Piling up 17 hits, Pirates slugged their way to a 9-4 victory over the Braves. The only bright spot for the Braves was supplied by Bob Horner, third baseman from Arizona State, who made his pro debut. In his third time at bat, Horner smashed a two-run homer.

The Pirates belted Phil Niekro, who had pitched shutouts in his previous two starts, for nine hits and seven runs in the first 3 1/3 innings. Bill Robinson and Frank Taveras each had three hits in the game for the Pirates. [The Sporting News]

Pittsburgh Pirates 9, Atlanta Braves 4

Game Played on Friday, June 16, 1978 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Pirates 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 9 17 0 Braves 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 - 4 7 1 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Taveras ss 6 2 3 0 0 1 .276 Royster 2b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .283 Milner lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .270 Beall 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .222 Moreno cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .205 Matthews rf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .277 Parker rf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .294 Burroughs lf 3 0 0 0 2 1 .321 B. Robinson cf,lf 5 1 3 1 0 1 .255 Office cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .230 Stargell 1b 3 1 1 0 2 0 .265 Murphy c 4 1 1 0 0 2 .198 Stennett 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .256 Horner 3b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .333 Mendoza 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Chaney ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .264 Ott c 5 1 2 3 0 0 .268 Niekro p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Garner 2b 3 1 1 0 2 1 .238 Skok p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Blyleven p 3 1 2 0 0 1 .121 Maddox ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .214 Whitson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Solomon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Nolan ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Camp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gaston ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .186 Easterly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Totals 42 9 17 7 4 8 Totals 34 4 7 3 6 11 Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 18,572 Left on Base: Pirates 10, Braves 10 DP: Pirates 0, Braves 0 Errors: Royster Doubles: B. Robinson (11), Stargell (8) Home Runs: Ott (4), Parker (10), Horner (1) Stolen Bases: Taveras (19), Ott (1), Garner (10) Caught Stealing: Taveras (11) Hit by Pitch: Beall (1,by Whitson) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven W(5-5) 5.2 6 4 3 4 7 1 27 4.23 Whitson SV(2) 3.1 1 0 0 2 4 0 14 1.69 Totals 9 7 4 3 6 11 1 41 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro L(7-7) 3.1 9 7 6 1 4 1 20 3.15 Skok 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 0.00 Solomon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.54 Camp 2 5 2 2 2 0 1 12 5.11 Easterly 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 5.51 Totals 9 17 9 8 4 8 2 46 Passed Balls: Ott (6), Murphy 2 (6) Hit by Pitch: Whitson (1) Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer PIRATES 1ST: Taveras singled to left; Milner grounded out (second to first) [Taveras to second]; Parker struck out; B. Robinson doubled to left [Taveras scored]; Stargell flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Royster walked; Beall grounded out (second to first) [Royster to second]; Matthews struck out; Burroughs walked; Office grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Braves 0. PIRATES 2ND: Stennett struck out; Ott flied out to center; Garner walked; Blyleven singled to left [Garner to third]; Murphy allowed a passed ball [Garner scored, Blyleven to second]; Taveras singled to shortstop [Blyleven to third]; Taveras stole second; Murphy allowed a passed ball [Blyleven scored (unearned), Taveras to third]; Milner struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Murphy was called out on strikes; Horner grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Bob Horner; Chaney grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Braves 0. PIRATES 3RD: Parker grounded out (second to first); B. Robinson singled to left; Stargell grounded out (second to first) [B. Robinson to second]; Stennett singled to second [B. Robinson scored, Stennett to second (error by Royster)]; Ott homered [Stennett scored]; Garner struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 6, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Niekro popped to shortstop; Royster was called out on strikes; Beall walked; Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 6, Braves 0. PIRATES 4TH: Blyleven singled to left; Taveras forced Blyleven (pitcher to shortstop); Milner singled to center [Taveras to third]; SKOK REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Parker singled to left [Taveras scored, Milner to second]; B. Robinson was called out on strikes; Stargell walked [Milner to third, Parker to second]; Stennett flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Pirates 7, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs was called out on strikes; Office was called out on strikes; Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Braves 0. PIRATES 5TH: Ott flied out to left; Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); Blyleven struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: Horner flied out to center; Chaney struck out; MADDOX BATTED FOR SKOK; Maddox singled to right; Royster singled to center [Maddox to third]; Ott allowed a passed ball [Maddox scored, Royster to second]; Beall singled to left [Royster scored (unearned)]; Matthews was called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 7, Braves 2. PIRATES 6TH: SOLOMON REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); Taveras singled to left; Taveras was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Milner flied out to right; Parker popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Braves 2. BRAVES 6TH: Burroughs grounded out (second to first); Office popped to shortstop; Murphy singled to left; Horner homered [Murphy scored]; Chaney singled to center; NOLAN BATTED FOR SOLOMON; Nolan walked [Chaney to second]; WHITSON REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Royster grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 7, Braves 4. PIRATES 7TH: CAMP REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); B. Robinson flied out to left; Stargell walked; Stennett grounded out (second to first) [Stargell to second]; Ott singled to right [Stargell scored]; Ott stole second; Garner was walked intentionally; Whitson forced Garner (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 4. BRAVES 7TH: MORENO REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING CF); B. ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MENDOZA REPLACED STENNETT (PLAYING 3B); Beall grounded out (pitcher to first); Matthews flied out to right; Burroughs walked; Office struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 8, Braves 4. PIRATES 8TH: Taveras grounded out (third to first); Moreno singled to first; Moreno was picked off first (pitcher to first); Parker homered; B. Robinson singled to center; Stargell doubled to left [B. Robinson to third]; Mendoza popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 9, Braves 4. BRAVES 8TH: Murphy struck out; Horner walked; Chaney struck out; GASTON BATTED FOR CAMP; Gaston was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 9, Braves 4. PIRATES 9TH: EASTERLY REPLACED GASTON (PITCHING); Ott grounded out (shortstop to first); Garner singled to right; Garner stole second; Whitson struck out; Taveras struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 9, Braves 4. BRAVES 9TH: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Beall was hit by a pitch; Matthews singled to left [Beall to second]; Burroughs flied out to left; Office popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 9, Braves 4.

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