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Cincinnati Reds 3 Atlanta Braves 2

July 31,1978

Visiting Team

Cincinnati Reds (62-43)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (48-56)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

45,007

Time of Game

2:29

Umpires

[HP]: Andy Olsen [1B]: Jim Quick [2B]: Jerry Crawford [3B]: Doug Harvey

Cincinnati Reds 3 Atlanta Braves 2

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6th inning: S9 **Pete Rose tied Willie Keeler 44-game hitting streak**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	62-43		0	1	0		0	0	0		0	0	2			3	9	1		2	2	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	48-56		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	1			2	11	0		5	10	20	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Cincinnati Reds - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Pete Rose	3b	37.108	B	4	0	1	0		1	0	.316		104	2448
2	Ken Griffey	rf	28.112	L	4	0	2	0		0	1	.287		105	652
3	Dan Driessen	1b	27.002	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.283		98	686
4	George Foster	lf	29.242	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.299		104	879
5	Johnny Bench	c	30.236	R	4	1	1	1		0	2	.257		72	1583
6	Dave Concepcion	ss	30.044	R	4	1	1	0		0	2	.301		101	1146
7	Cesar Geronimo	cf	30.142	L	4	1	1	1		0	2	.243		89	1108
8	Junior Kennedy	2b	27.356	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.216		59	81
9	Michael LaCoss	p	22.062	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.111		4	4
	Joe Morgan	ph	34.315	L	1	0	1	1		0	0	.264		92	1866
Totals

Errors: Dan Driessen

2B: Ken Griffey (23)

HR: Johnny Bench (15)

RBI: Johnny Bench (40), Cesar Geronimo (24), Joe Morgan (61)

GDP: George Foster (10)

SB: Dave Concepcion (15)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	ss	25.286	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.273		91	409
2	Rowland Office	cf	25.279	L	5	0	2	0		0	0	.266		91	572
3	Gary Matthews	rf	28.026	R	5	1	3	0		0	1	.291		77	819
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.146	R	3	0	2	1		2	0	.321		98	952
5	Bob Horner	3b	20.359	R	4	0	0	0		1	0	.272		43	43
6	Biff Pocoroba	c	25.006	B	3	0	0	1		0	0	.245		87	321
7	Dale Murphy	1b	22.141	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.244		99	136
8	Rod Gilbreath	2b	25.310	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.241		78	461
9	Phil Niekro	p	39.121	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.227		29	533
	Bob Beall	ph	30.098	B	1	1	1	0		0	0	.233		64	84
Totals

2B: Rowland Office (4), Jeff Burroughs 2 (24)

RBI: Jeff Burroughs (54), Biff Pocoroba (33)

SF: Biff Pocoroba (4)

GDP: Jerry Royster (5), Dale Murphy (9)

SB: Gary Matthews (4)

Cincinnati Reds - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Michael LaCoss	R	W 2-1	8.0	8	1	1	4	1	0		5.73	1.50		4	4
2	Doug Bair	R	SV 20	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0		1.50	1.21		46	95
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Michael LaCoss (0-0-0), Doug Bair (0-0-0)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Phil Niekro	R	L 12-11	9.0	9	3	3	2	10	1		2.97	1.13		29	537
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Phil Niekro (0-0-0)