Successive singles by Bobby Murcer, Gary Matthews and Willie Montanez for a run in the ninth inning gave the Giants a 7-6 victory over the Braves. John D'Acquisto, making his second relief appearance since undergoing an operation for bone chips in his elbow, pitched the top of the ninth as the Giants' fourth hurler in the game and received credit for the victory. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 7, Atlanta Braves 6
Game Played on Tuesday, September 16, 1975 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Braves       0  0  0    2  2  2    0  0  0  -   6 16  1
Giants       0  0  2    1  2  0    0  1  1  -   7 12  1


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Baker rf              5   0   2   2     0   0   .266      Joshua cf             5   2   3   0     0   1   .319
Office cf             5   1   4   0     0   0   .280      Sadek c               3   0   0   1     0   0   .239
Evans 3b              3   1   0   0     2   1   .246        Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .299
Goodson 1b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .201        Rader c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .306
May lf                3   1   2   2     2   0   .280      Murcer rf             4   2   2   1     1   0   .297
Perez 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .276      Matthews lf           4   0   3   1     1   0   .270
Pocoroba c            5   0   2   1     0   0   .253      Montanez 1b           3   0   1   2     1   0   .293
Blanks ss             4   1   2   0     0   1   .232      Miller 2b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .233
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Ontiveros 3b          4   0   2   0     0   0   .294
  Belloir ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .230        Clark pr,3b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .250
Beard p               2   0   1   0     0   0   .125      LeMaster ss           3   0   1   1     1   0   .204
  Garr ph             1   1   1   0     0   0   .279      Montefusco p          2   1   0   0     0   0   .068
  Devine p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .105        Caldwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .128
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .245        Thomasson ph        0   0   0   1     0   0   .222
  House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        D'Acquisto p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   6  16   6     4   2             Totals               33   7  12   7     5   1

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance:  1,089
Left on Base: Braves 12, Giants 10
DP: Braves 1, Giants 2
Errors: Evans, Ontiveros
Doubles: Goodson (9), May (6), Baker (18), Joshua (22), Murcer (29)
Stolen Bases: Joshua 2 (20), LeMaster (2)
Caught Stealing: Joshua (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Caldwell (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Perez (3), Montanez (10), Thomasson (5)
GIDP: Goodson (9), Perez (16), Miller (14)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Beard                   5     7   5   3   3   0   0  24   3.23
Devine                  2     2   1   1   2   0   0  11   4.38
Dal Canton              1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.97
House L(7-7)            0     3   1   1   0   0   0   3   3.14
Totals                  8    12   7   5   5   1   0  41

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Montefusco              4.1   9   4   4   2   1   0  23   3.08
Heaverlo                0.2   3   2   2   0   0   0   5   2.39
Caldwell                3     2   0   0   1   1   0  11   4.95
D'Acquisto W(2-4)       1     2   0   0   1   0   0   6  10.38
Totals                  9    16   6   6   4   2   0  45

Wild Pitches: Heaverlo (6)
Balks: Beard (3)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry


BRAVES 1ST: Baker flied out to center; Office singled to right;
Evans walked [Office to second]; Goodson grounded out (first to
pitcher) [Office to third, Evans to second]; May made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Joshua singled to third; Joshua was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second to first);
Sadek flied out to right; Murcer grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Pocoroba
flied out to center; Blanks singled to left; Beard flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Matthews singled to right; Montanez walked [Matthews
to second]; Miller grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Matthews to third, Montanez out at second];
Ontiveros grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Braves 0, Giants 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Office
flied out to left; Evans popped to third in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: LeMaster reached on an error by Evans [LeMaster to
first]; Montefusco forced LeMaster (pitcher to shortstop);
Joshua doubled to left [Montefusco to third]; Sadek grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Montefusco scored (unearned)]; Murcer
doubled to right [Joshua scored (unearned)]; Matthews grounded
out (third to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0,
Giants 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Goodson doubled to right; May doubled to right
[Goodson scored]; Perez grounded out (first unassisted) [May to
third]; Pocoroba singled to center [May scored]; Blanks was
called out on strikes; Beard singled to center [Pocoroba to
second]; Baker singled to left [Pocoroba out at home (left to
catcher), Beard to second]; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2,
Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: Montanez flied out to center; Miller walked; Beard
balked [Miller to second]; Ontiveros singled to center [Miller
to third]; LeMaster forced Ontiveros (third to second) [Miller
scored]; Montefusco forced LeMaster (third to second); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Office singled to second; Evans walked [Office to
second]; Goodson flied out to right; May singled to center
[Office scored, Evans to third]; HEAVERLO REPLACED MONTEFUSCO
(PITCHING); Perez hit a sacrifice fly to center [Evans scored];
Pocoroba grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 4, Giants 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Joshua singled to second; Sadek flied out to center;
Joshua stole second; Murcer walked; Joshua stole third; Matthews
singled to right [Joshua scored, Murcer to third]; Montanez hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Murcer scored]; Miller grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Giants 5.

BRAVES 6TH: Blanks singled to center; GARR BATTED FOR BEARD; On
a bunt Garr singled to pitcher [Blanks to second]; Heaverlo
threw a wild pitch [Blanks to third, Garr to second]; Baker
doubled to left [Blanks scored, Garr scored]; CALDWELL REPLACED
HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Office singled to pitcher [Baker to third];
Evans made an out to third; Goodson grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Office out at second]; 2 R, 4 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 6, Giants 5.

GIANTS 6TH: DEVINE REPLACED GARR (PITCHING); Ontiveros grounded
out (shortstop to first); LeMaster walked; Caldwell reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [LeMaster to second];
Joshua forced Caldwell (second to shortstop) [LeMaster to
third]; ADAMS BATTED FOR SADEK; Adams flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 6, Giants 5.

BRAVES 7TH: RADER REPLACED ADAMS (PLAYING C ); May walked; Perez
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [May
out at second]; Pocoroba grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 6, Giants 5.

GIANTS 7TH: Murcer made an out to shortstop; Matthews walked;
Montanez forced Matthews (third to second); Miller forced
Montanez (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 6,
Giants 5.

BRAVES 8TH: Blanks grounded out (catcher to first); Devine
reached on an error by Ontiveros [Devine to first]; Baker made
an out to second; Office singled to right [Devine to second];
Evans struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 6, Giants 5.

GIANTS 8TH: Ontiveros singled to left; CLARK RAN FOR ONTIVEROS;
LeMaster singled to center [Clark to third]; THOMASSON BATTED
FOR CALDWELL; DAL CANTON REPLACED DEVINE (PITCHING); LeMaster
stole second; Thomasson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Clark
scored]; Joshua struck out; Rader grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 6, Giants 6.

BRAVES 9TH: CLARK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); D'ACQUISTO
REPLACED THOMASSON (PITCHING); Goodson grounded out (first
unassisted); May walked; Perez singled to third [May to second];
Pocoroba singled to second [May to third, Perez to second]; LUM
BATTED FOR BLANKS; Lum popped to catcher in foul territory;
WILLIAMS BATTED FOR DAL CANTON; Williams flied out to right; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 6, Giants 6.

GIANTS 9TH: HOUSE REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); BELLOIR REPLACED
LUM (PLAYING SS); Murcer singled to second; Matthews singled to
center [Murcer to second]; Montanez singled to right [Murcer
scored, Matthews to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 6,
Giants 7.