Pirates @ Braves
August 24, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 5 8 2
Braves 1 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 5 8 2
Braves 1 7 1

Jerry Royster Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .274
OBP .500 .344
At Bats 4 427
Hits 2 117
• Singles 2 94
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 46
RBI’s 0 32

Ed Whitson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 6 3
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - August 24, 1978
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Ed Whitson
Ed Ott
Bill Robinson
Phil Garner
Dale Berra
Frank Taveras
Steve Brye
Omar Moreno
Dave Parker
Jerry Royster
Darrel Chaney
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Ed Whitson now pitching. Royster takes first base on ball four. Chaney moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Darrel Chaney pinch hits for Craig Skok. Chaney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Hubbard hits a fly ball into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Garner hits a fly ball into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Nolan hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Beall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Horner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Burroughs hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Steve Brye now playing left field. Bill Robinson now playing first base. Matthews is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Beall fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Parker for the double play.
Top 8 Stargell hits a popup towards third. Horner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Craig Skok now pitching. Parker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Office hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Royster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras misplays the ball. That's an error on Taveras.
Bottom 7 Dale Murphy pinch hits for Phil Niekro. Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hubbard hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Beall scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out.
Top 7 Taveras hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burroughs throws the ball in to Beall who tags Taveras trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Blyleven moves to third.
Top 7 Blyleven hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Blyleven reaches second base with a double. Robinson scores. Garner scores. Berra goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Berra is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Garner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Garner reaches second base with a double. Ott scores. Robinson moves to third.
Top 7 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stargell scores. Ott moves to second.
Top 7 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and has Parker trapped. Niekro throws to third, and Horner tags Parker for the out. Stargell moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Stargell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Parker moves to third.
Top 7 Parker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Nolan hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Beall hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Horner is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Taveras hits a fly ball into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Blyleven strikes out.
Bottom 5 Burroughs hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stargell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Matthews hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Office hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Nolan fires to third and picks off Ott.
Top 5 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Garner hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ott moves to third.
Top 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ott moves to second.
Top 5 Ott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Royster is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Niekro strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hubbard hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Nolan. The throw from Ott and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 4 Nolan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Stargell is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Royster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Beall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Horner strikes out.
Bottom 3 Burroughs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Royster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Blyleven hits a ball on the ground towards third. Horner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Berra hits a popup, foul, towards short. Royster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Office hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Royster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hubbard moves to second.
Bottom 2 Niekro strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hubbard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Nolan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Royster fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Robinson strikes out.
Top 2 Ott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Beall hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Horner hits a line drive towards third. Berra reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Burroughs is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Matthews bunts towards first. Stargell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Matthews for the out. Royster moves to third. Office moves to second.
Bottom 1 Office hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Royster moves to second.
Bottom 1 Royster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Royster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Niekro fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Niekro. Parker moves to third.
Top 1 Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Moreno is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Taveras hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.