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Atlanta Braves 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

June 5,1978

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (19-30)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (23-28)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Three Rivers Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

5,248

Time of Game

2:37

Umpires

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

Atlanta Braves 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

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3rd inning: NP **Frank Taveras left with virus infection**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Atlanta Braves	ATL	19-30		0	0	0		0	0	3		0	1	4			8	12	3		6	11	23	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	23-28		0	0	0		1	0	1		0	2	0			4	7	1		5	8	19	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	2b	25.230	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.274		49	367
2	Bob Beall	1b	30.042	B	5	1	3	0		0	1	.227		29	49
3	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.090	R	5	1	2	0		0	2	.331		49	903
4	Gary Matthews	rf	27.335	R	4	2	0	0		1	1	.257		22	764
5	Dale Murphy	c	22.085	R	3	3	1	4		2	0	.201		46	83
6	Barry Bonnell	cf	24.221	R	5	0	2	3		0	0	.231		41	141
7	Rod Gilbreath	3b	25.254	R	4	0	1	1		1	0	.228		40	423
8	Pat Rockett	ss	23.147	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.131		41	138
9	Dick Ruthven	p	27.070	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.091		11	139
Totals

Errors: Pat Rockett, Dick Ruthven 2

2B: Jeff Burroughs (14), Pat Rockett (1)

HR: Dale Murphy (3)

RBI: Dale Murphy 4 (19), Barry Bonnell 3 (9), Rod Gilbreath (10)

SB: Dale Murphy (6)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Frank Taveras	ss	28.163	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.260		50	606
	Mario Mendoza	ss	27.161	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.259		22	289
	Manny Sanguillen	ph	34.076	R	1	1	0	0		0	0	.273		25	1279
2	Omar Moreno	cf	25.224	L	4	2	1	0		0	0	.198		51	255
3	Rennie Stennett	2b	27.061	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.268		45	910
4	Bill Robinson	rf	34.344	R	3	0	1	2		0	1	.250		33	1005
5	Willie Stargell	1b	38.091	L	4	0	2	1		0	1	.227		38	1927
6	John Milner	lf	28.159	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.257		32	773
7	Ed Ott	c	26.329	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.228		35	178
8	Phil Garner	3b-ss	29.036	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.234		49	560
9	John Candelaria	p	24.211	L	1	0	0	0		1	1	.130		13	95
	Ken Macha	ph-3b	27.249	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	1.000		2	42
Totals

Errors: Frank Taveras

2B: Willie Stargell (3)

RBI: Bill Robinson 2 (19), Willie Stargell (19)

SF: Bill Robinson (2)

CS: Bill Robinson (3)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Ruthven	R		7.2	6	1	1	1	4	0		3.89	1.31		12	144
2	Jamie Easterly	L	W 2-4	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0		5.64	1.91		15	65
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dick Ruthven (0-0-0), Jamie Easterly (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	John Candelaria	L		8.0	9	4	4	3	5	0		3.46	1.47		13	96
2	Kent Tekulve	R	L 3-4	1.0	3	4	4	1	0	1		2.83	1.17		26	204
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: John Candelaria (0-0-0), Kent Tekulve (0-0-0)