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Atlanta Braves 6 Cincinnati Reds 5

August 8,1978

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (53-59)

Home Team

Cincinnati Reds (65-47)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Cinergy Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

32,730

Time of Game

2:20

Umpires

[HP]: Eric Gregg [1B]: Bill Williams [2B]: Dick Stello [3B]: Bruce Froemming

Atlanta Braves 6 Cincinnati Reds 5

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8th inning: S1 **Jeff Burroughs singled off Pedro Borbon's right hand**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Atlanta Braves	ATL	53-59		0	0	1		1	1	0		0	3	0			6	10	1		5	8	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	65-47		0	0	0		0	0	0		2	1	2			5	5	0		2	2	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	ss	25.294	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.271		99	417
2	Rowland Office	cf	25.287	L	5	0	1	1		0	1	.257		99	580
3	Gary Matthews	rf	28.034	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.283		85	827
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.154	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.318		106	960
	Barry Bonnell	pr-lf	24.285	R	1	1	0	0		0	1	.233		84	184
5	Biff Pocoroba	c	25.014	B	4	1	2	1		0	0	.242		92	326
6	Dale Murphy	1b	22.149	R	4	1	2	1		0	1	.245		107	144
7	Rod Gilbreath	3b	25.318	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.253		86	469
8	Chico Ruiz	2b	26.280	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.333		6	6
9	Phil Niekro	p	39.129	R	3	1	1	2		1	1	.232		31	535
Totals

Errors: Rod Gilbreath

2B: Jerry Royster (13), Rowland Office (7), Chico Ruiz (2)

RBI: Jerry Royster (29), Rowland Office (28), Biff Pocoroba (34), Dale Murphy (60), Phil Niekro 2 (9)

SH: Jerry Royster (8)

SB: Gary Matthews (5)

Cincinnati Reds - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Pete Rose	3b	37.116	B	3	0	0	0		1	0	.313		111	2455
2	Junior Kennedy	2b	27.364	R	1	0	0	0		1	0	.221		66	88
	Mike Lum	ph	32.285	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.283		55	1209
	Ken Henderson	ph	32.054	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.198		41	1298
3	Ken Griffey	rf	28.120	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.286		112	659
4	George Foster	lf	29.250	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.297		111	886
5	Dan Driessen	1b	27.010	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.279		105	693
6	Dave Concepcion	ss	30.052	R	4	1	1	0		0	2	.304		106	1151
7	Cesar Geronimo	cf	30.150	L	4	1	0	0		0	1	.234		94	1113
8	Vic Correll	c	32.184	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.237		31	331
	Johnny Bench	ph-c	30.244	R	2	1	1	2		0	0	.258		77	1588
9	Tom Hume	p	25.132	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		25	38
	Dave Collins	ph	25.292	B	0	0	0	0		1	0	.234		74	386
	Joe Morgan	ph	34.323	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.264		94	1868
	Ray Knight	2b	25.223	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.182		62	156
Totals

HR: Ken Griffey (4), Johnny Bench (17)

RBI: Ken Griffey (30), Johnny Bench 2 (45)

SB: Dave Collins (4)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Phil Niekro	R	W 14-11	9.0	5	3	3	3	6	2		2.89	1.13		31	539
Totals				0.0

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

Cincinnati Reds - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tom Hume	R	L 5-11	6.0	6	3	3	1	4	0		5.13	1.58		24	38
2	Pedro Borbon	R		1.1	1	1	1	1	1	0		4.60	1.21		47	508
3	Dave Tomlin	L		0.0	2	2	2	1	0	0		4.38	1.70		45	303
4	Manny Sarmiento	R		0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3.38	1.16		47	93
5	Doug Bair	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0		1.41	1.20		49	98
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tom Hume (0-0-0), Pedro Borbon (0-0-0), Dave Tomlin (0-0-0), Manny Sarmiento (0-0-0), Doug Bair (0-0-0)