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Houston Astros 2 Atlanta Braves 0

September 26,1978

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (70-87)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (69-88)

Game Date

September 26,1978

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

3,089

Time of Game

2:15

Umpires

[HP]: Joe West [1B]: Bill Williams [2B]: Dick Stello [3B]: Bruce Froemming

Houston Astros 2 Atlanta Braves 0

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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	70-87		1	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0			2	8	0		5	9	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	69-88		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			0	7	1		6	10	21	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	Rafael Landestoy	ss	25.121	B	5	0	1	0		0	0	.272		56	71
2	Jeffrey Leonard	lf	23.004	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.308		4	15
3	Terry Puhl	cf	22.080	L	2	1	0	0		2	0	.292		145	205
4	Jose Cruz	rf	31.049	L	3	1	2	1		1	1	.313		149	1003
5	Enos Cabell	3b	28.353	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.295		157	683
6	Bob Watson	1b	32.169	R	2	0	2	0		2	0	.294		136	1321
7	Julio Gonzalez	2b	25.275	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.233		75	185
8	Luis Pujols	c	22.312	R	4	0	0	0		0	3	.127		55	61
9	Joe Niekro	p	33.323	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.141		32	386
Totals

RBI: Jose Cruz (82), Julio Gonzalez (13)

GDP: Enos Cabell (13), Julio Gonzalez (7)

SB: Terry Puhl (31), Jose Cruz 2 (37)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	ss	25.343	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.254		136	454
2	Rowland Office	cf	25.336	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.254		141	622
3	Gary Matthews	rf	28.083	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.287		125	867
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.203	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.305		149	1003
5	Joe Nolan	c	27.137	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.234		92	162
6	Dale Murphy	1b	22.198	R	2	0	0	0		2	1	.228		147	184
7	Glenn Hubbard	2b	21.001	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.289		39	39
8	Rod Gilbreath	3b	26.002	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.248		111	494
9	Phil Niekro	p	39.178	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.214		44	548
	Bob Beall	ph	30.155	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.243		104	124
Totals

Errors: Rod Gilbreath

2B: Gary Matthews (20)

HBP: Jerry Royster (3), Rowland Office (6)

GDP: Bob Beall (4)

SB: Jerry Royster (27)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R	W 13-14	8.0	6	0	0	2	4	0		3.96	1.32		34	398
2	Ken Forsch	R	SV 6	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2.73	1.31		51	360
Totals				0.0

WP: Joe Niekro (9)

HB: Joe Niekro 2 (9)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (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	Phil Niekro	R	L 19-17	9.0	8	1	1	5	6	0		2.84	1.18		43	551
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Phil Niekro (0-0-0)