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Houston Astros 2 Atlanta Braves 3

August 12,1979

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (68-50)

Home Team

Atlanta Braves (47-72)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

7,557

Time of Game

2:07

Umpires

[HP]: Dave Pallone [1B]: Paul Runge [2B]: Charlie Williams [3B]: Bob Engel

Houston Astros 2 Atlanta Braves 3

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7th inning: **Debut game for Alan Knicely**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	68-50		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	2	0			2	8	1		1	1	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	47-72		0	0	0		1	1	1		0	0	x			3	9	0		6	12	24	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	2b	26.076	B	3	0	1	0		1	0	.203		89	163
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	26.228	L	4	1	1	0		0	2	.274		106	427
3	Terry Puhl	cf	23.035	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.285		116	325
4	Jose Cruz	lf	32.004	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.301		116	1123
5	Enos Cabell	1b	29.308	R	3	0	1	1		0	2	.270		111	799
6	Jeffrey Leonard	rf	23.324	R	3	0	1	0		1	1	.299		93	112
7	Art Howe	3b	32.240	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.257		99	455
8	Alan Ashby	c	28.035	B	2	0	0	0		1	0	.213		96	499
	Denny Walling	ph	25.117	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.299		60	195
9	Rick Williams	p	26.276	R	2	0	2	0		0	0	.261		21	38
	Alan Knicely	ph-c	24.085	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	1
Totals

Errors: Craig Reynolds

2B: Craig Reynolds (15)

RBI: Terry Puhl (37), Enos Cabell (51)

SF: Enos Cabell (1)

GDP: Alan Knicely (1)

SB: Jeffrey Leonard (14)

CS: Enos Cabell (10)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	2b	26.298	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.266		116	574
2	Gary Matthews	rf	29.038	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.304		118	989
3	Rowland Office	cf	26.291	L	3	1	2	1		1	0	.266		104	731
4	Bob Horner	3b	22.006	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.325		83	172
5	Dale Murphy	1b	23.153	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.285		65	253
6	Barry Bonnell	lf	25.289	R	4	1	3	2		0	0	.256		96	313
7	Pepe Frias	ss	31.029	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.281		108	536
8	Bruce Benedict	c	23.359	R	2	0	0	0		2	1	.212		50	72
9	Phil Niekro	p	40.133	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.195		32	581
Totals

2B: Phil Niekro (5)

HR: Barry Bonnell (9)

RBI: Rowland Office (36), Barry Bonnell 2 (34)

GDP: Bob Horner (4)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Rick Williams	R	L 3-5	6.0	8	3	3	2	2	1		3.26	1.26		22	39
2	George Throop	R		2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0		4.05	1.95		16	28
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Rick Williams (0-0-0), George Throop (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	W 15-15	9.0	8	2	2	3	8	0		3.64	1.32		32	584
Totals				0.0

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