It was just a matter of time for the Dodgers to be counted out in the West Divsion race and the kayo came when they lost to the Braves, 5-4, while the winning Reds defeated the Giants, 8-4. The Dodgers trailed the Braves until the ninth inning when they tied the score on singles by Lee Lacy and Ken McMullen around a balk by Elias Sosa.

In the Braves' half, a walk, single by Bruce Dal Canton and error by Lacy loaded the bases with two out. Marty Perez then killed off the Dodgers' last mathematical chance with a single that drove in pinch-runner Rod Gilbreath. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Game Played on Sunday, September 7, 1975 (Day game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    1  0  1    1  0  1  -   4  9  3
Braves       2  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   5  7  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b,ss           4   1   0   0     1   0   .260      Garr lf               5   1   3   0     0   0   .274
Lacy lf,2b            4   1   1   0     1   0   .311      Perez 2b              4   0   2   2     0   0   .283
Wynn cf               3   0   0   0     2   3   .240      Evans 3b              3   1   0   0     1   1   .243
Garvey 1b             5   1   2   1     0   0   .313      May rf                4   0   1   1     0   1   .282
McMullen 3b           3   1   1   1     2   1   .243      Lum 1b                3   1   0   1     1   0   .225
Yeager c              4   0   1   1     1   0   .244      Office cf             3   0   0   1     0   1   .270
Royster rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Williams c            2   1   0   0     2   0   .246
  Russell ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .217        Gilbreath pr        0   1   0   0     0   0   .262
  Hale ph,rf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .217      Belloir ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .247
De Jesus ss           1   0   1   0     0   0   .188        Goodson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Paciorek ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .201      Easterly p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
  Auerbach ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .225        Odom p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Crawford ph,rf,lf   2   0   2   1     0   0   .262        Sosa p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .133
Sutton p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .127        Dal Canton p        1   0   1   0     0   0   .105
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .254
  Wall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lee ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .155
  Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   4     7   6             Totals               31   5   7   5     4   5

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance:  3,439
Left on Base: Dodgers 11, Braves 7
DP: Dodgers 0, Braves 1
Errors: Lacy, Yeager, Sutton
Doubles: Garvey (33), Crawford (12), Garr (24)
Stolen Bases: Lopes 3 (66), Lum (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Sutton (11), Perez (5), Belloir (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Office (2)
GIDP: Royster (1)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton                  5     4   3   3   2   3   0  21   2.90
Wall                    2     1   1   0   1   0   0   8   1.74
Hough L(1-6)            1.2   2   1   0   1   2   0   9   3.35
Totals                  8.2   7   5   3   4   5   0  38

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Easterly                4.2   4   1   1   4   2   0  21   5.69
Odom                    1.2   2   2   2   3   1   0  10   7.19
Sosa                    2.1   3   1   1   0   3   0  10   3.86
Dal Canton W(2-5)       0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.00
Totals                  9     9   4   4   7   6   0  42

Balks: Sosa (1)

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


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); Lacy
popped to second; Wynn walked; Garvey forced Wynn (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled to pitcher; Garr was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Sutton [Garr to second]; Perez out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Garr to third]; Evans
walked; May singled to right [Garr scored, Evans to third]; Lum
grounded out (second to first) [Evans scored, May to second];
Office popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Braves 2.

DODGERS 2ND: McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first); Yeager
walked; Royster grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Yeager out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves
2.

BRAVES 2ND: Williams walked; Belloir out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Williams to second]; Easterly struck out;
Garr singled to third [Williams to third]; Perez singled to
center [Williams scored, Garr to second]; Evans popped to
catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Braves 3.

DODGERS 3RD: De Jesus singled to left; Sutton out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [De Jesus to second]; Lopes grounded
out (shortstop to first) [De Jesus to third]; Lacy grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 3.

BRAVES 3RD: May struck out; Lum flied out to center; Office
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Braves 3.

DODGERS 4TH: Wynn struck out; Garvey doubled to left; McMullen
walked; Yeager singled to left [Garvey scored, McMullen to
second]; Royster struck out; PACIOREK BATTED FOR DE JESUS;
Paciorek lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Braves 3.

BRAVES 4TH: AUERBACH REPLACED PACIOREK (PLAYING SS); Williams
grounded out (shortstop to first); Belloir popped to catcher in
foul territory; Easterly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Braves 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Sutton singled to right; Lopes forced Sutton (third
to second); Lopes stole second; Lacy grounded out (first
unassisted) [Lopes to third]; Wynn walked; ODOM REPLACED
EASTERLY (PITCHING); Garvey grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Braves 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Garr popped to third in foul territory; Perez flied
out to center; Evans popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Braves 3.

DODGERS 6TH: McMullen walked; Yeager grounded out (third to
first) [McMullen to second]; Royster grounded out (first to
pitcher) [McMullen to third]; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR AUERBACH;
Crawford doubled to right [McMullen scored]; CRUZ BATTED FOR
SUTTON; Cruz flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers
2, Braves 3.

BRAVES 6TH: WALL REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); CRAWFORD STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); RUSSELL REPLACED ROYSTER (PLAYING SS); May
popped to third; Lum walked; Lum stole second [Lum to third
(error by Yeager)]; Office hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lum
scored (unearned)]; Williams flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 0
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 2, Braves 4.

DODGERS 7TH: Lopes walked; Lopes stole second; Lopes stole
third; Lacy walked; Wynn was called out on strikes; Garvey
singled to center [Lopes scored, Lacy to third]; SOSA REPLACED
ODOM (PITCHING); McMullen struck out; Yeager lined to shortstop;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 4.

BRAVES 7TH: Belloir grounded out (third to first); Sosa grounded
out (third to first); Garr doubled to left; Perez flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Braves 4.

DODGERS 8TH: HALE BATTED FOR RUSSELL; Hale struck out; Crawford
singled to left; LEE BATTED FOR WALL; Lee flied out to left;
Lopes forced Crawford (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 3, Braves 4.

BRAVES 8TH: HALE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CRAWFORD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); LOPES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
LACY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); HOUGH REPLACED LEE
(PITCHING); Evans struck out; May grounded out (third to first);
Lum flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3,
Braves 4.

DODGERS 9TH: Lacy singled to right; Sosa balked [Lacy to
second]; Wynn struck out; Garvey flied out to center; McMullen
singled to center [Lacy scored]; DAL CANTON REPLACED SOSA
(PITCHING); Yeager popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 4, Braves 4.

BRAVES 9TH: Office was called out on strikes; Williams walked;
GILBREATH RAN FOR WILLIAMS; GOODSON BATTED FOR BELLOIR; Goodson
popped to third in foul territory; Dal Canton singled to third
[Gilbreath to second]; Garr reached on an error by Lacy
[Gilbreath to third, Dal Canton to second, Garr to first]; Perez
singled to left [Gilbreath scored (unearned), Dal Canton to
third, Garr to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Braves 5.