans made an out to second; Lum
grounded out (second to first) [Baker to second]; Blanks walked;
Office reached on a fielder's choice [Baker to third, Blanks to
second]; Pocoroba singled to right [Baker scored, Blanks scored,
Office to third]; Niekro popped to catcher in foul territory; 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Montanez
singled to right; Speier forced Montanez (third to second);
Thomasson flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3,
Giants 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Gilbreath
singled to second; Gilbreath stole second; Baker struck out;
Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Ontiveros singled to right; Rader grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Ontiveros out at second];
Halicki was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
3, Giants 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Lum walked; Blanks struck out; Office struck out;
Pocoroba singled to right [Lum to second]; Niekro forced
Pocoroba (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
3, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Miller
grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3, Giants 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Garr doubled to center; On a bunt Gilbreath singled
[Garr to third]; Baker walked [Gilbreath to second]; LAVELLE
REPLACED HALICKI (PITCHING); Evans walked [Garr scored,
Gilbreath to third, Baker to second]; Lum forced Gilbreath
(second to catcher) [Baker to third, Evans to second]; Blanks
singled to center [Baker scored, Evans scored, Lum to second];
Blanks was picked off first but was safe on an error by Lavelle
[Lum to third, Blanks to second]; Office reached on a fielder's
choice [Lum stayed at third]; Pocoroba grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Office out at second]; 3 R,
3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 6, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Montanez popped to catcher in foul territory; Speier
made an out to second; Thomasson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 6, Giants 0.

BRAVES 8TH: HEAVERLO REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING); Niekro flied
out to left; Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Gilbreath
walked; Baker forced Gilbreath (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 6, Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Ontiveros flied out to left; Rader grounded out
(first unassisted); ADAMS BATTED FOR HEAVERLO; Adams flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 6, Giants 0.

BRAVES 9TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED ADAMS (PITCHING); Evans flied out
to left; Lum walked; Blanks flied out to left; Rader allowed a
passed ball [Lum to second]; Office grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 6, Giants 0.

GIANTS 9TH: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Miller flied
out to right; Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 6, Giants 0.