Sixth-inning singles by Ken Reitz, Chris Speier and Gary Alexander produced the run that gave the Giants a 4-3 victory over the Braves. Jim Wynn hit 15th homer for the Braves in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 4, Atlanta Braves 3
Game Played on Monday, September 6, 1976 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Braves       0  1  0    0  0  0    1  1  0  -   3 10  0
Giants       1  2  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   4  9  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster 3b            2   0   1   1     3   0   .235      Clark cf,rf           3   1   2   1     1   1   .250
Chaney ss             4   0   0   0     1   0   .267      Perez 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .266
Montanez 1b           5   0   2   0     0   1   .306      Matthews lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .286
May lf                4   1   0   0     1   2   .208      Murcer rf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .255
  Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Henderson cf          4   0   1   0     1   1   .271        Caldwell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .158
Paciorek rf           5   0   2   1     0   1   .284      Reitz 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .281
Gilbreath 2b          5   1   2   0     0   0   .258      Evans 1b              4   1   0   0     0   1   .204
Varney c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Speier ss             3   0   1   0     1   0   .217
  LaCorte pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .048      Alexander c           3   1   1   1     0   0   .176
  Correll c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .247      D'Acquisto p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .269
Dal Canton p          0   0   0   0     1   0   .222        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Torrealba p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ontiveros ph        0   0   0   1     0   0   .179
  Gaston ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .302        Lavelle p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .111
  Beard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Arnold ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .230
  Leon p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moffitt p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Wynn ph,lf          1   1   1   1     0   0   .210        Herndon cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .292

Totals               36   3  10   3     7   6             Totals               31   4   9   4     2   5

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance:  4,513
Left on Base: Braves 13, Giants 6
DP: Braves 1, Giants 0
Home Runs: Wynn (15)
Stolen Bases: Clark (2), Evans (8), Alexander (1)
Caught Stealing: Perez (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Ontiveros (1)
GIDP: Matthews (6)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dal Canton L(3-5)       1.2   3   3   1   2   1   0  10   3.61
Torrealba               3.1   2   0   0   0   1   0  11   4.19
Beard                   0.2   3   1   1   0   1   0   5   3.56
Leon                    1.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   5   3.25
Devine                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.70
Totals                  8     9   4   2   2   5   0  34

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto              1.2   1   1   1   5   3   0  10   5.07
Heaverlo                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.22
Lavelle W(8-5)          4     3   0   0   2   3   0  17   2.60
Moffitt                 1     4   1   1   0   0   0   7   2.45
Williams                0     2   1   1   0   0   1   2   3.19
Caldwell SV(2)          2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   5.08
Totals                  9    10   3   3   7   6   1  43

Passed Balls: Varney 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Frank Pulli


BRAVES 1ST: Royster walked; Royster was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Chaney walked; Montanez struck out; May
struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0,
Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Clark walked; Clark stole second; Varney allowed a
passed ball [Clark to third]; Perez singled to center [Clark
scored]; Matthews singled to center [Perez to second]; Perez was
caught stealing third (catcher to third) [Matthews to second];
Murcer made an out to second; Reitz grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Giants 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Henderson walked; Paciorek struck out; Gilbreath
forced Henderson (second unassisted); Varney singled to center
[Gilbreath to third]; Dal Canton walked [Varney to second];
Royster walked [Gilbreath scored, Varney to third, Dal Canton to
second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); Chaney flied
out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Evans struck out but advanced to first on a passed
ball; Evans stole second; Speier walked; Alexander forced Speier
(third to second) [Evans to third]; ONTIVEROS BATTED FOR
HEAVERLO; Alexander stole second; Ontiveros hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Evans scored (unearned)]; Clark singled [Alexander
scored (unearned)]; TORREALBA REPLACED DAL CANTON (PITCHING);
Perez out on an unknown play; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 1, Giants 3.

BRAVES 3RD: LAVELLE REPLACED ONTIVEROS (PITCHING); Montanez
singled to center; May walked [Montanez to second]; Henderson
was called out on strikes; Paciorek flied out to center;
Gilbreath flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1,
Giants 3.

GIANTS 3RD: Matthews singled to left; Murcer struck out; Reitz
forced Matthews (second to shortstop); Evans flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 3.

BRAVES 4TH: Varney grounded out (third to first); Torrealba made
an out to shortstop; Royster walked; Chaney made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Speier grounded out (third to first); Alexander
flied out to center; Lavelle grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); May struck
out; Henderson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 1, Giants 3.

GIANTS 5TH: Clark singled to center; Perez popped to pitcher;
Matthews grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Clark out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1,
Giants 3.

BRAVES 6TH: Paciorek singled to center; Gilbreath singled
[Paciorek to second]; Varney forced Paciorek (shortstop to
third) [Gilbreath to second]; LACORTE RAN FOR VARNEY; GASTON
BATTED FOR TORREALBA; Gaston struck out; Royster grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Giants 3.

GIANTS 6TH: CORRELL REPLACED LACORTE (PLAYING C ); BEARD
REPLACED GASTON (PITCHING); Murcer struck out; Reitz singled to
right; Evans flied out to center; Speier singled [Reitz to
second]; Alexander singled to left [Reitz scored, Speier to
second]; ARNOLD BATTED FOR LAVELLE; LEON REPLACED BEARD
(PITCHING); Arnold singled to left [Speier to third, Alexander
to second]; Clark struck out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 1,
Giants 4.

BRAVES 7TH: MOFFITT REPLACED ARNOLD (PITCHING); Chaney flied out
to left; Montanez singled to right; May forced Montanez (first
to shortstop); Henderson singled to left [May to second];
Paciorek singled [May scored, Henderson to second]; Gilbreath
singled to pitcher [Henderson to third, Paciorek to second];
Correll grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Braves 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 7TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Matthews
grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Giants 4.

BRAVES 8TH: HERNDON REPLACED MOFFITT (PLAYING CF); WILLIAMS
REPLACED MURCER (PITCHING); CLARK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); WYNN BATTED FOR LEON; Wynn homered; Royster singled to
right; CALDWELL REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Chaney made an out
to second; Montanez grounded out (second to first) [Royster to
second]; May flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves
3, Giants 4.

GIANTS 8TH: WYNN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); DEVINE REPLACED
MAY (PITCHING); Reitz made an out to pitcher; Evans flied out to
right; Speier grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 3, Giants 4.

BRAVES 9TH: Henderson flied out to right; Paciorek grounded out
(third to first); Gilbreath grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3, Giants 4.