May 4th, 1975 - Game 26 Boxscore

Braves Pitching Shuts Down Reds Again as Atlanta Wins Tight Ball Game at Riverfront; Gullet suffers first loss of season as Darrell Evans goes deep

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BOXSCORE: 1975 Atlanta Braves At 1975 Cincinnati Reds                5/4/1975
 
  Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Garr LF           4  1  1  0 .276     P.Rose 3B           3  0  0  0 .280  
  M.Perez 2B          2  0  0  0 .310     D.Concepcion SS     3  1  0  0 .204  
  D.Evans 3B          4  1  2  3 .288     J.Morgan 2B         4  0  0  0 .267  
  D.Baker RF          4  0  1  0 .308     J.Bench C           4  0  1  1 .290  
  M.Lum CF            4  0  0  0 .180     D.Driessen LF       2  1  1  0 .308  
  E.Williams 1B       4  0  0  0 .241   B-K.Griffey PH        1  0  0  0 .225  
  V.Correll C         2  0  0  0 .274     T.Perez 1B          4  0  1  0 .225  
  L.Blanks SS         3  0  0  0 .264     C.Geronimo CF       3  0  0  1 .267  
  P.Niekro P          1  1  0  0 .231   C-M.Rettenmund PH     1  0  0  0 .222  
A-C.Gaston PH         0  0  0  0 .000     G.Foster RF         3  0  0  0 .222  
  T.House P           0  0  0  0 .000     D.Gullett P         3  0  1  0 .286  
                                          W.McEnaney P        0  0  0  0 .000  
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         Totals      28  3  4  3                 Totals      31  2  4  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Niekro In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Driessen In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Geronimo In 9th Inning
 
Braves.......... 0 0 0  2 0 1  0 0 0  -  3  4  1
Reds............ 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  2  4  0
 
Braves (15-12)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
P.Niekro WIN(3-2)         7       3   2   2   3   5   0  99   3.21
T.House SAVE(3rd)         2       1   0   0   0   1   0  27   4.11
Totals                    9       4   2   2   3   6   0
 
Reds (17-9)              IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Gullett LOSS(5-1)       7 2/3   4   3   3   4   1   1 121   2.42
W.McEnaney                1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  16   0.82
Totals                    9       4   3   3   4   2   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 47,794 DATE- Sunday, May 4th 1975 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 3  Reds: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0  Reds: 2
ERRORS- T.House
DOUBLES- J.Bench(8th), T.Perez(4th)
TRIPLES- D.Driessen(2nd)
HOME RUNS- D.Evans(4th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Concepcion(8th), D.Driessen(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Perez
WALKS- M.Perez, V.Correll, P.Niekro, C.Gaston, P.Rose, D.Driessen, G.Foster
HIT BY PITCH- D.Concepcion
STRIKE OUTS- M.Lum, E.Williams, D.Concepcion, J.Bench, K.Griffey, T.Perez,
             C.Geronimo-2
GIDP- D.Baker, E.Williams
WILD PITCHES- D.Gullett
 
One run was the difference at Riverfront Stadium as the Atlanta Braves
defeated the Cincinnati Reds 3 to 2.
 
Atlanta scored 2 runs in the top of the 4th inning.  Ralph Garr got things
going when he laced a one-base hit.  Marty Perez came next and he laid down a
sacrifice bunt.  Darrell Evans then smashed a two-run homer (his 4th of the
season).  Cincinnati made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to
push the needed runs across.  
 
The winning pitcher was Phil Niekro(3-2) who allowed 2 runs in 7 innings. Tom
House earned his 3rd save.  The loss was charged to Don Gullett(5-1).
 
Sparky Anderson was subdued after the ballgame, 'That one really hurts.  If
our guys had simply played more fundamentally sound, we could have won that
one.  That is what really ticks me off!'

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