Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves - April 17,1977

4th inning: PB.3-H;2-3 **Bob Watson scored on close play that was rerun on the scoreboard**
4th inning: PB.3-H;2-3 **causing a storm of boos; the umpires left the field and returned**
4th inning: PB.3-H;2-3 **after assurance that no more close plays would be shown**
8th inning: E5/L.2-2;BX1(3) **Braves manager Bristol ejected by 1B umpire Sudol for arguing**
8th inning: E5/L.2-2;BX1(3) **play on Rockett; 3bman fielded liner on a bounce and threw**
8th inning: E5/L.2-2;BX1(3) **past 1bman Watson; Rockett rounded 1st and collied with**
8th inning: E5/L.2-2;BX1(3) **1B umpire Sudol**
8th inning: E5/L.2-2;BX1(3) **tag Rockett; Bristol argued that umpire had interfered and**
8th inning: E5/L.2-2;BX1(3) **Rockett should be safe**

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Rob Sperring	2b	27.189	R	5	0	1	0	0	1	.176	5	155
2	Enos Cabell	3b	27.191	R	5	0	0	0	0	0	.256	9	385
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	26.051	R	3	1	0	0	1	1	.000	3	964
4	Bob Watson	1b	31.007	R	4	1	2	0	0	1	.281	9	1043
5	Jose Cruz	rf	29.252	L	4	0	2	1	0	2	.265	9	706
6	Joe Ferguson	c	30.210	R	3	0	1	0	1	1	.393	9	495
7	Cliff Johnson	lf	29.269	R	2	1	1	1	2	0	.313	6	331
8	Roger Metzger	ss	29.189	B	3	1	1	0	1	0	.185	9	882
9	J.R. Richard	p	27.041	R	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3	110
	Willie Crawford	ph	30.222	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	6	1112
	Ken Boswell	ph	31.053	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	5	863
Totals

Errors: Enos Cabell, Joe Ferguson

2B: Roger Metzger (2)

HR: Cliff Johnson (3)

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

GDP: Enos Cabell (3)

SB: Jose Cruz (2)

CS: Jose Cruz (1)

Atlanta Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Rowland Office	cf	24.174	L	4	0	1	0	0	0	.225	9	366
2	Jerry Royster	3b	24.181	R	2	1	0	1	1	0	.263	9	187
3	Willie Montanez	1b	29.016	L	4	2	2	0	0	1	.297	9	947
4	Jeff Burroughs	rf	26.041	R	3	0	1	1	1	1	.212	9	709
5	Gary Matthews	lf	26.286	R	3	1	1	0	1	2	.400	9	603
6	Biff Pocoroba	c	23.266	B	1	0	0	1	1	0	.158	7	128
7	Rod Gilbreath	2b	24.205	R	3	0	1	1	1	0	.265	9	264
8	Pat Rockett	ss	22.098	R	3	1	0	0	1	0	.375	9	13
9	Phil Niekro	p	38.016	R	2	0	1	0	0	0	.429	3	464
	Junior Moore	ph	24.082	R	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	22
	Mike Marshall	p	34.092	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	2	525
	Brian Asselstine	ph-rf	23.206	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	5	16
Totals

2B: Willie Montanez (1), Rod Gilbreath (1)

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

SH: Biff Pocoroba (1), Junior Moore (1)

SF: Jerry Royster (1), Biff Pocoroba (1)

GDP: Rowland Office (2), Rod Gilbreath (2)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	J.R. Richard	R		6.0	3	1	1	5	4	0	1.64	1.05	3	114
2	Joe Niekro	R		0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.37	1.50	3	323
3	Ken Forsch	R	L 2-1	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2.25	1.25	5	272
Totals				0.0

WP: J.R. Richard (1)

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

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Phil Niekro	R		7.0	7	4	4	5	4	1	3.91	1.48	3	467
2	Mike Marshall	R	W 1-0	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	10.80	2.70	2	523
3	Rick Camp	R	SV 3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00	1.09	3	8
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Phil Niekro (0-0-0), Mike Marshall (0-0-0), Rick Camp (0-0-0)

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	5-4		0	0	1		2	0	0		1	0	0		4	8	2		3	5	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Atlanta Braves	ATL	5-4		0	0	0		1	0	2		1	1	x		5	7	0		2	6	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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