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Houston Astros 5 Atlanta Braves 3

August 5,1978

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (51-58)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (50-59)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

0

Time of Game

2:48

Umpires

[HP]: Jerry Dale [1B]: John McSherry [2B]: (none) [3B]: Paul Runge

Houston Astros 5 Atlanta Braves 3

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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	51-58		1	0	0		0	0	3		1	0	0			5	6	0		5	9	19	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	50-59		1	0	0		0	0	0		2	0	0			3	7	1		6	10	20	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	cf	22.028	L	4	1	0	0		0	1	.290		100	160
2	Julio Gonzalez	2b	25.223	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.257		35	145
3	Enos Cabell	3b	28.301	R	5	0	1	0		0	1	.288		108	634
4	Jose Cruz	rf	30.362	L	3	0	0	1		1	0	.293		102	956
5	Bob Watson	1b	32.117	R	3	1	2	1		1	0	.293		105	1290
6	Dave Bergman	lf	25.060	L	4	1	2	0		0	1	.250		70	82
7	Luis Pujols	c	22.260	R	3	1	0	0		1	3	.139		31	37
8	Mike Fischlin	ss	22.326	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.128		36	49
	Denny Walling	ph	24.110	L	1	0	1	3		0	0	.230		74	89
	Jimmy Sexton	ss	26.233	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.160		53	67
9	Joe Niekro	p	33.271	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.231		22	376
	Ken Forsch	p	31.331	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.182		40	344
Totals

2B: Denny Walling (4)

RBI: Jose Cruz (56), Bob Watson (65), Denny Walling 3 (16)

SH: Julio Gonzalez (2)

HBP: Terry Puhl (3)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	ss	25.291	R	3	0	0	1		1	0	.277		95	413
2	Rowland Office	cf	25.284	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.258		95	576
	Cito Gaston	ph	34.141	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.216		48	1005
	Joe Nolan	ph	27.085	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.235		50	120
3	Gary Matthews	rf	28.031	R	3	1	0	0		1	1	.289		81	823
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.151	R	3	0	1	1		1	0	.322		102	956
5	Bob Horner	3b	20.364	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.279		47	47
6	Biff Pocoroba	c	25.011	B	4	1	1	0		0	0	.239		90	324
7	Dale Murphy	1b	22.146	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.243		103	140
8	Rod Gilbreath	2b	25.315	R	3	0	2	0		1	0	.251		82	465
9	Preston Hanna	p	23.329	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.190		19	43
	Bob Beall	ph	30.103	B	1	0	0	0		0	1	.236		67	87
	Barry Bonnell	cf	24.282	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.234		82	182
Totals

Errors: Dale Murphy

2B: Jeff Burroughs (25)

RBI: Jerry Royster (28), Cito Gaston (5), Jeff Burroughs (60)

SF: Jerry Royster (2)

GDP: Biff Pocoroba (15)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R	W 9-8	6.0	5	3	3	4	0	0		4.55	1.37		24	388
2	Joe Sambito	L		0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0		3.03	1.35		43	117
3	Ken Forsch	R	SV 4	2.1	1	0	0	1	3	0		2.93	1.51		40	349
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0), Ken Forsch (0-0-0)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Preston Hanna	R	L 7-10	5.2	5	4	4	3	6	0		4.88	1.56		24	50
2	Dave Campbell	R		1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0		4.69	1.58		41	106
3	Craig Skok	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0		4.26	1.34		24	43
4	Jamie Easterly	L		2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		6.00	1.76		27	77
Totals				0.0

HB: Dave Campbell (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Preston Hanna (0-0-0), Dave Campbell (0-0-0), Craig Skok (0-0-0), Jamie Easterly (0-0-0)