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August 5,1979

Visiting Team

Atlanta Braves (45-68)

Home Team

Houston Astros (66-47)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

35,399

Time of Game

2:53

Umpires

[HP]: Dutch Rennert [1B]: Ed Montague [2B]: Lee Weyer [3B]: Harry Wendelstedt

Atlanta Braves 2 Houston Astros 3

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Atlanta Braves	ATL	45-68		0	0	0		1	0	0		1	0	0			2	7	1		6	12	24	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	66-47		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	2	x			3	8	0		1	1	3	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	Jerry Royster	2b	26.291	R	4	0	0	0		1	0	.264		110	568
2	Gary Matthews	rf	29.031	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.311		112	983
3	Mike Lum	lf	33.282	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.241		87	1327
4	Bob Horner	3b	21.364	R	3	0	1	1		1	1	.321		77	166
5	Dale Murphy	1b	23.146	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.300		59	247
6	Joe Nolan	c	28.085	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.247		62	227
7	Barry Bonnell	cf	25.282	R	2	1	1	0		2	0	.252		91	308
8	Pepe Frias	ss	31.022	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.296		102	530
9	Eddie Solomon	p	28.177	R	3	0	2	1		0	0	.175		22	115
	Charlie Spikes	ph	28.194	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.293		56	618
Totals

Errors: Joe Nolan

2B: Bob Horner (12), Eddie Solomon (2)

RBI: Bob Horner (66), Eddie Solomon (1)

SH: Pepe Frias (9)

GDP: Barry Bonnell (8)

SB: Gary Matthews (12)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Rafael Landestoy	2b	26.069	B	3	1	2	0		1	1	.205		84	158
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	26.221	L	3	0	0	0		1	1	.271		101	422
3	Terry Puhl	cf	23.028	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.287		111	320
4	Jose Cruz	lf	31.362	L	4	1	2	1		0	0	.304		111	1118
5	Enos Cabell	1b	29.301	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.269		106	794
6	Jeffrey Leonard	rf	23.317	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.286		88	107
7	Art Howe	3b	32.233	R	3	0	2	0		0	0	.256		94	450
8	Alan Ashby	c	28.028	B	3	0	0	0		0	3	.217		93	496
9	Joe Niekro	p	34.271	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.102		25	412
	Denny Walling	ph	25.110	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.308		57	192
Totals

RBI: Jose Cruz (58), Jeffrey Leonard (31)

SB: Rafael Landestoy 2 (4), Craig Reynolds (10), Jose Cruz (30), Enos Cabell (30), Art Howe 2 (3)

CS: Jose Cruz (9)

Atlanta Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Eddie Solomon	R		6.1	5	0	0	2	5	0		4.87	1.30		21	116
2	Gene Garber	R	L 5-12	1.2	3	2	2	1	1	0		4.26	1.36		53	431
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Eddie Solomon (0-0-0), Gene Garber (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R		7.0	7	2	2	4	3	0		3.22	1.24		26	425
2	Bert Roberge	R	W 3-0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0		1.01	1.05		21	21
3	Joe Sambito	L	SV 14	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.21	1.06		43	179
Totals				0.0

WP: Joe Niekro 2 (9)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (0-0-0), Bert Roberge (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0)