Braves @ Cardinals
June 7, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 6 9 0
Cardinals 0 4 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 6 9 0
Cardinals 0 4 1

Ted Simmons Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .325
OBP .000 .412
At Bats 3 191
Hits 0 62
• Singles 0 35
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 0 26

Phil Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 0
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Busch Stadium - June 7, 1978
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Out
Phil Niekro
Biff Pocoroba
Dale Murphy
Rod Gilbreath
Jerry Maddox
Pat Rockett
Barry Bonnell
Rowland Office
Gary Matthews
Ted Simmons
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Rowland Office now playing center field. Barry Bonnell now playing left field. Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Rowland Office pinch runs for Jeff Burroughs. Matthews strikes out.
Top 9 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields the ball and throws to Littell covering. Safe.
Top 9 Gilbreath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Mark Littell now pitching. Bonnell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maddox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Phillips hits a fly ball into center field. Bonnell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murphy scoops it up and throws to first, with Niekro covering, for the out.
Top 8 Niekro strikes out.
Top 8 Rockett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz juggles the ball. That's an error on Reitz. Burroughs scores. Pocoroba moves to third. Maddox moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Maddox takes first base on ball four. Pocoroba moves to second.
Top 8 Pocoroba hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson fields it and throws to second for the out. Burroughs moves to third.
Top 8 Murphy strikes out.
Top 8 Matthews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burroughs moves to second.
Top 8 George Frazier now pitching. Burroughs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Roger Freed pinch hits for John Urrea. Freed hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tyson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morales moves to second.
Bottom 7 Reitz hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maddox fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Hernandez hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gilbreath strikes out.
Top 7 Bonnell hits a ball on the ground towards second. Tyson scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Rockett moves to third.
Top 7 Niekro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rockett moves to second.
Top 7 Rockett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murphy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simmons for the out.
Bottom 6 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maddox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rockett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pocoroba hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 6 Murphy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Brock hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Urrea takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Tyson hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Reitz hits a line drive into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Matthews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Burroughs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gilbreath hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rockett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Hernandez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hendrick hits a fly ball into center field. Bonnell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bonnell hits a fly ball into left field. Brock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rockett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Phillips hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brock hits a fly ball into center field. Bonnell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Urrea bunts towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out. Tyson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Tyson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Phillips fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Pocoroba takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Murphy hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Reitz hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Maddox fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hernandez strikes out.
Top 2 Matthews strikes out.
Top 2 Burroughs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Urrea fires to first and picks off Gilbreath.
Top 2 Gilbreath takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bonnell hits a line drive into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Simmons hits a fly ball into center field. Bonnell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hendrick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Phillips hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brock strikes out.
Top 1 John Urrea now pitching. Niekro strikes out. Simmons drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Niekro out.
Top 1 Rockett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brock. Rockett reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pocoroba hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 1 Murphy takes first base on ball four. Burroughs moves to third. Matthews moves to second.
Top 1 Matthews hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burroughs moves to second.
Top 1 Burroughs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gilbreath scores.
Top 1 There goes Gilbreath. The throw from Simmons and he is safe. Gilbreath steals second.
Top 1 Gilbreath takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bonnell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.