Saturday May 19, 1979
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San Francisco Giants 7, Atlanta Braves 6 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, May 19, 1979 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Giants 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 - 7 9 2 Braves 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 - 6 15 2 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .182 Bonnell cf,lf 6 0 2 0 0 1 .281 Whitfield lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .309 Matthews rf 5 1 2 0 1 0 .291 Clark rf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .265 Burroughs lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .244 Evans 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .275 Office pr,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Ivie 1b 4 2 1 1 1 0 .220 Murphy 1b 5 1 3 1 1 0 .356 Tamargo c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .186 Horner 3b 5 1 1 3 0 2 .333 Venable pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Hubbard 2b 5 0 3 0 0 0 .236 Sadek c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Benedict c 5 0 0 0 0 0 .182 McCovey ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .266 Chaney ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .077 Hill c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Matula p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Herndon cf 4 2 2 2 0 0 .311 Lum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 LeMaster ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roberts p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spikes ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .375 Moffitt p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Frias ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .265 North ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 7 9 5 2 4 Totals 47 6 15 6 2 6 Time of Game: 2:52 Attendance: 24,799 Left on Base: Giants 3, Braves 11 DP: Giants 1, Braves 2 Errors: Whitfield, Evans, Benedict, Chaney Doubles: Matthews 2 (10), Burroughs (7) Home Runs: Ivie (5), Herndon (2), McCovey (2), Horner (2), Spikes (1) Stolen Bases: Venable (2), Herndon (2) Sacrifice Flies: Herndon (1), Horner (1) GIDP: Whitfield (3), Ivie (1), Matthews (3) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Roberts 5 5 1 1 1 1 0 22 1.74 Moffitt 2.1 4 2 2 0 0 1 10 9.00 Lavelle 1.2 3 2 2 1 1 1 9 1.63 Curtis W(1-1) 1.2 2 1 1 0 3 0 7 15.00 Griffin SV(1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 4.33 Totals 11 15 6 6 2 6 2 50 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matula 7 7 5 3 2 4 2 29 4.09 Devine 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.45 Garber L(1-7) 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 8 5.18 Totals 11 9 7 5 2 4 3 43 Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Joe West, 3B - Bill Williams GIANTS 1ST: Andrews lined to third; Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); Clark struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Bonnell grounded out (third to first); Matthews walked; Burroughs reached on an error by Evans [Matthews to second, Burroughs to first]; Murphy flied out to right; Horner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Braves 0. GIANTS 2ND: Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); Ivie homered; Tamargo popped to second; Herndon homered; LeMaster singled to left; Roberts popped to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Hubbard singled to left [Hubbard to second (error by Whitfield)]; Benedict grounded out (pitcher to first); Chaney struck out; Matula grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 0. GIANTS 3RD: Andrews reached on an error by Chaney [Andrews to first]; Whitfield grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Andrews out at second]; Clark struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Bonnell singled to left; Matthews grounded out (third to first) [Bonnell to second]; Burroughs flied out to left; Murphy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Braves 0. GIANTS 4TH: Evans grounded out (first to pitcher); Ivie walked; Tamargo singled to right [Ivie to third]; Herndon hit a sacrifice fly to left [Ivie scored]; LeMaster forced Tamargo (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Horner lined to third; Hubbard singled to left; Benedict flied out to center; Chaney lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Braves 0. GIANTS 5TH: Roberts popped to second in foul territory; Andrews flied out to right; Whitfield flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: Matula flied out to center; Bonnell grounded out (third to first); Matthews popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Braves 0. GIANTS 6TH: Clark singled to left; Evans forced Clark (shortstop to second); Ivie grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Evans out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Braves 0. BRAVES 6TH: Burroughs singled to left; Murphy singled to center [Burroughs to third]; MOFFITT REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Horner hit a sacrifice fly to left [Burroughs scored]; Hubbard singled to center [Murphy to second]; Benedict flied out to left; Chaney grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Braves 1. GIANTS 7TH: Tamargo singled to right; VENABLE RAN FOR TAMARGO; Venable stole second; Herndon singled to left [Venable to third]; LeMaster was called out on strikes; Moffitt struck out; Herndon stole second [Herndon scored (error by Benedict) (unearned), Venable scored (unearned)]; Andrews walked; Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 1. BRAVES 7TH: SADEK REPLACED VENABLE (PLAYING C ); LUM BATTED FOR MATULA; Lum grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonnell singled to center; Matthews grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bonnell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 1. GIANTS 8TH: DEVINE REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Clark grounded out (third to first); Evans flied out to left; Ivie made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 1. BRAVES 8TH: Burroughs flied out to left; Murphy singled to left; Horner homered [Murphy scored]; LAVELLE REPLACED MOFFITT (PITCHING); Hubbard flied out to center; Benedict flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 3. GIANTS 9TH: Sadek batted left handed; Sadek flied out to left; Herndon grounded out (pitcher to first); LeMaster grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 3. BRAVES 9TH: Chaney grounded out (third to first); SPIKES BATTED FOR DEVINE; Spikes homered; Bonnell grounded out (third to first); Matthews doubled to right; Burroughs doubled to center [Matthews scored]; OFFICE RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Murphy was walked intentionally; Horner struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 5. GIANTS 10TH: BONNELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); OFFICE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); GARBER REPLACED SPIKES (PITCHING); NORTH BATTED FOR LAVELLE; North flied out to left; Andrews flied out to center; Whitfield grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 5. BRAVES 10TH: CURTIS REPLACED NORTH (PITCHING); Hubbard grounded out (second to first); Benedict grounded out (second to first); Chaney was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Braves 5. GIANTS 11TH: Clark flied out to center; Evans singled to right; Ivie flied out to center; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR SADEK; McCovey homered [Evans scored]; Herndon flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 7, Braves 5. BRAVES 11TH: HILL REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING C ); FRIAS BATTED FOR GARBER; Frias singled to right; Bonnell struck out; Matthews doubled to left [Frias to third]; Office was called out on strikes; GRIFFIN REPLACED CURTIS (PITCHING); Murphy singled to shortstop [Frias scored, Matthews to third]; Horner was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 7, Braves 6.

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