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July 17, 1976

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 10 11 0
Pirates 2 10 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 10 11 0
Pirates 2 10 2

Ed Ott Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .333
OBP .500 .389
At Bats 2 15
Hits 1 5
• Singles 1 5
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 3

Dick Ruthven Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 8 0
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Three Rivers Stadium - July 17, 1976
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Out
Dick Ruthven
Biff Pocoroba
Willie Montanez
Rod Gilbreath
Jerry Royster
Darrel Chaney
Tom Paciorek
Rowland Office
Ken Henderson
Ed Ott
Ed Kirkpatrick

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 10 11 0 5
Pittsburgh Pirates 2 10 2 7
Winning Pitcher Dick Ruthven
Losing Pitcher Bruce Kison
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ken Henderson
Attendance 14,776
Time of Game 2 hours 26 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 There's a wild pitch. Kirkpatrick moves to second.
Bottom 9 Ed Kirkpatrick pinch hits for Kent Tekulve. Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Zisk hits a fly ball into right field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gilbreath hits a line drive into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Montanez hits a fly ball into left field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Parker strikes out.
Bottom 8 Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez fields the ball and throws to Ruthven covering. Safe. Stennett scores.
Bottom 8 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stennett moves to third.
Bottom 8 Stennett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Henderson. Stennett reaches second base with a double. Taveras scores.
Bottom 8 There goes Taveras. The throw from Pocoroba and he is safe. Taveras steals third.
Bottom 8 The umpire calls a balk on Ruthven Taveras moves to second.
Bottom 8 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards third. Royster fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ott for the out.
Top 8 Paciorek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Office strikes out.
Top 8 Kent Tekulve now pitching. Royster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Richie Hebner pinch hits for Dave Giusti. Hebner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pocoroba settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a line drive into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Zisk hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Paciorek. Zisk reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Parker hits a line drive towards third. Royster reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ruthven hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Pocoroba hits a line drive into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Chaney strikes out.
Bottom 6 Stargell strikes out.
Bottom 6 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gilbreath scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 6 Stennett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Gilbreath hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Taveras. Montanez moves to second.
Top 6 Dave Giusti now pitching. Ed Ott now catching. Paciorek strikes out.
Bottom 5 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Ed Ott pinch hits for Rick Langford. Ott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Zisk moves to second.
Bottom 5 Sanguillen strikes out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Zisk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Office hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Royster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pocoroba scores.
Top 5 Ruthven hits a line drive into left field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pocoroba hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Oliver. Pocoroba reaches second base with a double. Chaney scores.
Top 5 Chaney hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parker. Chaney reaches second base with a double. Montanez scores. Henderson goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Gilbreath hits a fly ball into left field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Henderson takes first base on ball four. Montanez moves to second.
Top 5 Montanez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Parker hits a popup towards first. Montanez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stargell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Royster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a popup, foul, towards third. Royster settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Paciorek strikes out.
Top 4 Office strikes out.
Top 4 Royster strikes out.
Bottom 3 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Royster fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Taveras takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Langford hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ruthven strikes out.
Top 3 Rick Langford now pitching. Pocoroba hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett fields it and throws to second for the out. Gilbreath moves to third.
Top 3 Chaney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gilbreath moves to second.
Top 3 Gilbreath hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Montanez scores.
Top 3 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stargell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Henderson for the out. Montanez moves to third.
Top 3 Montanez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zisk. Montanez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields it and throws to second for the out. Stargell moves to third.
Bottom 2 Parker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stargell moves to second.
Bottom 2 Stargell takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Paciorek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stargell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Paciorek for the out.
Top 2 Office hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ruthven scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Royster hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pocoroba tags and scores. Ruthven tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Pocoroba moves to third. Ruthven moves to second.
Top 2 Ruthven bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Pocoroba moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Pocoroba hits a fly ball towards center. Oliver settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Oliver.
Top 2 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stargell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chaney for the out.
Bottom 1 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Stennett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards first. Montanez scoops it up and throws to first, with Ruthven covering, for the out.
Top 1 Gilbreath hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Henderson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Montanez takes first base on ball four. Office moves to second.
Top 1 Paciorek strikes out.
Top 1 Office hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Royster hits a fly ball into center field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.