Advertise here
TopProspectAlert.com Yesterday's Top Minor League Statistical Performances for Over 150 Prospects. Top 10 by Team & Top 100 Overall Prospect Rankings & More.
Baseball Equipment Baseball Bats, Softball Bats, Baseball Gloves, Catchers Gear, Wood Baseball Bats, Baseball Hats and Batting Gloves.
Eli's MLB Rumors Look to this award winning site for the best MLB Rumors 24-hours a day.

Baseball Tickets Cardinals Tickets Chicago Cubs Tickets Yankees Tickets Detroit Tigers Tickets Chicago White Sox Tickets & Tool Tickets Red Sox Tickets. CTC offers a variety of MLB Baseball tickets including Boston Red Sox baseball tickets, New York Yankees tickets, Chicago Cubs MLB tickets, San Francisco Giants tickets, sports tickets, college sports tickets and World Series tickets
MLB Trade Rumors Today's hottest baseball trade rumors. If it's whispered, they hear it.

» Atlanta Braves 5 Houston Astros 4

Date: April 17, 1977
Stadium: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta,GA)

HOU:	5-4	Prev Game (ATL)	Next Game (SFN)
ATL:	5-4	Prev Game (HOU)	Next Game (SDN)

Game Notes:
Something interesting happen during this game? Add a Note

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	4	8	2
ATL	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	x	5	7	0

Houston Astros	Career	Pos	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	PIT	AVG

1. Rob Sperring	cr	2b	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	.177
2. Enos Cabell	cr	3b	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256
3. Cesar Cedeno	cr	cf	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	.000
4. Bob Watson	cr	1b	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.281
5. Jose Cruz	cr	rf	4	0	2	1	0	2	0	.265
6. Joe Ferguson	cr	c	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	.393
Art Gardner	cr	pr-lf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158
7. Cliff Johnson	cr	lf	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	.313
Ed Herrmann	cr	c	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
8. Roger Metzger	cr	ss	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	.185
9. J.R. Richard	cr	p	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Willie Crawford	cr	ph	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333
Joe Niekro	cr	p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ken Forsch	cr	p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--
Ken Boswell	cr	ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500

Totals - 15 players			32	4	8	2	6	6	0	.250

Atlanta Braves	Career	Pos	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	PIT	AVG

1. Rowland Office	cr	cf	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.225
2. Jerry Royster	cr	3b	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	.263
3. Willie Montanez	cr	1b	4	2	2	0	0	1	0	.297
4. Jeff Burroughs	cr	rf	3	0	1	1	1	1	0	.212
Rick Camp	cr	p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
5. Gary Matthews	cr	lf	3	1	1	0	1	2	0	.400
6. Biff Pocoroba	cr	c	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.158
7. Rod Gilbreath	cr	2b	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	.265
8. Pat Rockett	cr	ss	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.375
9. Phil Niekro	cr	p	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.429
Junior Moore	cr	ph	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--
Mike Marshall	cr	p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
B. Asselstine	cr	ph-rf	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Totals - 13 players			26	5	7	4	6	4	0	.286

E: Enos Cabell (1), Joe Ferguson (1)

2B: Roger Metzger (2)
3B: None
HR: Cliff Johnson (3)

RBI: Jose Cruz (5), Cliff Johnson (5)

SB: Jose Cruz (2)
CS: Jose Cruz (1)

S: None
SF: None
HP: None
IBB: None
GDP: Enos Cabell (3)

E: None

2B: Rod Gilbreath (1), Willie Montanez (1)
3B: None
HR: None

RBI: Jeff Burroughs (9), Rod Gilbreath (1), Biff Pocoroba (4), Jerry Royster (3)

SB: None
CS: None

S: Junior Moore (1), Biff Pocoroba (1)
SF: Biff Pocoroba (1), Jerry Royster (1)
HP: None
IBB: None
GDP: Rod Gilbreath (2), Rowland Office (2)

HOU Pitchers	Car	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PIT/Str	ERA

J.R. Richard	cr	6	3	3	1	5	4	0	0-0	1.66
Joe Niekro	cr	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0-0	3.60
Ken Forsch L (2-1)	cr	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0-0	2.25

Totals - 3 pitcher(s)		8.0	7	5	3	6	4	0	--	3.42

WP: J.R. Richard (1)
BK: None
TBF: J.R. Richard 25, Joe Niekro 5, Ken Forsch 6
GB/FB: J.R. Richard 6-7, Joe Niekro 1-1, Ken Forsch 2-2

ATL Pitchers	Car	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PIT/Str	ERA

Phil Niekro	cr	7	7	4	4	5	4	1	0-0	3.97
Mike Marshall W (1-0)	cr	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0-0	10.80
Rick Camp SV (3)	cr	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0.00

Totals - 3 pitcher(s)		9.0	8	4	4	6	6	1	--	4.35

WP: None
BK: None
TBF: Phil Niekro 30, Mike Marshall 5, Rick Camp 3
GB/FB: Phil Niekro 7-7, Mike Marshall 0-2, Rick Camp 0-2

Umpires: H: tatat901 1B: sudoe901 2B: steld901 3B: froeb901
Time of game: 2:42
Attendance: 11,024
Temperature: 0 degrees F - 0
Wind: -1 mph -

Streaks in Progress: Willie Crawford 1, Jose Cruz 2, Joe Ferguson 3, Cliff Johnson 1, Roger Metzger 1, Rob Sperring 2, Bob Watson 6

Streaks Ended: Enos Cabell 6

Streaks in Progress: Jeff Burroughs 1, Rod Gilbreath 1, Gary Matthews 7, Willie Montanez 1, Junior Moore 1, Phil Niekro 3, Rowland Office 1

Streaks Ended: Pat Rockett 7

Milestones

J.R. Richard threw his 50th wild pitch in his career.

Milestones

Phil Niekro allowed his 2500th career hit.
Phil Niekro struck out the 1700th batter of his career.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at 20 Sunset Rd., Newark, DE 19711.


You are here: Home » Boxscores » 1977 » April 17,1977 » HOU at ATL