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Atlanta Braves 3 Houston Astros 2

September 19,1978

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (67-84)

Home Team

Houston Astros (68-82)

Game Date

September 19,1978

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

5,710

Time of Game

2:24

Umpires

[HP]: Paul Runge [1B]: Bob Engel [2B]: Jerry Dale [3B]: John McSherry

Atlanta Braves 3 Houston Astros 2

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1st inning: SB2# **Jimmy Sexton strained back sliding into 2B**
4th inning: NP **Jimmy Sexton left because of strained back**
8th inning: W **J.R. Richard left due to stiffness in forearm**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Atlanta Braves	ATL	67-84		0	0	0		0	0	0		2	0	1			3	4	1		6	10	19	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	68-82		0	0	1		1	0	0		0	0	0			2	6	0		5	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	25.336	R	3	1	1	0		1	2	.262		130	448
2	Rowland Office	cf	25.329	L	3	0	0	0		1	2	.249		137	618
3	Gary Matthews	rf	28.076	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.283		120	862
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.196	R	2	0	1	0		2	0	.310		143	997
5	Bob Horner	3b	21.044	R	4	0	1	1		0	2	.270		84	84
6	Joe Nolan	c	27.130	L	3	0	0	0		1	1	.240		88	158
7	Dale Murphy	1b	22.191	R	3	0	0	0		1	3	.234		141	178
8	Glenn Hubbard	2b	20.359	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.281		33	33
9	Jim Bouton	p	39.195	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.000		3	299
	Bob Beall	ph	30.148	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.247		101	121
Totals

Errors: Joe Nolan

2B: Gary Matthews (19), Bob Horner (17)

RBI: Gary Matthews (60), Bob Horner (59)

SH: Glenn Hubbard (4)

SB: Jerry Royster (26)

CS: Rowland Office (5)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Rafael Landestoy	ss	25.114	B	4	0	1	0		0	1	.261		50	65
2	Jimmy Sexton	2b	26.278	R	1	0	0	0		1	0	.195		82	96
	Julio Gonzalez	2b	25.268	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.222		70	180
3	Terry Puhl	cf	22.073	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.295		142	202
4	Jose Cruz	rf	31.042	L	2	0	0	0		2	0	.307		142	996
5	Enos Cabell	3b	28.346	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.301		150	676
6	Bob Watson	1b	32.162	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.295		130	1315
7	Denny Walling	lf	24.155	L	3	1	1	0		1	1	.258		113	128
8	Bruce Bochy	c	23.156	R	3	0	1	1		0	0	.254		45	45
	Wilbur Howard	ph	29.254	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.244		79	461
9	J.R. Richard	p	28.196	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.167		35	178
	Jim Obradovich	ph	29.006	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.300		5	5
Totals

2B: Enos Cabell (30), Bruce Bochy (8)

RBI: Enos Cabell (71), Bruce Bochy (13)

GDP: Bob Watson (18)

SB: Rafael Landestoy (7), Jimmy Sexton (11), Terry Puhl (30)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Bouton	R		7.0	5	2	2	5	1	0		4.00	1.44		3	302
2	Gene Garber	R	W 5-5	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		2.27	0.93		61	374
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Bouton (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	J.R. Richard	R		7.0	3	2	2	3	11	0		3.18	1.21		34	181
2	Joaquin Andujar	R	L 5-6	2.0	1	1	1	3	2	0		3.30	1.29		31	85
Totals				0.0

WP: J.R. Richard (15)

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

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