Homers by Rowland Office, Gary Matthews and Bob Horner paced the Braves to a 5-2 victory over the Dodgers. Office and Matthews belted back-to-back clouts in the first inning.

After the Dodgers tied the game, 2-2, in the top of the fifth on a homer by Rick Monday, the Braves went ahead in their turn on a double by Dale Murphy and single by Adrian Devine. It was Devine's first major league hit and RBI. Horner's shot came in the sixth with Biff Pocoroba on base on a single. [The Sporting News]

Atlanta Braves 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

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

Dodgers 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1 Braves 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 x - 5 8 0 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .317 Royster 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Russell ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Office cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .250 Smith rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .313 Matthews rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .289 North cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Pocoroba c 4 1 2 0 0 0 .271 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Horner 3b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .176 Garvey 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .293 Bonnell lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .216 Baker lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .266 Murphy 1b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .202 Monday cf,rf 3 1 1 1 0 2 .306 Chaney ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Oates c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .450 Devine p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .100 Rhoden p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .152 Beall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 Totals 30 2 5 2 2 4 Totals 31 5 8 5 2 3 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 8,991 Left on Base: Dodgers 4, Braves 4 DP: Dodgers 1, Braves 1 Errors: Oates Doubles: Lopes (12), Murphy (4) Home Runs: Monday (13), Office (6), Matthews (9), Horner (2) Sacrifice Flies: Smith (7) GIDP: Baker (4), Pocoroba (11) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rhoden L(6-4) 5.1 8 5 5 0 1 3 24 4.25 Rautzhan 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.48 Hough 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 2.62 Totals 8 8 5 5 2 3 3 33 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Devine W(5-3) 7 5 2 2 2 3 1 27 5.01 Garber SV(6) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1.18 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 4 1 33 Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Jerry Crawford DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to right; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first) [Lopes to third]; Smith hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lopes scored]; Cey popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Royster popped to second; Office homered; Matthews homered; Pocoroba singled to right; Horner flied out to left; Bonnell flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 2. DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker walked; Monday struck out; Oates singled to center [Baker to third]; Rhoden struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 2. BRAVES 2ND: Murphy struck out; Chaney grounded out (third to first); Devine grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 2. DODGERS 3RD: Lopes flied out to right; Russell grounded out (third to first); Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 2. BRAVES 3RD: Royster grounded out (pitcher to first); Office flied out to center; Matthews flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 2. DODGERS 4TH: Cey grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Garvey singled to third; Baker grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garvey out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 2. BRAVES 4TH: Pocoroba popped to first in foul territory; Horner flied out to center; Bonnell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 2. DODGERS 5TH: Monday homered; Oates grounded out (pitcher to first); Rhoden grounded out (third to first); Lopes grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 2. BRAVES 5TH: Murphy doubled to right; Chaney grounded out (second to pitcher) [Murphy to third]; Devine singled to right [Murphy scored]; Royster forced Devine (pitcher to shortstop); Office flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 3. DODGERS 6TH: Russell singled to center; Smith grounded out (first unassisted) [Russell to second]; Cey flied out to left; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 3. BRAVES 6TH: Matthews flied out to right; Pocoroba singled to right; Horner homered [Pocoroba scored]; Bonnell singled to third; RAUTZHAN REPLACED RHODEN (PITCHING); Murphy forced Bonnell (second to shortstop); Chaney struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 5. DODGERS 7TH: Baker flied out to center; Monday struck out; Oates walked; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR RAUTZHAN; Davalillo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 5. BRAVES 7TH: HOUGH REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); BEALL BATTED FOR DEVINE; Beall grounded out (second to first); Royster grounded out (third to first); Office struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 5. DODGERS 8TH: GARBER REPLACED BEALL (PITCHING); Lopes was called out on strikes; Russell popped to catcher in foul territory; Smith popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 5. BRAVES 8TH: NORTH REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING CF); MONDAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Matthews walked; Pocoroba grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Matthews out at second]; Oates dropped a foul fly hit by Horner for an error; Horner walked; Bonnell popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 5. DODGERS 9TH: Cey flied out to right; Garvey grounded out (third to first); Baker popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Braves 5.

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