Behind the combined pitching of Vern Ruhle and Joe Sambito, the Astros shut out the Braves, 4-0. All runs came in the eighth inning. After three singles loaded the bases, Bruce Bochy drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly. After a walk reloaded the sacks, Jeff Leonard slashed a three-run double. It was the second straight game the Astros shut out the Braves. [The Sporting News]

Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 0

Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1978 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium

Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 4 7 0 Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Landestoy ss 4 1 0 0 0 1 .267 Royster ss 3 0 2 0 1 0 .257 Leonard lf 4 0 2 3 0 1 .353 Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Puhl cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .292 Matthews rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .287 Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Burroughs lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .303 Cabell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .296 Whisenton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Bergman 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Office cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Drumright 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .137 Murphy ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .230 Bochy c 3 0 0 1 0 1 .264 Small 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ruhle p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .056 Gilbreath 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Obradovich ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .188 Benedict c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .275 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 LaCorte p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Davey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Theiss p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 4 7 4 2 5 Totals 28 0 5 0 4 4 Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 2,710 Left on Base: Astros 4, Braves 6 DP: Astros 2, Braves 1 Errors: Office Doubles: Leonard (1) Stolen Bases: Puhl (32) Caught Stealing: Royster (17) Sacrifice Hits: LaCorte (1) Sacrifice Flies: Bochy (2) GIDP: Burroughs (16), Small (1) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruhle W(3-3) 7 4 0 0 3 3 0 26 2.18 Sambito 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 3.10 Totals 9 5 0 0 4 4 0 33 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA LaCorte L(0-1) 7.2 6 4 4 1 4 0 29 3.68 Davey 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00 Theiss 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00 Totals 9 7 4 4 2 5 0 35 Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Joe West ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy struck out; Leonard singled; Puhl lined into a double play (third to first) [Leonard out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Royster walked; Royster was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Hubbard struck out; Matthews walked; Burroughs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz flied out to right; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Bergman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Office grounded out (first unassisted); Small grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Hank Small; Gilbreath grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. ASTROS 3RD: Drumright grounded out (first unassisted); Bochy grounded out (shortstop to first); Ruhle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Benedict singled; LaCorte out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Benedict to second]; Royster singled [Benedict to third]; Hubbard flied out to center; Matthews forced Royster (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. ASTROS 4TH: Landestoy flied out to left; Leonard was called out on strikes; Puhl flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs was called out on strikes; Office grounded out (second to first); Small flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. ASTROS 5TH: Cruz flied out to right; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Bergman flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 5TH: Gilbreath flied out to center; Benedict walked; LaCorte struck out; Royster singled [Benedict to second]; Hubbard flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. ASTROS 6TH: Drumright grounded out (shortstop to first); Bochy grounded out (third to first); Ruhle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 6TH: Matthews singled; Burroughs grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Matthews out at second]; Office made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. ASTROS 7TH: Landestoy grounded out (second to first); Leonard made an out to first; Puhl singled; Puhl stole second; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. BRAVES 7TH: Small made an out to third; Gilbreath flied out to left; Benedict grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0. ASTROS 8TH: Cabell singled; Bergman singled [Cabell to second]; Drumright singled [Cabell to third, Bergman to second]; Bochy hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cabell scored, Bergman to third (error by Office)]; OBRADOVICH BATTED FOR RUHLE; Obradovich was walked intentionally [Drumright to second]; Landestoy forced Bergman (first to catcher) [Drumright to third, Obradovich to second]; Leonard doubled [Drumright scored, Obradovich scored, Landestoy scored]; DAVEY REPLACED LACORTE (PITCHING); Puhl walked; Cruz flied out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 8TH: SAMBITO REPLACED OBRADOVICH (PITCHING); BEALL BATTED FOR DAVEY; Beall flied out to right; Royster grounded out (first unassisted); Hubbard made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 0. ASTROS 9TH: THEISS REPLACED BEALL (PITCHING); Cabell singled; Bergman grounded out (shortstop to second to first) [Cabell to second]; Drumright grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cabell to third]; Bochy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 9TH: Matthews struck out; Burroughs walked; WHISENTON RAN FOR BURROUGHS; MURPHY BATTED FOR OFFICE; Murphy singled [Whisenton to second]; Small grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 0.

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