Atlanta Braves (6) Houston Astros (5)

| 1979

Date of Game: Wednesday, May 23, 1979
Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Houston Astros (NL)	Atlanta Braves (NL)
Record: 24-21	Record: 15-26
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Attendance: 1,623 Time of Game: 2:27

Game Notes:

Tony Brizzolara - 1st career win

None listed
Best at-bats

Rowland Office ? in 8th inning (61.25)

Jerry Royster 1B in 8th inning (17.9)

Jose Cruz 2B in 1st inning (12.14)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston Astros	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	9	1
Atlanta Braves	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	x	6	6	1

Houston Astros Batting Stats

Houston Astros	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Terry Puhl	cf	22.319	5	0	1	1	0	1	.263	44	253	4	11	7
Craig Reynolds	ss	26.147	5	1	1	0	0	0	.283	41	362	0	14	5
Cesar Cedeno	1b	28.087	3	1	1	0	1	1	.281	38	1190	3	17	10
Jose Cruz	lf	31.289	3	1	2	2	1	1	.321	44	1051	2	28	12
Enos Cabell	3b	29.227	4	1	1	1	0	0	.296	45	733	4	29	14
Jeff Leonard	rf	23.244	4	0	0	0	0	3	.302	31	50	0	8	2
Alan Ashby	c	27.320	4	0	1	1	0	0	.225	36	439	1	17	0
Julio Gonzalez	2b	26.149	3	0	1	0	0	0	.243	15	203	0	3	1
Denny Walling	ph	25.036	1	1	1	0	0	0	.154	16	151	0	2	0
J.R. Richard	p	29.077	3	0	0	0	0	1	.125	11	191	1	2	0
Joaquin Andujar	p	26.153	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	18	104	0	0	0
Joe Sambito	p	26.329	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	18	154	0	1	0
Bob Watson	ph	33.043	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	44	1368	3	18	0
Totals:			36	5	9	5	2	7	.250	401	6249

Atlanta Braves Batting Stats

Atlanta Braves	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Jerry Royster	3b	26.217	4	1	1	2	0	2	.313	39	497	0	14	7
Mike Lum	1b	33.208	3	0	1	1	0	0	.250	36	1276	1	10	0
Gary Matthews	rf	28.322	3	1	0	0	1	2	.287	41	912	9	25	4
Jeff Burroughs	lf	28.077	4	0	0	0	0	0	.236	41	1048	3	11	0
Gene Garber	p	31.192	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	20	391	0	0	0
Rowland Office	cf	26.210	4	0	1	1	0	0	.256	36	663	2	9	0
Joe Nolan	c	28.011	4	0	1	0	0	2	.267	12	177	0	1	0
Darrel Chaney	2b	31.075	2	1	0	0	1	1	.071	17	868	0	2	1
Pepe Frias	ss	30.313	3	2	2	0	0	0	.261	37	465	1	11	1
Tony Brizzolara	p	22.129	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	2	2	0	0	0
Charlie Spikes	ph	28.120	0	1	0	0	1	0	.353	17	579	1	5	0
Barry Bonnell	lf	25.208	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	38	255	6	19	1
Totals:			29	6	6	4	3	9	.207	336	7133

Game Stats

2B: Cesar Cedeno (11), Jose Cruz (10), Mike Lum (6), Joe Nolan (3), Rowland Office (2)
RBIs: Alan Ashby (17), Enos Cabell (29), Jose Cruz 2 (28), Mike Lum (10), Rowland Office (9), Terry Puhl (11), Jerry Royster 2 (14)
SB: Enos Cabell (14), Jose Cruz (12), Julio Gonzalez (1)
SH: Mike Lum (1)
GDP: Enos Cabell (4)

Houston Astros Pitching Stats

Houston Astros	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
J.R. Richard	29.077	7	4	3	3	1	8	0	3.73	1.29	0	0	0	11	194
Joaquin Andujar (L 4-2)	26.153	0.2	2	3	3	2	0	0	3.23	1.28	0	0	0	19	108
Joe Sambito	26.329	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.86	1.24	0	0	0	18	154
Pitching Totals:		8	6	6	6	3	9	0			0	0	0	48	456

Atlanta Braves Pitching Stats

Atlanta Braves	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Tony Brizzolara (W 1-0)	22.129	8	7	4	4	2	7	0	3.86	1.29	0	0	0	2	2
Gene Garber (Sv 9)	31.192	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	5.00	1.33	0	0	0	20	398
Pitching Totals:		9	9	5	5	2	7	0			0	0	0	22	400

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Joaquin Andujar;
Balks: J.R. Richard;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: J.R. Richard 0-0-0; Joaquin Andujar 0-0-0; Joe Sambito 0-0-0; Tony Brizzolara 0-0-0; Gene Garber 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: J.R. Richard 26; Joaquin Andujar 6; Joe Sambito 1; Tony Brizzolara 33; Gene Garber 5;
Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 1,623
Umpires: Home: Jerry Dale 1B Bruce Froemming 2B Joe West 3B Bill Williams

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