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Atlanta Braves 2 Houston Astros 5

August 12,1978

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (54-61)

Home Team

Houston Astros (53-61)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

25,023

Time of Game

2:00

Umpires

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

Atlanta Braves 2 Houston Astros 5

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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	54-61		2	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			2	4	1		5	8	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	53-61		0	0	4		0	0	1		0	0	x			5	12	1		6	9	18	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	25.298	R	4	1	1	0		0	2	.272		102	420
2	Rowland Office	cf	25.291	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.252		102	583
3	Gary Matthews	rf	28.038	R	2	1	1	1		2	1	.285		88	830
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.158	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.316		109	963
5	Bob Horner	3b	21.006	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.266		51	51
6	Joe Nolan	c	27.092	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.221		56	126
7	Dale Murphy	1b	22.153	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.241		110	147
8	Rod Gilbreath	2b	25.322	R	4	0	0	0		0	3	.250		89	472
9	Phil Niekro	p	39.133	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.226		32	536
	Bob Beall	ph	30.110	B	0	0	0	0		1	0	.231		71	91
Totals

Errors: Phil Niekro

2B: Jerry Royster (14)

3B: Jeff Burroughs (5)

RBI: Gary Matthews (42), Jeff Burroughs (61)

SB: Gary Matthews (6)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	cf	22.035	L	3	1	1	1		0	0	.294		106	166
2	Julio Gonzalez	ss-2b	25.230	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.235		41	151
3	Enos Cabell	3b	28.308	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.288		114	640
4	Jose Cruz	rf	31.004	L	4	0	2	0		0	2	.303		108	962
5	Bob Watson	1b	32.124	R	4	1	1	2		0	1	.294		111	1296
6	Art Howe	2b	31.240	R	3	0	1	1		0	1	.283		99	337
	Mike Fischlin	ss	22.333	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.123		39	52
7	Dave Bergman	lf-1b	25.067	L	3	1	2	0		1	1	.254		75	87
8	Bruce Bochy	c	23.118	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.256		16	16
9	J.R. Richard	p	28.158	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.158		27	170
Totals

Errors: Bruce Bochy

2B: Bruce Bochy (2)

3B: Jose Cruz (6), Bob Watson (4)

RBI: Terry Puhl (24), Enos Cabell (51), Bob Watson 2 (70), Art Howe (42)

SF: Terry Puhl (5)

GDP: Bruce Bochy (4)

SB: Jose Cruz (20)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Phil Niekro	R	L 14-12	7.0	11	5	5	1	5	0		3.00	1.15		32	540
2	Jamie Easterly	L		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		6.31	1.79		29	79
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Phil Niekro (0-0-0), Jamie Easterly (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	J.R. Richard	R	W 12-10	9.0	4	2	2	4	13	0		2.94	1.22		26	173
Totals				0.0

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