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Cubs 3 9 1
Braves 1 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 3 9 1
Braves 1 11 2

Rod Gilbreath Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .291
OBP .500 .376
At Bats 3 103
Hits 1 30
• Singles 1 24
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 0 8

Darold Knowles Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 5 10
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Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium - August 8, 1975
Darold Knowles
Tim Hosley
Andre Thornton
Manny Trillo
Rob Sperring
Don Kessinger
Gene Hiser
Rick Monday
Jerry Morales
Rod Gilbreath
Rob Belloir
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Gilbreath takes first base on ball four.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Rob Belloir pinch runs for Earl Williams. Garr strikes out.
Bottom 9 Earl Williams pinch hits for Elias Sosa. Williams hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Morales. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Correll hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thornton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Thornton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Correll settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Monday scores.
Top 9 Hiser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sosa fields it and throws to first for the out. Monday moves to second.
Top 9 Monday hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Kessinger hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Goodson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Morales. Goodson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Lum hits a popup, foul, towards third. Sperring settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Baker strikes out.
Top 8 Knowles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sperring is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Correll fires to third and picks off Trillo. Hosley moves to second.
Top 8 Hosley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Trillo moves to third.
Top 8 Trillo hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Elias Sosa now pitching. Thornton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Goodson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Hiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gilbreath takes first base on ball four. Correll moves to third. Garr moves to second.
Bottom 7 Garr is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Cito Gaston pinch hits for Bruce Dal Canton. Gaston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sperring fields it and throws to first for the out. Correll moves to second.
Bottom 7 Correll hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Darold Knowles now pitching. Tim Hosley now catching. Manny Trillo now playing second base. Rob Sperring now playing third base. Blanks hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Morales hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilbreath settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hiser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kessinger scores. Monday moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Monday takes first base on ball four. Kessinger moves to second.
Top 7 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Champ Summers pinch hits for Ray Burris. Summers hits a fly ball into center field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bonham tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Bill Bonham pinch runs for Steve Swisher. Sperring bunts towards the mound. Dal Canton fields it and throws to first for the out. Bonham moves to third.
Top 7 Swisher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans juggles the ball. That's an error on Evans. Swisher moves to second.
Bottom 6 Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodson for the out.
Bottom 6 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Evans hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sperring settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Harris hits a popup, foul, towards first. Goodson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hiser moves to second.
Top 6 Morales hits a popup towards first. Goodson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hiser hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Monday hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gilbreath hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gilbreath for the out.
Bottom 5 Garr hits a fly ball into left field. Hiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dal Canton hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kessinger for the out.
Top 5 The ball gets by Correll for a passed ball. Swisher moves to third.
Top 5 Burris bunts towards the mound. Dal Canton fields it and throws to first for the out. Swisher moves to second.
Top 5 Sperring strikes out.
Top 5 Swisher is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 4 Correll hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Blanks hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Goodson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Goodson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Sperring throws to second for one, and Kessinger throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Goodson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Harris hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thornton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Morales hits a popup, foul, towards first. Goodson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Baker. The throw from Swisher and he is out, Kessinger applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gilbreath scores.
Bottom 3 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Evans for the out. Gilbreath moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gilbreath hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Garr hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hiser hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards first. Goodson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Kessinger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Burris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dal Canton strikes out.
Bottom 2 Correll hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Goodson hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sperring bunts towards the mound. Dal Canton fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Swisher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Harris strikes out.
Bottom 1 Lum hits a fly ball into left field. Hiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Baker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Evans moves to third.
Bottom 1 Evans hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Gilbreath strikes out.
Bottom 1 Garr hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Hiser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thornton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Morales is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Hiser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dal Canton has Kessinger trapped. There's the throw to Evans and over to Correll, who tags Kessinger for the out. Hiser moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Monday hits a fly ball into center field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kessinger moves to third.
Top 1 Kessinger hits a fly ball towards left. Garr settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Garr. Kessinger moves to second.