Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
August 8, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1974 at Astrodome. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 1, Houston Astros 0

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr rf,lf 4 0 2 0
Perez 2b 4 1 2 0
Evans 3b 4 0 1 1
Aaron lf 3 0 0 0
  Office cf 0 0 0 0
Baker cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Robinson ss 3 0 1 0
Correll c 3 0 1 0
Reed p 3 0 1 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
May L. 1b 3 0 1 0
May M. c 3 0 0 0
Watson lf 3 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 1 0
Roberts p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Atlanta 000 001 000180
Houston 000 000 000030
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Reed  W (7-6) 9.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
0
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L (6-10) 8.0 8 1 1 1 4
  Forsch   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
4

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Atlanta Garr (17,off Roberts); Perez (12,off Roberts); Evans (16,off Roberts), Houston Helms (18,off Reed).  SB–Garr (20,2nd base off Roberts/M May).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–1:42.  A–14,457.
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