Rookie first baseman Dale Murphy drove in three runs with a triple and single to pace the Braves to a 6-1 decision over the Giants. The Braves put the game away with three runs in the fourth inning.

Jeff Burroughs drew a walk, Cito Gaston singled and both runners scored on Murphy's triple. Murphy then scored on a triple by Rod Gilbreath. Of the Braves' five victories this season, four had come against the Giants. [The Sporting News]

Atlanta Braves 6, San Francisco Giants 1

Game Played on Wednesday, April 26, 1978 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 9 0 Braves 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 x - 6 12 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Madlock 2b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .200 Royster 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .308 Whitfield lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .250 Bonnell cf,lf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .200 Evans 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .214 Burroughs lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .364 McCovey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Office cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .216 Clark rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .230 Gaston rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .115 Harris cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Asselstine ph,rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .318 Andrews ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Murphy 1b 4 1 2 3 0 1 .179 Sadek c 4 0 3 0 0 1 .500 Pocoroba c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .239 Knepper p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Gilbreath 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .265 Heintzelman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Rockett ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .111 Minton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hanna p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Ivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .375 Solomon p 1 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 James ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Totals 35 1 9 1 0 7 Totals 34 6 12 6 5 4 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 3,284 Left on Base: Giants 8, Braves 9 DP: Giants 1, Braves 0 Doubles: Clark (4), Evans (4), Royster (1), Gilbreath (1), Bonnell (3) Triples: Murphy (1), Gilbreath (1) Home Runs: Madlock (1) Stolen Bases: Royster (8) Sacrifice Hits: Harris (1) GIDP: Gilbreath (1) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knepper L(2-1) 4 5 3 3 3 2 0 19 2.42 Minton 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 8 0.00 Williams 2 6 3 3 1 0 0 12 4.05 Totals 8 12 6 6 5 4 0 39 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hanna W(2-0) 6.1 7 1 1 0 7 1 26 2.87 Solomon SV(1) 2.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.42 Totals 9 9 1 1 0 7 1 36 Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer GIANTS 1ST: Madlock was called out on strikes; Whitfield singled; Evans flied out to left; McCovey made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Royster flied out to right; Bonnell grounded out (second to first); Burroughs singled; Gaston grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 0. GIANTS 2ND: Clark doubled; Harris out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Clark to third]; Andrews grounded out (second to first); Sadek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Murphy struck out; Pocoroba walked; Gilbreath grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Pocoroba out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 0. GIANTS 3RD: Knepper struck out; Madlock made an out to first; Whitfield flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Rockett made an out to second; Hanna made an out to second; Royster doubled; Bonnell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 0. GIANTS 4TH: Evans was called out on strikes; McCovey flied out to left; Clark was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs walked; Gaston singled to right [Burroughs to third]; Murphy tripled to center [Burroughs scored, Gaston scored]; Pocoroba made an out to shortstop; Gilbreath tripled to right [Murphy scored]; Rockett was walked intentionally; Hanna struck out; Royster forced Rockett (second to shortstop); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 3. GIANTS 5TH: Harris grounded out (first unassisted); Andrews made an out to first; Sadek singled; HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR KNEPPER; Heintzelman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 3. BRAVES 5TH: MINTON REPLACED HEINTZELMAN (PITCHING); Bonnell walked; Burroughs singled to right [Bonnell to third]; Gaston struck out; Murphy flied out to right; Pocoroba grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 3. GIANTS 6TH: Madlock homered; Whitfield was called out on strikes; Evans doubled to right; McCovey grounded out (first unassisted) [Evans to third]; Clark flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 3. BRAVES 6TH: Gilbreath struck out; Rockett grounded out (shortstop to first); Hanna grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 3. GIANTS 7TH: Harris flied out to right; Andrews singled to center; Sadek singled to left [Andrews to third]; IVIE BATTED FOR MINTON; SOLOMON REPLACED HANNA (PITCHING); Ivie made an out to second; Madlock flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 3. BRAVES 7TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED IVIE (PITCHING); Royster singled; Bonnell grounded out (second to first) [Royster to second]; Burroughs flied out to center; ASSELSTINE BATTED FOR GASTON; Asselstine was walked intentionally; Murphy singled to center [Royster scored, Asselstine to third, Murphy to second (on throw)]; Pocoroba flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 4. GIANTS 8TH: ASSELSTINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BONNELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); OFFICE REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING CF); Whitfield singled to right; Evans made an out to shortstop; McCovey forced Whitfield (second to shortstop); Clark flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 4. BRAVES 8TH: Gilbreath doubled to left; Rockett grounded out (shortstop to first); Solomon singled to right [Gilbreath scored]; Royster forced Solomon (first to shortstop); Royster stole second; Bonnell doubled to center [Royster scored]; Office singled to right [Bonnell out at home (right to catcher to shortstop to catcher to third)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 6. GIANTS 9TH: Harris grounded out (second to first); Andrews grounded out (pitcher to first); Sadek singled to right; JAMES BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; James flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Braves 6.

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