Two walks with the bases loaded in the eighth inning enabled the Braves to defeat the Dodgers, 3-2. Rick Rhoden, pitching for the Dodgers with a 2-0 lead, passed Biff Pocoroba and yielded a double by Rowland Office before being removed in the eighth in favor of Charlie Hough.

Ralph Garr hit a grounder on which Pocoroba scored and when Rick Auerbach fumbled the ball, Garr reached first. Darrell Evans walked to load the bases. When Hough went to a count of three balls and no strikes on Dusty Baker, Dave Sells relieved and completed the pass, forcing in the tying run. Sells then also walked Mike Lum to give the Braves their winning marker. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Saturday, September 6, 1975 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Dodgers      1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  1
Braves       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   3  3  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .262      Garr lf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .271
Lacy lf               4   0   0   0     1   0   .313      Perez 2b,ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .281
Crawford rf           3   1   1   1     0   0   .257      Evans 3b              2   0   1   0     2   0   .245
Garvey 1b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .312      May rf                3   0   0   0     1   1   .283
Hale cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .218        Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .056
Yeager c              4   0   2   0     0   0   .243      Baker cf,rf           3   0   0   1     1   0   .258
Royster 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .429      Lum 1b                3   0   0   1     1   0   .227
De Jesus ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .176      Williams c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .247
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Belloir ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .253
  Auerbach ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .225        Nolan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Rhoden p              3   0   1   0     0   0   .095        Blanks ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .236
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pocoroba ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .248
  Sells p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gilbreath 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .262
  Wynn ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .242      Morton p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .173
                                                            Office ph,cf        1   1   1   0     0   0   .272

Totals               36   2  10   2     1   3             Totals               27   3   3   3     7   2

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  7,357
Left on Base: Dodgers 9, Braves 7
DP: Dodgers 1, Braves 0
Errors: Auerbach
Doubles: Crawford (11), Office (12)
Triples: Royster (1)
Stolen Bases: Lopes (63)
Sacrifice Flies: Crawford (2)
GIDP: Belloir (5)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden                  7     3   2   1   4   0   0  27   3.30
Hough L(1-5)            0.2   0   1   0   1   2   0   4   3.49
Sells                   0.1   0   0   0   2   0   0   3   6.75
Totals                  8     3   3   1   7   2   0  34

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton W(17-15)         8    10   2   2   1   1   0  35   3.49
Dal Canton SV(2)        1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   5.03
Totals                  9    10   2   2   1   3   0  38

Passed Balls: Williams (1)
Wild Pitches: Hough (3)

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Lee Weyer, 3B - Satch Davidson


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes singled to center; Lopes stole second;
Williams allowed a passed ball [Lopes to third]; Lacy walked;
Crawford hit a sacrifice fly to left [Lopes scored]; Garvey
forced Lacy (shortstop to second); Hale singled to left [Garvey
to third]; Yeager flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr flied out to left; Perez popped to second;
Evans walked; May walked [Evans to second]; Baker flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Royster singled to left; De Jesus flied out to
right; Rhoden singled to right [Royster to third]; Lopes
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Rhoden to second]; Lacy
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum flied out to left; Williams walked; Belloir
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Williams
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Crawford doubled to right; Garvey singled to center
[Crawford scored]; Hale struck out; Yeager singled to center
[Garvey to second]; Royster popped to first in foul territory;
De Jesus singled to third [Garvey to third, Yeager to second];
Rhoden grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Morton popped to second; Garr singled to pitcher;
Perez flied out to center; Evans singled to center [Garr to
second]; May lined to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Braves 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Lopes flied out to right; Lacy grounded out (third
to first); Crawford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Lum flied
out to center; Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Garvey lined to shortstop; Hale grounded out (first
to pitcher); Yeager singled to left; Royster popped to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 5TH: NOLAN BATTED FOR BELLOIR; Nolan grounded out (second
to first); Morton grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Braves 0.

DODGERS 6TH: BLANKS REPLACED NOLAN (PLAYING SS); De Jesus
grounded out (second to first); Rhoden flied out to center;
Lopes grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 6TH: Perez flied out to left; Evans grounded out (first
unassisted); May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Lacy flied out to left; Crawford made an out to
first; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Baker popped to first in foul territory; Lum popped
to shortstop; Williams grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Hale popped to shortstop; Yeager popped to second;
Royster tripled to right; CRUZ BATTED FOR DE JESUS; Cruz
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Braves 0.

BRAVES 8TH: AUERBACH REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING SS); POCOROBA BATTED
FOR BLANKS; Pocoroba walked; OFFICE BATTED FOR MORTON; Office
doubled to left [Pocoroba to third]; HOUGH REPLACED RHODEN
(PITCHING); Garr reached on an error by Auerbach [Pocoroba
scored (RBI), Office stayed at second, Garr to first]; Hough
threw a wild pitch [Office to third, Garr to second]; Perez was
called out on strikes; Evans walked; May was called out on
strikes; SELLS REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); Baker walked [Office
scored (unearned), Garr to third, Evans to second]; Lum walked
[Garr scored (unearned), Evans to third, Baker to second];
Williams forced Lum (shortstop to second); 3 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 3.

DODGERS 9TH: PEREZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); GILBREATH
REPLACED POCOROBA (PLAYING 2B); OFFICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
CF); DAL CANTON REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); BAKER CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); WYNN BATTED FOR SELLS; Wynn was called out on
strikes; Lopes struck out; Lacy grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 3.