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Atlanta Braves 2 Houston Astros 6

August 4,1979

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (45-67)

Home Team

Houston Astros (65-47)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

45,110

Time of Game

2:23

Umpires

[HP]: Harry Wendelstedt [1B]: Dutch Rennert [2B]: Ed Montague [3B]: Lee Weyer

Atlanta Braves 2 Houston Astros 6

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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	45-67		0	0	0		2	0	0		0	0	0			2	5	1		6	12	24	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	65-47		0	0	0		0	3	2		0	1	x			6	8	0		1	1	4	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	Jim Wessinger	2b	23.313	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.000		2	2
	Jerry Royster	ph-2b	26.290	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.266		109	567
2	Gary Matthews	rf	29.030	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.311		111	982
3	Rowland Office	cf	26.283	L	2	1	1	0		1	0	.268		97	724
	Charlie Spikes	ph-lf	28.193	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.296		55	617
4	Bob Horner	3b	21.363	R	4	1	1	2		0	1	.321		76	165
5	Dale Murphy	1b	23.145	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.305		58	246
6	Barry Bonnell	lf-cf	25.281	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.250		90	307
7	Darrel Chaney	ss	31.148	B	4	0	0	0		0	2	.130		44	895
8	Bruce Benedict	c	23.351	R	2	0	1	0		0	1	.215		47	69
	Joe Nolan	c	28.084	L	2	0	1	0		0	0	.253		61	226
9	Phil Niekro	p	40.125	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.198		30	579
Totals

Errors: Dale Murphy

HR: Bob Horner (20)

RBI: Bob Horner 2 (65)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Rafael Landestoy	2b	26.068	B	3	0	1	0		1	1	.193		83	157
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	26.220	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.273		100	421
3	Terry Puhl	cf	23.027	L	4	1	2	0		0	1	.290		110	319
4	Jose Cruz	lf	31.361	L	4	1	1	0		0	2	.302		110	1117
5	Enos Cabell	1b	29.300	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.268		105	793
6	Jeffrey Leonard	rf-cf	23.316	R	2	3	1	1		2	1	.286		87	106
7	Art Howe	3b	32.232	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.252		93	449
8	Bruce Bochy	c	24.110	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.207		37	91
9	Frank LaCorte	p	27.295	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		10	49
	Jimmy Sexton	ph	27.232	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.200		36	138
	George Throop	p	28.253	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		15	27
	Joe Sambito	p	27.037	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.167		42	178
Totals

2B: Jose Cruz (28), Jeffrey Leonard (9)

RBI: Jeffrey Leonard (30), Art Howe (28), Bruce Bochy (5)

SB: Craig Reynolds (9), Jimmy Sexton (1)

CS: Rafael Landestoy (3)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Phil Niekro	R	L 14-14	8.0	8	5	5	3	11	0		3.72	1.32		30	582
Totals				0.0

WP: Phil Niekro 6 (18)

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

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Frank LaCorte	R	W 1-0	5.0	3	2	2	1	6	1		5.40	1.25		10	48
2	George Throop	R		2.0	2	0	0	2	3	0		4.50	2.00		15	27
3	Joe Sambito	L	SV 13	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0		1.22	1.07		42	178
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Frank LaCorte (0-0-0), George Throop (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0)