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August 11,1978

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (54-60)

Home Team

Houston Astros (52-61)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

16,035

Time of Game

2:27

Umpires

[HP]: Nick Colosi [1B]: Satch Davidson [2B]: Joe West [3B]: John Kibler

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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	54-60		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			1	9	0		5	8	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	52-61		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			0	3	2		6	9	19	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	ss	25.297	R	5	0	2	0		0	0	.273		101	419
2	Rowland Office	cf	25.290	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.256		101	582
3	Gary Matthews	rf	28.037	R	2	0	2	0		2	0	.284		87	829
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.157	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.317		108	962
5	Bob Horner	3b	21.005	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.272		50	50
6	Joe Nolan	c	27.091	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.218		55	125
7	Dale Murphy	1b	22.152	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.244		109	146
8	Rod Gilbreath	2b	25.321	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.254		88	471
9	Larry McWilliams	p	24.182	L	3	0	0	0		0	2	.091		6	6
	Bob Beall	ph	30.109	B	0	0	0	0		1	0	.231		70	90
Totals

RBI: Dale Murphy (61)

GDP: Rowland Office (3), Jeff Burroughs (11)

SB: Jerry Royster (22), Joe Nolan (1), Dale Murphy (10)

CS: Gary Matthews (5)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	cf	22.034	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.293		105	165
2	Julio Gonzalez	2b	25.229	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.234		40	150
	Dave Bergman	ph	25.066	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.244		74	86
3	Enos Cabell	3b	28.307	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.288		113	639
4	Bob Watson	1b	32.123	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.295		110	1295
5	Wilbur Howard	lf	29.215	B	3	0	1	0		0	0	.241		62	444
6	Jose Cruz	rf	31.003	L	2	0	1	0		1	0	.301		107	961
7	Jimmy Sexton	ss	26.239	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.158		58	72
8	Luis Pujols	c	22.266	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.133		34	40
	Rafael Landestoy	ph	25.075	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.247		25	40
9	Joe Niekro	p	33.277	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.220		23	377
	Jesus Alou	ph	36.140	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.340		54	1310
Totals

Errors: Enos Cabell

SH: Julio Gonzalez (3)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry McWilliams	L	W 5-0	8.0	3	0	0	1	4	0		2.21	1.01		6	6
2	Gene Garber	R	SV 19	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.75	0.90		44	357
Totals				0.0

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

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R	L 9-9	8.0	9	1	1	3	4	0		4.34	1.38		25	389
2	Joaquin Andujar	R		0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0		2.87	1.22		17	71
3	Joe Sambito	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.88	1.31		46	120
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (0-0-0), Joaquin Andujar (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0)