Houston Astros 2, Atlanta Braves 0
Regular Season Game 152
Played on Thursday, September 21, 1978 (N) at Astrodome
ATL N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 x - 2 11 1
Atlanta Braves AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Royster ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 Office cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 Matthews rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 Burroughs lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Horner 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Nolan c 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 3 Murphy 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 Hubbard 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 Niekro p 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Totals 31 0 5 0 1 10 24 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Nolan-Niekro. E: Hubbard (4). BATTING - 2B: Office 2 (13,off Forsch 2). GDP: Niekro (3,off Forsch). Team LOB: 5. BASERUNNING - CS: Nolan (2,2nd base by Forsch/Bochy).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Landestoy ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 Gonzalez 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 3 Leonard cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 Cruz rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Watson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 Bergman 1b 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 Cannon lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Walling lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bochy c 4 1 2 0 0 0 9 2 Forsch p 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 35 2 11 2 0 4 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Cabell-Gonzalez-Bergman. E: Cannon (1). BATTING - 2B: Cruz (32,off Niekro). Team LOB: 9.
PITCHING
Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Niekro L(19-16) 8 11 2 2 0 4 0 35
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Forsch W(10-6) 9 5 0 0 1 10 0 32 WP: Forsch (2). Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Bob Engel Time of Game: 1:47 Attendance: 3775 Starting Lineups: Atlanta Braves Houston Astros 1. Royster ss Landestoy ss 2. Office cf Gonzalez 2b 3. Matthews rf Leonard cf 4. Burroughs lf Cruz rf 5. Horner 3b Cabell 3b 6. Nolan c Watson 1b 7. Murphy 1b Cannon lf 8. Hubbard 2b Bochy c 9. Niekro p Forsch p BRAVES 1ST: Royster grounded out (shortstop to first); Office flied out to left; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy singled; Gonzalez singled [Landestoy to second]; Leonard flied out to center [Landestoy to third]; Cruz hit into a double play (catcher to pitcher) [Landestoy out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs struck out; Horner grounded out (shortstop to first); Nolan walked; Nolan was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cabell struck out; Watson flied out to center; Cannon grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 3RD: Murphy grounded out (first unassisted); Hubbard flied out to right; Niekro singled; Royster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Bochy made an out to shortstop; Forsch grounded out (third to first); Landestoy singled; Gonzalez grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 4TH: Office doubled; Matthews struck out (catcher to first); Burroughs struck out; Horner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Leonard grounded out (second to first); Cruz reached on an error by Hubbard [Cruz to first]; Cabell forced Cruz (shortstop unassisted); Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 5TH: Nolan struck out; Murphy flied out to center; Hubbard made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Cannon flied out to right; Bochy singled; Forsch singled [Bochy to second]; Landestoy grounded out (catcher to first) [Bochy to third, Forsch to second]; Gonzalez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 6TH: Niekro grounded out (third to first); Royster grounded out (third to first); Office doubled; Matthews struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Leonard singled; Cruz doubled [Leonard scored]; Cabell grounded out (second to first) [Cruz to third]; Watson struck out; Cannon grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 1. BRAVES 7TH: Burroughs struck out; Horner reached on an error by Cannon [Horner to first]; Forsch threw a wild pitch [Horner to third]; Nolan struck out; Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: Bochy singled; Forsch struck out; Landestoy made an out to shortstop; Gonzalez singled [Bochy to second]; Leonard singled [Bochy scored, Gonzalez to second]; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 2. BRAVES 8TH: BERGMAN REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING 1B); WALLING REPLACED CANNON (PLAYING LF); Hubbard singled; Niekro grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Hubbard out at second]; Royster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 8TH: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Bergman singled; Walling made an out to shortstop; Bochy flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 2. BRAVES 9TH: Office grounded out (first unassisted); Matthews singled; Burroughs flied out to left; Horner grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 2. Final Totals R H E LOB Braves 0 5 1 5 Astros 2 11 1 9
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