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Atlanta Braves 2 Houston Astros 3

April 8,1977

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (0-1)

Home Team

Houston Astros (1-0)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

11

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

25,781

Time of Game

2:56

Umpires

[HP]: Lee Weyer [1B]: Art Williams [2B]: Paul Runge [3B]: Ed Montague

Atlanta Braves 2 Houston Astros 3

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1st inning: **Debut game for Julio Gonzalez**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10	11		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Atlanta Braves	ATL	0-1		2	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0		2	8	2		4	10	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	1-0		1	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	0		0	1		3	8	0		2	4	2	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	Rowland Office	cf	24.165	L	5	1	1	0		0	1	.200		1	358
2	Jerry Royster	3b	24.172	R	5	0	1	0		0	1	.200		1	179
3	Willie Montanez	1b	29.007	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.200		1	939
4	Jeff Burroughs	rf	26.032	R	5	1	2	2		0	2	.400		1	701
5	Gary Matthews	lf	26.277	R	5	0	1	0		0	2	.200		1	595
6	Biff Pocoroba	c	23.257	B	4	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	122
7	Rod Gilbreath	2b	24.196	R	3	0	2	0		1	1	.667		1	256
8	Pat Rockett	ss	22.089	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.000		1	5
9	Andy Messersmith	p	31.245	R	2	0	0	0		1	0	.000		1	318
	Brian Asselstine	ph	23.197	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		1	12
Totals

Errors: Rod Gilbreath, Andy Messersmith

2B: Rowland Office (1)

HR: Jeff Burroughs (1)

RBI: Jeff Burroughs 2 (2)

GDP: Gary Matthews (1), Pat Rockett (1)

SB: Jerry Royster (1), Gary Matthews (1)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Julio Gonzalez	2b	24.104	R	5	1	2	0		0	0	.400		1	1
2	Enos Cabell	3b	27.182	R	4	0	1	0		1	0	.250		1	377
3	Jose Cruz	rf	29.243	L	3	0	0	1		1	1	.000		1	698
4	Bob Watson	1b	30.363	R	4	1	1	0		1	0	.250		1	1035
5	Willie Crawford	lf	30.213	L	5	0	1	1		0	1	.200		1	1107
6	Joe Ferguson	c	30.201	R	5	1	2	1		0	0	.400		1	487
7	Art Gardner	cf	24.199	L	3	0	0	0		1	2	.000		1	14
8	Roger Metzger	ss	29.180	B	3	0	1	0		0	2	.333		1	874
9	J.R. Richard	p	27.032	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	108
	Rob Sperring	ss	27.180	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	151
Totals

2B: Willie Crawford (1)

3B: Bob Watson (1)

HR: Joe Ferguson (1)

RBI: Jose Cruz (1), Willie Crawford (1), Joe Ferguson (1)

SH: Roger Metzger (1), J.R. Richard (1)

SF: Jose Cruz (1)

SB: Julio Gonzalez (1)

CS: Enos Cabell (1)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Andy Messersmith	R		9.0	6	2	2	2	7	0		2.00	0.89		1	312
2	Bob Johnson	R	L 0-1	1.0	2	1	1	2	1	1		9.00	4.00		1	169
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Andy Messersmith (0-0-0), Bob Johnson (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	J.R. Richard	R		9.0	7	2	2	2	7	1		2.00	1.00		1	112
2	Ken Forsch	R	W 1-0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0.00	0.50		1	268
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: J.R. Richard (0-0-0), Ken Forsch (0-0-0)