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Atlanta Braves 6 Houston Astros 4

May 21,1978

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (14-22)

Home Team

Houston Astros (18-18)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

11,715

Time of Game

2:17

Umpires

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

Atlanta Braves 6 Houston Astros 4

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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
Atlanta Braves	ATL	14-22		1	0	0		4	0	1		0	0	0			6	8	0		6	11	21	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	18-18		0	1	0		0	0	0		0	3	0			4	14	2		4	6	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Royster	2b	25.215	R	4	1	1	2		1	0	.287		36	354
2	Brian Asselstine	cf-rf	24.240	L	4	0	2	0		1	0	.286		30	124
3	Gary Matthews	rf	27.320	R	1	1	1	2		1	0	.333		9	751
	Rowland Office	cf	25.208	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.244		31	512
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.075	R	5	0	0	0		0	2	.358		36	890
5	Biff Pocoroba	c	24.300	B	4	0	0	0		0	1	.227		34	268
6	Dale Murphy	1b	22.070	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.220		34	71
7	Darrel Chaney	ss	30.073	B	4	1	1	0		0	0	.318		20	782
8	Rod Gilbreath	3b	25.239	R	3	1	0	0		1	2	.216		29	412
9	Phil Niekro	p	39.050	R	3	1	1	1		0	0	.231		11	515
Totals

2B: Phil Niekro (1)

3B: Jerry Royster (3), Brian Asselstine (2)

HR: Gary Matthews (5)

RBI: Jerry Royster 2 (9), Gary Matthews 2 (8), Phil Niekro (4)

SF: Gary Matthews (1), Phil Niekro (1)

HBP: Gary Matthews (1)

GDP: Jeff Burroughs (5)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	cf	21.317	L	5	0	2	0		0	0	.321		34	94
2	Enos Cabell	3b	28.225	R	5	0	1	0		0	1	.273		36	562
3	Jose Cruz	rf	30.286	L	5	1	2	0		0	2	.293		34	888
4	Bob Watson	1b	32.041	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.297		36	1221
5	Denny Walling	lf	24.034	L	4	2	2	0		0	0	.280		19	34
6	Art Howe	2b	31.157	R	4	1	3	2		0	1	.283		36	274
7	Joe Ferguson	c	31.244	R	4	0	3	2		0	1	.238		31	649
8	Roger Metzger	ss	30.223	B	3	0	0	0		1	0	.240		32	1002
9	Mark Lemongello	p	22.304	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.167		8	47
	Jimmy Sexton	ph	26.157	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.190		17	31
	Jesus Alou	ph	36.058	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.333		10	1266
	Ed Herrmann	ph	31.267	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.120		11	897
Totals

Errors: Art Howe, Roger Metzger

2B: Terry Puhl (6), Art Howe 2 (13)

RBI: Art Howe 2 (11), Joe Ferguson 2 (16)

GDP: Jose Cruz (3)

SB: Denny Walling (1)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Phil Niekro	R	W 4-6	7.1	12	4	4	1	5	0		3.11	1.25		11	519
2	Adrian Devine	R	SV 2	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0		6.12	1.56		17	150
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Phil Niekro (0-0-0), Adrian Devine (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Mark Lemongello	R	L 3-5	3.2	6	5	5	2	2	1		4.08	1.21		8	46
2	Oscar Zamora	R		1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0		0.00	0.75		1	149
3	Joe Niekro	R		2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0		7.78	2.00		9	373
4	Ken Forsch	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		3.20	1.78		13	322
5	Joe Sambito	L		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0		2.16	1.00		15	89
Totals				0.0

HB: Mark Lemongello (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Mark Lemongello (0-0-0), Oscar Zamora (0-0-0), Joe Niekro (0-0-0), Ken Forsch (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0)