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May 17, 1979

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Top 2	R	H	E
Dodgers	1	1	0
Braves	2	4	1

Top 2	R	H	E
Dodgers	2	2	0
Braves	2	4	1

Von Joshua Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.269
OBP	.000	.269
At Bats	0	26
Hits	0	7
• Singles	0	6
• Doubles	0	0
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	1
Walks	0	0
RBI’s	0	4

Phil Niekro Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	6	0

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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - May 17, 1979

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Home Run

Phil Niekro

Dale Murphy

Bob Horner

Glenn Hubbard

Jerry Royster

Pepe Frias

Jeff Burroughs

Barry Bonnell

Gary Matthews

Von Joshua

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Joshua hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 1 Hubbard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 1 Bonnell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Horner moves to second.

Bottom 1 Horner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Murphy scores.

Bottom 1 Murphy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Baker. Murphy reaches second base with a double. Royster goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 1 Burroughs hits a fly ball into center field. Thomasson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Matthews hits a fly ball into right field. Joshua settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Royster hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 1 Baker hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Garvey hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Thomasson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Thomasson reaches second base with a double. Lopes scores. That run is unearned.

Top 1 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out. Lopes moves to second.

Top 1 Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard misplays the ball. That's an error on Hubbard.

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