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San Diego Padres @ Atlanta Braves

1977-04-19 · Night game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Att: 7635 · night · 2:03

Atlanta Braves defeated San Diego Padres 4–1. Atlanta Braves put up 2 in the 4th. Dick Ruthven earned the win. Gary Matthews went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SDN	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
ATL	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		4	5

W: Dick Ruthven L: Dave Freisleben SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Runge · 1B: Ed Montague · 2B: Lee Weyer · 3B: Art Williams · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jerry Turner	4	1	1	0	0	2
Bill Almon	2	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Winfield	4	0	0	1	0	1
George Hendrick	4	0	1	0	0	2
Gene Tenace	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Ivie	4	0	1	0	0	0
Doug Rader	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Champion	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Freisleben	2	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Valentine	0	0	0	0	1	0
Merv Rettenmund	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rowland Office	4	1	1	1	0	1
Jerry Royster	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Montanez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Burroughs	2	2	1	0	1	0
Gary Matthews	2	1	1	2	1	0
Biff Pocoroba	3	0	0	0	0	1
Rod Gilbreath	3	0	2	0	0	0
Pat Rockett	2	0	0	0	1	1
Dick Ruthven	2	0	0	0	0	1

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Freisleben	7.0	5	3	3
Dave Tomlin	1.0	0	0	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Ruthven	9.0	5	1	10

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jerry Turner: K23
Bill Almon: S9
Dave Winfield: PO1(E1).1-3#
Dave Winfield: FC3.3XH(32);B-1
George Hendrick: SB2
George Hendrick: S.2-3
Gene Tenace: 43

Bot 1

Rowland Office: 7
Jerry Royster: 53
Willie Montanez: 7

Top 2

Mike Ivie: S8
Doug Rader: 8/L
Mike Champion: 23.1-2
Dave Freisleben: 3

Bot 2

Jeff Burroughs: D7
Gary Matthews: WP.2-3
Gary Matthews: W
Biff Pocoroba: 46(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR)
Rod Gilbreath: 8

Top 3

Jerry Turner: S9
Bill Almon: 13/SH.1-2
Dave Winfield: PO2(E1).2-3
Dave Winfield: 63.3-H(UR)
George Hendrick: 63

Bot 3

Pat Rockett: 2/FL
Dick Ruthven: K
Rowland Office: HR/89
Jerry Royster: 63

Top 4

Gene Tenace: 7
Mike Ivie: 8/L
Doug Rader: K

Bot 4

Willie Montanez: 9
Jeff Burroughs: W
Gary Matthews: HR/8.1-H
Biff Pocoroba: 7
Rod Gilbreath: S
Pat Rockett: CS2(26)

Top 5

Mike Champion: K
Dave Freisleben: S8
Jerry Turner: K
Bill Almon: 13

Bot 5

Pat Rockett: W
Dick Ruthven: 14/SH.1-2
Rowland Office: 43.2-3
Jerry Royster: 8

Top 6

Dave Winfield: 5/FL
George Hendrick: K/C
Gene Tenace: K/C

Bot 6

Willie Montanez: 3/L
Jeff Burroughs: 13
Gary Matthews: 13

Top 7

Mike Ivie: 43
Doug Rader: K/C
Mike Champion: 4

Bot 7

Biff Pocoroba: K/C
Rod Gilbreath: S7
Pat Rockett: SB2#
Pat Rockett: K
Dick Ruthven: 4

Top 8

Bobby Valentine: W
Jerry Turner: 64(1)/FO
Merv Rettenmund: 9
Dave Winfield: K

Bot 8

Rowland Office: K/C
Jerry Royster: 53
Willie Montanez: 7/L

Top 9

George Hendrick: K/C
Gene Tenace: K/C
Mike Ivie: 7