Led by Pete Rose, who rapped out four hits, the Reds posted a 6-2 victory over the Braves. Rose had a double, two singles and a sixth-inning solo homer. A bases-loaded triple by Dave Concepcion started the Reds on the road to victory in the first inning. Tom Seaver faced only 29 batters. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 6, Atlanta Braves 2

Game Played on Wednesday, August 2, 1978 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Reds 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 6 8 0 Braves 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 3 1 Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rose 3b 5 2 4 2 0 0 .318 Royster ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Knight 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .173 Office cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Griffey rf 3 1 0 0 2 0 .287 Matthews rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .290 Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .278 Burroughs lf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .322 Foster lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .295 Horner 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Bench c 2 1 0 0 2 0 .255 Pocoroba c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .243 Correll pr,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Murphy 1b 3 1 1 1 0 2 .244 Concepcion ss 5 1 3 3 0 1 .308 Gilbreath 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Geronimo cf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .240 Hanna p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Kennedy 2b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .204 Easterly p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Seaver p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .130 Leon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Skok p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Beall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Mahler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .115 Nolan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Totals 33 6 8 6 7 4 Totals 29 2 3 2 0 10 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 26,812 Left on Base: Reds 9, Braves 0 DP: Reds 1, Braves 0 Errors: Easterly Doubles: Rose (32), Concepcion (25) Triples: Concepcion (4) Home Runs: Rose (5), Murphy (18), Burroughs (15) Stolen Bases: Rose (9) Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (9), Geronimo (6) Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Seaver W(11-9) 9 3 2 2 0 10 2 29 3.04 Totals 9 3 2 2 0 10 2 29 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hanna L(7-9) 1.1 3 4 4 3 1 0 10 4.80 Easterly 1.2 1 1 0 2 1 0 8 6.20 Leon 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0.00 Skok 2 3 1 1 1 0 1 10 4.30 Mahler 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 4.13 Totals 9 8 6 5 7 4 1 42 Passed Balls: Pocoroba (11) Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Jim Quick REDS 1ST: Rose doubled; Griffey walked; Driessen grounded out (pitcher to first) [Rose to third, Griffey to second]; Foster struck out; Bench was walked intentionally; Concepcion tripled to right [Rose scored, Griffey scored, Bench scored]; Geronimo grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Royster struck out; Office flied out to center; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 3, Braves 0. REDS 2ND: Kennedy walked; Seaver out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Kennedy to second]; Rose singled to center [Kennedy scored]; EASTERLY REPLACED HANNA (PITCHING); Rose stole second; Griffey walked; Driessen struck out; Foster lined to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs flied out to center; Horner struck out; Pocoroba grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4, Braves 0. REDS 3RD: Bench flied out to center; Concepcion singled to center; Concepcion was picked off first but was safe on an error by Easterly [Concepcion to third]; Geronimo grounded out (second to first) [Concepcion scored (unearned)]; Kennedy walked; Seaver forced Kennedy (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Murphy homered; Gilbreath popped to first in foul territory; Easterly singled to center; Royster lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Easterly out at first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Braves 1. REDS 4TH: LEON REPLACED EASTERLY (PITCHING); Rose singled; Pocoroba allowed a passed ball [Rose to second]; Griffey flied out to center; Driessen walked; Foster popped to second; Bench forced Driessen (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 5, Braves 1. BRAVES 4TH: Office flied out to center; Matthews struck out; Burroughs was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Braves 1. REDS 5TH: SKOK REPLACED LEON (PITCHING); Concepcion doubled; Geronimo out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Concepcion to third]; Kennedy popped to center; Seaver grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Braves 1. BRAVES 5TH: Horner flied out to right; Pocoroba flied out to left; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Braves 1. REDS 6TH: Rose homered; Griffey flied out to center; Driessen grounded out (shortstop to first); Foster singled to center; Bench walked [Foster to second]; CORRELL RAN FOR BENCH; Concepcion forced Foster (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 1. BRAVES 6TH: CORRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Gilbreath flied out to right; BEALL BATTED FOR SKOK; Beall grounded out (second to first); Royster grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 1. REDS 7TH: MAHLER REPLACED BEALL (PITCHING); Geronimo struck out; Kennedy flied out to right; Seaver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 1. BRAVES 7TH: Office grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews flied out to center; Burroughs homered; Horner grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 2. REDS 8TH: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey flied out to right; Driessen lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 2. BRAVES 8TH: KNIGHT REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING 3B); Pocoroba struck out; Murphy struck out; Gilbreath struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 2. REDS 9TH: Foster flied out to left; Correll flied out to right; Concepcion struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 2. BRAVES 9TH: NOLAN BATTED FOR MAHLER; Nolan struck out; Royster popped to shortstop; Office flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Braves 2.

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