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San Francisco Giants @ Atlanta Braves

1977-06-04 · Night game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Att: 13818 · night · 2:18

Atlanta Braves defeated San Francisco Giants 7–1. Atlanta Braves put up 4 in the 1st. Phil Niekro earned the win. Jeff Burroughs went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Phil Niekro L: John Curtis SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Williams · 1B: Bob Engel · 2B: Jerry Dale · 3B: John McSherry · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rob Andrews	3	0	1	0	1	1
Terry Whitfield	4	0	2	0	0	2
Jack Clark	3	0	0	0	1	1
Darrell Evans	4	0	1	0	0	1
Willie McCovey	4	1	1	1	0	2
Gary Thomasson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tim Foli	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Sadek	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Heaverlo	0	0	0	0	1	0
Derrel Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Cornutt	1	0	0	0	0	1
Vic Harris	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jerry Royster	2	1	0	0	3	0
Barry Bonnell	5	1	1	0	0	0
Willie Montanez	3	2	2	0	1	0
Jeff Burroughs	4	1	2	4	0	0
Gary Matthews	4	1	1	0	0	1
Vic Correll	2	1	0	0	2	1
Junior Moore	4	0	0	1	0	1
Rod Gilbreath	2	0	0	0	2	0
Phil Niekro	4	0	0	1	0	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Curtis	1.2	4	4	0
Dave Heaverlo	2.1	0	1	2
Terry Cornutt	4.0	2	3	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Niekro	9.0	6	3	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rob Andrews: S9
Terry Whitfield: CS2(26)#
Terry Whitfield: K
Jack Clark: W
Darrell Evans: D9.1-3
Willie McCovey: K23

Bot 1

Jerry Royster: W
Barry Bonnell: S9.1-2
Willie Montanez: S8.2-3;1-2
Jeff Burroughs: HR/8.3-H;2-H;1-H
Gary Matthews: 43
Vic Correll: W
Junior Moore: 9
Rod Gilbreath: W.1-2
Phil Niekro: 8

Top 2

Gary Thomasson: K
Tim Foli: 9
Mike Sadek: 9

Bot 2

Jerry Royster: 9
Barry Bonnell: 8
Willie Montanez: W
Jeff Burroughs: D8.1-3
Gary Matthews: K

Top 3

Dave Heaverlo: W
Rob Andrews: K
Terry Whitfield: K
Jack Clark: K

Bot 3

Vic Correll: 53
Junior Moore: K
Rod Gilbreath: 63

Top 4

Darrell Evans: 4
Willie McCovey: HR/8
Gary Thomasson: 6
Tim Foli: 63

Bot 4

Phil Niekro: 6
Jerry Royster: W
Barry Bonnell: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Mike Sadek: S7
Derrel Thomas: 4(1)/FO
Rob Andrews: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Willie Montanez: S9
Jeff Burroughs: 8
Gary Matthews: D7.1-3
Vic Correll: IW
Junior Moore: E4/TH.3-H(RBI);2-H(NR)(UR);1-3;B-2
Rod Gilbreath: IW
Phil Niekro: 53.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Jerry Royster: W
Barry Bonnell: 63

Top 6

Terry Whitfield: S9
Jack Clark: 3
Darrell Evans: 7
Willie McCovey: 7

Bot 6

Willie Montanez: 31
Jeff Burroughs: 7
Gary Matthews: 8

Top 7

Gary Thomasson: 3
Tim Foli: 63
Mike Sadek: 4

Bot 7

Vic Correll: K/C
Junior Moore: 53
Rod Gilbreath: 8

Top 8

Terry Cornutt: K
Rob Andrews: W
Terry Whitfield: S8.1-2
Jack Clark: 3/G.2-3;1-2
Darrell Evans: K23

Bot 8

Phil Niekro: 13
Jerry Royster: 63
Barry Bonnell: 53

Top 9

Willie McCovey: K
Gary Thomasson: 6
Vic Harris: 8