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Houston Astros 2 Atlanta Braves 5

May 5,1978

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (10-14)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (9-15)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

5,699

Time of Game

2:29

Umpires

[HP]: Jim Quick [1B]: Jerry Crawford [2B]: Doug Harvey [3B]: Andy Olsen

Houston Astros 2 Atlanta Braves 5

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	10-14		1	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			2	5	1		5	10	20	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	9-15		0	1	0		0	1	2		0	1	x			5	6	0		6	12	22	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	lf	21.301	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.275		22	82
2	Enos Cabell	3b	28.209	R	2	0	0	0		2	1	.273		24	550
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	27.069	R	4	0	0	1		0	1	.275		23	1125
4	Bob Watson	1b	32.025	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.299		24	1209
5	Jose Cruz	rf	30.270	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.298		22	876
6	Art Howe	2b	31.141	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.306		24	262
7	Ed Herrmann	c	31.251	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.133		7	893
8	Jimmy Sexton	ss	26.141	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.235		13	27
9	Joe Niekro	p	33.179	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.250		5	359
	Wilbur Howard	ph	29.117	B	1	0	1	0		0	0	.300		16	398
	Denny Walling	ph	24.018	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.250		12	27
Totals

Errors: Art Howe

HR: Bob Watson (4)

RBI: Cesar Cedeno (11), Bob Watson (18)

SH: Joe Niekro (4)

GDP: Terry Puhl (2)

SB: Terry Puhl (5)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	2b	25.199	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.333		24	342
2	Rowland Office	cf	25.192	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.232		20	501
3	Brian Asselstine	rf	24.224	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.289		19	113
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.059	R	2	1	0	0		2	0	.405		24	878
5	Biff Pocoroba	c	24.284	B	3	0	0	0		0	0	.235		22	256
6	Dale Murphy	1b	22.054	R	2	2	1	1		2	0	.181		24	61
7	Rod Gilbreath	3b	25.223	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.271		17	400
8	Pat Rockett	ss	23.116	R	3	0	1	1		1	0	.134		24	121
9	Tommy Boggs	p	22.192	R	3	1	1	1		0	1	.222		4	4
	Eddie Solomon	p	27.085	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.200		11	66
Totals

2B: Rod Gilbreath 2 (4)

HR: Tommy Boggs (1)

RBI: Dale Murphy (11), Rod Gilbreath (2), Pat Rockett (3), Tommy Boggs (1)

SH: Biff Pocoroba (1)

SB: Jerry Royster (12), Dale Murphy 2 (4)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R	L 1-4	6.0	5	3	3	3	2	1		6.90	1.80		6	370
2	Floyd Bannister	L		2.0	1	1	1	2	2	0		3.86	1.71		5	29
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (0-0-0), Floyd Bannister (0-0-0)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tommy Boggs	R	W 1-3	7.0	5	2	2	4	3	1		5.47	1.67		5	24
2	Eddie Solomon	R	SV 2	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0		0.90	1.05		11	69
Totals				0.0

WP: Tommy Boggs (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tommy Boggs (0-0-0), Eddie Solomon (0-0-0)