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Pittsburgh Pirates 5 Atlanta Braves 1

August 24,1978

Visiting Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (63-62)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (56-70)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

7,965

Time of Game

2:37

Umpires

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

Pittsburgh Pirates 5 Atlanta Braves 1

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	63-62		0	0	0		0	0	0		5	0	0			5	8	2		3	7	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	56-70		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	1	0			1	7	1		6	10	19	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Frank Taveras	ss	28.243	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.280		122	678
2	Omar Moreno	cf	25.304	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.228		119	323
3	Dave Parker	rf	27.076	L	2	0	1	0		2	0	.308		112	684
4	Willie Stargell	1b	38.171	L	4	1	1	0		0	1	.284		91	1980
5	Ed Ott	c	27.044	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.259		84	227
6	Bill Robinson	lf-1b	35.059	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.242		100	1072
7	Phil Garner	2b	29.116	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.262		118	629
8	Dale Berra	3b	21.254	R	2	1	0	0		2	0	.149		21	38
9	Bert Blyleven	p	27.140	R	3	0	1	3		0	1	.125		27	129
Totals

Errors: Frank Taveras, Ed Ott

2B: Phil Garner (20), Bert Blyleven (2)

RBI: Bill Robinson (55), Phil Garner (45), Bert Blyleven 3 (9)

GDP: Ed Ott (6), Phil Garner (13)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	ss	25.310	R	4	0	2	0		1	1	.274		112	430
2	Rowland Office	cf	25.303	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.243		113	594
	Cito Gaston	ph	34.160	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.212		51	1008
3	Gary Matthews	rf	28.050	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.284		99	841
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.170	R	2	0	0	0		2	0	.317		120	974
5	Bob Horner	3b	21.018	R	4	1	1	1		0	2	.254		62	62
6	Bob Beall	1b	30.122	B	3	0	0	0		1	0	.233		80	100
7	Joe Nolan	c	27.104	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.237		66	136
8	Glenn Hubbard	2b	20.333	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.211		11	11
9	Phil Niekro	p	39.145	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.217		36	540
	Dale Murphy	ph	22.165	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.238		119	156
	Darrel Chaney	ph	30.168	B	1	0	1	0		0	0	.219		73	835
Totals

Errors: Phil Niekro

HR: Bob Horner (15)

RBI: Bob Horner (43)

SH: Gary Matthews (1)

SB: Joe Nolan (2)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bert Blyleven	R	W 11-8	8.1	7	1	1	3	6	1		3.20	1.17		27	309
2	Ed Whitson	R		0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0		2.88	1.37		32	37
3	Grant Jackson	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.56	1.58		50	482
4	Kent Tekulve	R	SV 25	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.89	1.21		72	250
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bert Blyleven (0-0-0), Ed Whitson (0-0-0), Grant Jackson (0-0-0), Kent Tekulve (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 15-14	7.0	8	5	5	3	4	0		3.03	1.15		35	543
2	Craig Skok	L		2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0		4.05	1.33		32	51
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Phil Niekro (0-0-0), Craig Skok (0-0-0)