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August 6,1978

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (51-59)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (51-59)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

8,551

Time of Game

2:24

Umpires

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

Houston Astros 2 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	51-59		0	1	0		0	0	0		0	1	0			2	5	0		6	9	19	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	51-59		0	1	1		0	0	1		0	0	x			3	5	1		5	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	22.029	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.286		102	162
2	Julio Gonzalez	2b	25.224	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.253		37	147
3	Enos Cabell	3b	28.302	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.287		110	636
4	Bob Watson	1b	32.118	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.298		107	1292
5	Wilbur Howard	lf	29.210	B	4	0	1	0		0	0	.241		60	442
6	Jose Cruz	rf	30.363	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.295		104	958
7	Jimmy Sexton	ss	26.234	R	1	0	0	0		2	1	.176		55	69
8	Luis Pujols	c	22.261	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.136		32	38
	Denny Walling	ph	24.111	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.229		76	91
9	J.R. Richard	p	28.152	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.153		26	169
	Rafael Landestoy	ph	25.070	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.253		23	38
Totals

HR: Julio Gonzalez (1), Bob Watson (12)

RBI: Julio Gonzalez (6), Bob Watson (66)

SB: Jimmy Sexton (5)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	ss	25.292	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.274		97	415
2	Rowland Office	cf	25.285	L	4	2	2	0		0	2	.258		97	578
3	Gary Matthews	rf	28.032	R	3	0	1	1		1	1	.289		83	825
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.152	R	3	1	1	0		0	1	.318		104	958
5	Bob Horner	3b	21.000	R	1	0	1	2		1	0	.278		49	49
6	Joe Nolan	c	27.086	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.220		52	122
7	Dale Murphy	1b	22.147	R	3	0	0	0		0	3	.242		105	142
8	Rod Gilbreath	2b	25.316	R	2	0	0	0		1	2	.250		84	467
9	Larry McWilliams	p	24.177	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.125		5	5
	Gene Garber	p	30.266	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.100		42	348
Totals

Errors: Joe Nolan

2B: Rowland Office 2 (6)

3B: Jeff Burroughs (4)

RBI: Gary Matthews (41), Bob Horner 2 (34)

SF: Bob Horner (5)

CS: Gary Matthews (4)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	J.R. Richard	R	L 11-10	7.0	5	3	3	3	11	0		2.98	1.24		25	172
2	Joe Sambito	L		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0		2.98	1.33		44	118
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: J.R. Richard (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry McWilliams	L	W 4-0	6.2	4	1	1	2	2	1		2.83	1.15		5	5
2	Gene Garber	R	SV 17	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	1		1.72	0.93		42	355
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry McWilliams (0-0-0), Gene Garber (0-0-0)