Houston Astros 6, Atlanta Braves 2 (Game 2)
Game Played on Saturday, August 4, 1979 (Night game) at Astrodome
Braves 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1 Astros 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 x - 6 8 0 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wessinger 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Landestoy 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .193 Royster ph,2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .266 Reynolds ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Matthews rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .311 Puhl cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .290 Office cf 2 1 1 0 1 0 .268 Walling rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311 Spikes ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .296 Cruz lf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .302 Horner 3b 4 1 1 2 0 1 .321 Cabell 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .268 Murphy 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .305 Leonard rf,cf 2 3 1 1 2 1 .286 Bonnell lf,cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Howe 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .252 Chaney ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .130 Bochy c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .207 Benedict c 2 0 1 0 0 1 .215 LaCorte p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Nolan c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Sexton ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Niekro p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .198 Throop p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sambito p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Totals 32 2 5 2 3 12 Totals 33 6 8 3 3 11 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 45,110 Left on Base: Braves 6, Astros 6 DP: Braves 0, Astros 0 Errors: Murphy Doubles: Cruz (28), Leonard (9) Home Runs: Horner (20) Stolen Bases: Sexton (1), Reynolds (9) Caught Stealing: Landestoy (3) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro L(14-14) 8 8 6 5 3 11 0 36 3.72 Totals 8 8 6 5 3 11 0 36 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA LaCorte W(1-0) 5 3 2 2 1 6 1 19 5.40 Throop 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 10 4.50 Sambito SV(13) 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 1.22 Totals 9 5 2 2 3 12 1 35 Wild Pitches: Niekro 6 (18) Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer BRAVES 1ST: Wessinger was called out on strikes; Matthews grounded out (third to first); Office singled to center; Horner made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy struck out; Reynolds grounded out (first unassisted); Puhl struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 2ND: Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonnell flied out to right; Chaney grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (catcher to first); Cabell struck out (catcher to first); Leonard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 3RD: Benedict struck out; Niekro struck out; Wessinger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Howe struck out; Bochy grounded out (second to first); LaCorte struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 4TH: Matthews struck out; Office walked; Horner homered [Office scored]; Murphy flied out to right; Bonnell struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Landestoy grounded out (second to first); Reynolds flied out to left; Puhl grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. BRAVES 5TH: Chaney flied out to center; Benedict singled to center; Niekro popped to second in foul territory; Wessinger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Cruz doubled to right; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Cruz to third]; Cabell struck out; Leonard walked; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Leonard to second, Cruz stayed at third]; Howe flied out to center; Bochy struck out but Cruz advanced to home and Leonard advanced to third and Bochy advanced to first on a wild pitch; SEXTON BATTED FOR LACORTE; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Leonard scored, Bochy to second]; Sexton struck out [Sexton to first (error by Murphy; assist by Benedict), Bochy scored (unearned)]; Sexton stole second; Landestoy walked; Reynolds made an out to third; 3 R (2 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. BRAVES 6TH: THROOP REPLACED SEXTON (PITCHING); Matthews flied out to right; Office grounded out (first unassisted); Horner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 6TH: NOLAN REPLACED BENEDICT (PLAYING C ); Puhl singled to center; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Puhl to second]; Cruz struck out; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Leonard doubled to center [Puhl scored]; Howe singled to center [Leonard scored, Howe to second (on throw to home)]; Bochy flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 5. BRAVES 7TH: Murphy walked; Bonnell flied out to center; Chaney struck out; Nolan singled to right [Murphy to second]; Niekro struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 5. ASTROS 7TH: Throop grounded out (catcher to first); Landestoy singled to center; Landestoy was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Reynolds singled to left; Reynolds stole second; Puhl singled to second [Reynolds to third]; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 5. BRAVES 8TH: ROYSTER BATTED FOR WESSINGER; Royster walked; Matthews singled to center [Royster to second]; SAMBITO REPLACED THROOP (PITCHING); SPIKES BATTED FOR OFFICE; Spikes struck out; Horner made an out to first; Murphy made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 5. ASTROS 8TH: ROYSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SPIKES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BONNELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Cabell flied out to right; Leonard walked; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Leonard to second]; Howe popped to catcher in foul territory; Bochy singled to center [Leonard scored]; Sambito flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 6. BRAVES 9TH: WALLING REPLACED PUHL (PLAYING RF); LEONARD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Bonnell was called out on strikes; Chaney struck out; Nolan grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 6.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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