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September 20,1978

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (68-84)

Home Team

Houston Astros (68-83)

Game Date

September 20,1978

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

3,950

Time of Game

2:11

Umpires

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

Atlanta Braves 3 Houston Astros 2

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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	68-84		1	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	1			3	9	0		6	10	19	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	68-83		1	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	0			2	5	1		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	25.337	R	4	1	1	0		0	2	.262		131	449
2	Rowland Office	cf	25.330	L	4	0	2	0		0	1	.251		138	619
3	Gary Matthews	rf	28.077	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.283		121	863
4	Jeff Burroughs	lf	27.197	R	3	0	1	1		0	1	.310		144	998
5	Bob Horner	3b	21.045	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.266		85	85
6	Joe Nolan	c	27.131	L	4	0	1	0		0	2	.240		89	159
7	Dale Murphy	1b	22.192	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.234		142	179
8	Glenn Hubbard	2b	20.360	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.288		34	34
9	Frank LaCorte	p	26.342	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	38
	Barry Bonnell	lf	24.328	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.223		113	213
Totals

3B: Dale Murphy (3)

RBI: Jeff Burroughs (75), Glenn Hubbard (9)

SF: Jeff Burroughs (6)

SB: Rowland Office (8)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Rafael Landestoy	ss	25.115	B	4	1	2	1		0	1	.266		51	66
2	Keith Drumright	2b	23.334	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.119		13	13
3	Terry Puhl	cf	22.074	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.293		143	203
4	Jose Cruz	rf	31.043	L	2	0	1	1		2	0	.308		143	997
5	Enos Cabell	3b	28.347	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.300		151	677
6	Bob Watson	1b	32.163	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.293		131	1316
7	Denny Walling	lf	24.156	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.254		114	129
8	Luis Pujols	c	22.306	R	3	1	1	0		0	1	.124		53	59
	Jim Obradovich	ph	29.007	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.273		6	6
9	Joe Niekro	p	33.317	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.150		31	385
Totals

Errors: Rafael Landestoy

2B: Jose Cruz (31), Luis Pujols (7)

RBI: Rafael Landestoy (8), Jose Cruz (79)

SH: Keith Drumright (1), Joe Niekro (9)

GDP: Keith Drumright (2)

SB: Jose Cruz 2 (34), Enos Cabell (33)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Frank LaCorte	R		7.0	3	2	2	3	3	0		2.57	0.86		1	37
2	Gene Garber	R	W 6-5	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0		2.23	0.93		62	375
Totals				0.0

WP: Frank LaCorte (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Frank LaCorte (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 12-14	9.0	9	2	2	0	11	0		4.13	1.33		33	397
Totals				0.0

WP: Joe Niekro (8)

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