Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros

May 21, 1978

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
ATL	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	6	8	0	7
HOU	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	14	2	8

win:

P. Niekroloss: Houston Astros logo

M. Lemongellosave: Atlanta Braves logo

A. Devine

ATLHOU

1
Gary Matthews hits a home run (5). [1 run]
10
2
Art Howe doubles (12). Denny Walling scores. [1 run]
11
4
Phil Niekro out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Denny Walling. Dale Murphy scores. Darrel Chaney to 3rd. Rod Gilbreath to 2nd. [1 run] [2 outs]
21
4
Jerry Royster triples (3). Darrel Chaney scores. Rod Gilbreath scores. Jerry Royster scores. Fielding error by second baseman Art Howe. [3 runs]
51
6
Gary Matthews out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Terry Puhl. Phil Niekro scores. Jerry Royster to 3rd. [1 run] [1 out]
61
8
Art Howe doubles (13). Jose Cruz scores. Denny Walling to 3rd. [1 run]
62
8
Joe Ferguson singles. Denny Walling scores. Art Howe scores. [2 runs]
64

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Jerry Royster2B	1	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	.287
2Brian AsselstineCF-RF	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286
3Gary Matthews Sr.RF	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	.333
Rowland OfficeCF	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.244
4Jeff BurroughsLF	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	6	.358
Barry BonnellLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229
5Biff PocorobaC	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.227
6Dale Murphy1B	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.220
7Darrel ChaneySS	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	.318
8Rod Gilbreath3B	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	2	.216
9Phil NiekroP	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	.231
Adrian DevineP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000




TOTAL	8	33	6	5	6	4	1	10	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Phil NiekroRHP	7.1	12	4	4	5	1	0	46	3.11
Adrian DevineRHP	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	6.12



TOTAL	8.3	14	4	4	5	1	0	52	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	LOB	AVG
1Terry PuhlCF	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.321
2Enos Cabell3B	1	5	0	0	1	0	2	.273
3Jose CruzRF	2	5	1	0	2	0	2	.293
4Bob Watson1B	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	.297
5Denny WallingLF	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	.280
6Art Howe2B	3	4	1	2	1	0	0	.283
7Joe FergusonC	3	4	0	2	1	0	1	.238
8Roger MetzgerSS	0	3	0	0	0	1	4	.240
9Mark LemongelloP	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.167
Oscar ZamoraP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Jimmy SextonPH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.190
Joe NiekroP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273
Jesus AlouPH	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Ken ForschP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200
Ed HerrmannPH	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.120
Joe SambitoP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTAL	14	38	4	4	5	1	14	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Mark LemongelloRHP	3.2	6	5	5	2	2	1	30	4.08
Oscar ZamoraRHP	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	11	0.00
Joe NiekroRHP	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	11	7.78
Ken ForschRHP	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	3.20
Joe SambitoLHP	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	2.16
TOTAL	9.0	8	6	6	6	4	1	64	-

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1st inningATLHOU

TOP 1
BATTER OUT — Jerry Royster out, shortstop Roger Metzger to first baseman Bob Watson. [1 out]
00
BATTER OUT — Brian Asselstine out to center fielder Terry Puhl. [2 outs]
00
HOME RUN — Gary Matthews hits a home run (5). [1 run]
10
BATTER OUT — Jeff Burroughs out to center fielder Terry Puhl. [3 outs]
10
BOTTOM 1
DOUBLE — Terry Puhl doubles (6).
10
BATTER OUT — Enos Cabell out, shortstop Darrel Chaney to first baseman Dale Murphy. Terry Puhl to 3rd. [1 out]
10
STRIKEOUT — Jose Cruz strikes out swinging. [2 outs]
10
BATTER OUT — Bob Watson out, third baseman Rod Gilbreath to first baseman Dale Murphy. [3 outs]
10

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ATL

HOU

6Runs4

8Hits14

0Errors2

.242Batting Avg.368

33At Bats38

4Extra-base Hits3

1Home Runs0

5Runs-Batted-In4

4Walks1

0Stolen Bases1

6Strikeouts5

7Left on Base8

16Total Bases17

Sunday, May 21, 1978 · 4:33 AM

Minute Maid Park · Houston, TX

attendance: 11,715 (28.5%)