The Braves zeroed the Giants for the second straight day, posting a 2-0 triumph behind the two-hit pitching of Dick Ruthven. The Braves' righthander had a no-hitter until the seventh inning when Larry Herndon beat out a bouncer to shortstop. Jack Clark's single in the eighth was the Giants' other safe blow.

The Braves scored in the fourth when consecutive singles by Brian Asselstine, Jeff Burroughs and Biff Pocoroba filled the bases and Dale Murphy followed with a sacrifice fly. In the seventh, Murphy doubled, moved to third on an infield out and scored on Pat Rockett's fly to left. [The Sporting News]

Atlanta Braves 2, San Francisco Giants 0

Game Played on Wednesday, April 19, 1978 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Braves 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 9 0 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Gilbreath 2b,3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Herndon cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .262 Office cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Evans 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .179 Asselstine rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .385 Madlock 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Burroughs lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .286 McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Royster 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Clark rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .262 Pocoroba c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .346 Whitfield lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Murphy 1b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .143 Hill c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Bonnell 3b,lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .231 LeMaster ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .147 Rockett ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .103 Harris ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ruthven p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Barr p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Ivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Totals 30 2 9 2 1 2 Totals 27 0 2 0 1 4 Time of Game: 1:48 Attendance: 3,689 Left on Base: Braves 6, Giants 1 DP: Braves 2, Giants 2 Errors: McCovey Doubles: Murphy (1), Pocoroba (1) Stolen Bases: Gilbreath (1) Caught Stealing: Murphy (1) Sacrifice Hits: Ruthven (1), Office (1) Sacrifice Flies: Murphy (1), Rockett (1) GIDP: Burroughs (2), Whitfield (1), Hill (2) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruthven W(1-2) 9 2 0 0 1 4 0 28 3.50 Totals 9 2 0 0 1 4 0 28 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barr L(1-1) 7 7 2 2 0 2 0 28 1.64 Lavelle 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3.60 Moffitt 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3.60 Totals 9 9 2 2 1 2 0 35 Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Pryor BRAVES 1ST: Gilbreath flied out to center; Office reached on an error by McCovey [Office to first]; Asselstine singled [Office to third]; Burroughs popped to shortstop; Pocoroba grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Herndon struck out; Evans struck out; Madlock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. BRAVES 2ND: Murphy grounded out (catcher to first); Bonnell flied out to center; Rockett flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey grounded out (first to pitcher); Clark walked; Whitfield grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Clark out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. BRAVES 3RD: Ruthven grounded out (third to first); Gilbreath flied out to right; Office grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); LeMaster grounded out (third to first); Barr flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Giants 0. BRAVES 4TH: Asselstine singled to center; Burroughs singled to left [Asselstine to second]; Pocoroba singled to right [Asselstine to third, Burroughs to second]; Murphy hit a sacrifice fly to left [Asselstine scored]; Bonnell lined into a double play (third to second) [Burroughs out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Herndon grounded out (first to pitcher); Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); Madlock was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Giants 0. BRAVES 5TH: Rockett singled to left; Ruthven out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Rockett to second]; Gilbreath popped to second; Office grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: McCovey lined to second; Clark flied out to right; Whitfield grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Giants 0. BRAVES 6TH: Asselstine flied out to right; Burroughs was called out on strikes; Pocoroba flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 6TH: Hill grounded out (pitcher to first); LeMaster was called out on strikes; Barr popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Giants 0. BRAVES 7TH: Murphy doubled; Bonnell grounded out (second to first) [Murphy to third]; Rockett hit a sacrifice fly to left [Murphy scored]; Ruthven struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 7TH: Herndon singled to shortstop; Evans grounded out (second to first) [Herndon to second]; Madlock flied out to center; McCovey flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 0. BRAVES 8TH: Gilbreath singled; LAVELLE REPLACED BARR (PITCHING); Gilbreath stole second; Office out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Gilbreath to third]; Asselstine walked; MOFFITT REPLACED LAVELLE (PITCHING); Burroughs grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Asselstine out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 8TH: ROYSTER REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING 2B); GILBREATH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); BONNELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Clark singled to left; Whitfield forced Clark (first to shortstop); Hill grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Whitfield out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 0. BRAVES 9TH: Pocoroba doubled to right; Murphy singled to right [Pocoroba to third]; Bonnell reached on a fielder's choice [Pocoroba out at home (third to catcher), Murphy to third]; Rockett made an out to first; Murphy was picked off and caught stealing home (catcher to third to catcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 9TH: HARRIS BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Harris grounded out (pitcher to first); IVIE BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Herndon grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Giants 0.

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