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Braves 6 @ Phillies 5
Veterans Stadium
April 23, 1976

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Atlanta Braves, played on April 23, 1976 at Veterans Stadium. The home team Phillies were bested by the visiting Braves with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateApril 23, 1976 
Visiting Team
Atlanta Braves
R: 6 H: 8 E: 3 LOB: 12
Runs: 6
Hits: 8
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 5 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherBruce Dal Canton  
Losing PitcherTug McGraw  
SaveElias Sosa  
Game Winning RBITom Paciorek 

Game Info

DateApril 23, 1976 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamAtlanta Braves 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Visiting Starting PitcherCarl Morton  
Home Starting PitcherJim Lonborg  
BallparkVeterans Stadium 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance29,398 
Time of Game3 hours 4 minutes 
UmpiresHP: John McSherry
1B: Art Williams
2B: Tom Gorman
3B: Paul Pryor

Atlanta Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Rowland Office  Center Fielder 
Jerry Royster  Third Baseman 
Jim Wynn  Left Fielder 
Darrell Evans  First Baseman 
Ken Henderson  Right Fielder 
Lee Lacy  Second Baseman 
Biff Pocoroba  Catcher 
Darrel Chaney  Shortstop 
Carl Morton  Pitcher 
Dave Bristol  Manager 

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dave Cash  Second Baseman 
Larry Bowa  Shortstop 
Jay Johnstone  Right Fielder 
Greg Luzinski  Left Fielder 
Dick Allen  First Baseman 
Mike Schmidt  Third Baseman 
Garry Maddox  Center Fielder 
Bob Boone  Catcher 
Jim Lonborg  Pitcher 
Danny Ozark  Manager 

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Braves 6 @ Phillies 5
Veterans Stadium
April 23, 1976

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/23/1976 -- Atlanta at Philadelphia (N)

  Atlanta            AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Office R, cf          3  2  1  0   Cash D, 2b            5  1  2  0   
Royster J, 3b         3  0  1  0   Bowa L, ss            4  0  1  2   
May D, ph             0  0  0  0   Johnstone J, rf       5  1  1  0   
Williams E, ph        0  0  0  0   Luzinski G, lf        2  1  1  1   
Gilbreath R, pr-ss    0  1  0  1   Martin J, pr-lf       0  1  0  0   
Wynn J, lf            4  0  0  0   Tolan B, ph           1  0  0  0   
Dal Canton B, p       0  0  0  0   Allen D, 1b           1  0  0  0   
Correll V, ph         1  1  1  2   Hutton T, 1b          1  0  0  0   
Sosa E, p             0  0  0  0   Schmidt M, 3b         4  0  1  1   
Evans D, 1b-3b        3  0  1  1   Maddox G, cf          3  0  0  0   
Henderson K, rf       3  0  1  0   Boone B, c            3  0  0  0   
Lacy L, 2b            4  0  0  1   Lonborg J, p          3  1  1  0   
Pocoroba B, c         5  0  0  0   Kaat J, p             0  0  0  0   
Chaney D, ss          2  0  1  0   Garber G, p           1  0  1  0   
Perez M, ss           0  0  0  0   McGraw T, p           0  0  0  0   
Crowley T, ph         1  0  0  0   Reed R, p             0  0  0  0   
Paciorek T, 1b        1  1  1  1                                      
Morton C, p           2  0  0  0                                      
Gaston C, ph-lf       2  1  1  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  6  8  6                        33  5  8  4

Atlanta          000 001 005 --  6
Philadelphia     101 011 100 --  5

  Atlanta              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Morton C              6.0  7  4  3  6  2
Dal Canton B (W)      2.0  1  1  0  2  0
Sosa E (S)            1.0  0  0  0  0  0

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lonborg J             6.2  5  1  1  3  4
Kaat J*               0.0  0  0  0  1  0
Garber G+             1.1  2  3  3  3  0
McGraw T (L)          0.2  1  2  2  4  0
Reed R                0.1  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 7th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Royster J 2, Evans D
DP -- Atlanta 2, Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Atlanta 12, Philadelphia 10
2B -- Luzinski G, Office R, Lonborg J, Correll V
3B -- Cash D
SB -- Schmidt M
CS -- Cash D
SF -- Bowa L
WP -- Dal Canton B
PB -- Pocoroba B 3
T -- 3:04
A -- 29398

    

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