Pitching his first complete major league game, Tommy Boggs hurled a four-hitter as the Braves posted a 4-0 whitewashing of the Phillies. Biff Pocoroba clouted a three-run homer in the second inning following a walk to Jeff Burroughs and single by Bob Horner. Burroughs added an RBI double in the sixth. [The Sporting News]

Atlanta Braves 4, Philadelphia Phillies 0

Game Played on Tuesday, July 25, 1978 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Braves 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 8 3 Phillies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Gilbreath 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .242 Martin lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .285 Office cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .260 Bowa ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .313 Matthews rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Maddox cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .301 Burroughs lf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .320 Schmidt 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .248 Bonnell lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Hebner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Horner 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .267 Boone c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .256 Pocoroba c 4 1 1 3 0 1 .245 Gonzalez rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Murphy 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .241 Sizemore 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Chaney ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .217 Christenson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .095 Boggs p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .200 Cardenal ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .277 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrelson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .186 Reed p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 4 8 4 1 6 Totals 33 0 4 0 1 7 Time of Game: 2:01 Attendance: 25,954 Left on Base: Braves 4, Phillies 7 DP: Braves 0, Phillies 0 Errors: Gilbreath, Chaney, Boggs, Sizemore Doubles: Murphy (9), Burroughs (22), Gilbreath (10) Home Runs: Pocoroba (6) Caught Stealing: Murphy (5) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Boggs W(2-5) 9 4 0 0 1 7 0 34 5.48 Totals 9 4 0 0 1 7 0 34 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Christenson L(7-9) 6 5 4 3 1 2 1 24 3.41 McGraw 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 2.44 Reed 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.28 Totals 9 8 4 3 1 6 1 35 Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Jim Quick BRAVES 1ST: Gilbreath flied out to left; Office flied out to center; Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Martin struck out; Bowa flied out to center; Maddox singled to center; Maddox was picked off first but was safe on an error by Boggs [Maddox to third]; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Phillies 0. BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs walked; Horner singled to left [Burroughs to second]; Pocoroba homered [Burroughs scored, Horner scored]; Murphy doubled to left; Chaney grounded out (second to first) [Murphy to third]; Murphy was picked off third (catcher to third); Boggs was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Hebner grounded out (second to first); Boone popped to second; Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Phillies 0. BRAVES 3RD: Gilbreath was called out on strikes; Office singled to center; Matthews flied out to center; Burroughs flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Sizemore flied out to center; Christenson grounded out (shortstop to first); Martin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Phillies 0. BRAVES 4TH: Horner flied out to center; Pocoroba flied out to right; Murphy grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa flied out to right; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Schmidt walked; Hebner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Phillies 0. BRAVES 5TH: Chaney flied out to left; Boggs grounded out (second to first); Gilbreath grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 5TH: Boone was called out on strikes; Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Phillies 0. BRAVES 6TH: Office reached on an error by Sizemore [Office to first]; Matthews grounded out (pitcher to first) [Office to second]; Burroughs doubled to left [Office scored (unearned)]; Horner popped to first in foul territory; Pocoroba grounded out (catcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 6TH: CARDENAL BATTED FOR CHRISTENSON; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Martin struck out; Bowa singled to right; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Phillies 0. BRAVES 7TH: MCGRAW REPLACED CARDENAL (PITCHING); Murphy struck out; Chaney struck out; Boggs singled to center; Gilbreath doubled to left [Boggs to third]; Office popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt singled to center; Hebner flied out to center; Boone forced Schmidt (first to shortstop); Gonzalez reached on an error by Chaney [Boone to second, Gonzalez to first]; Sizemore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4, Phillies 0. BRAVES 8TH: Matthews grounded out (shortstop to first); Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first); Horner grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 8TH: BONNELL REPLACED BURROUGHS (PLAYING LF); HARRELSON BATTED FOR MCGRAW; Harrelson was called out on strikes; Martin singled to left; Bowa reached on an error by Gilbreath [Martin to second, Bowa to first]; Maddox struck out; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4, Phillies 0. BRAVES 9TH: REED REPLACED HARRELSON (PITCHING); Pocoroba struck out; Murphy singled to center; Murphy was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first); Chaney struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 9TH: Hebner popped to third; Boone grounded out (third to first); Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Phillies 0.

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