Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
September 2, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1975 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 4, Houston Astros 1

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Garr lf 4 1 2 1
Office cf 4 0 0 0
May rf 3 1 2 1
Evans 3b 3 0 1 0
Lum 1b 3 1 0 1
Pocoroba c 4 0 1 0
Gilbreath 2b 4 0 1 1
Belloir ss 4 1 1 0
Morton p 3 0 1 0
  Dal Canton p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard rf 3 1 2 0
Andrews 2b,ss 3 0 0 1
  May ph 1 0 1 0
  DaVanon pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
Johnson c 3 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 1 0 0 0
  Gardner ph 1 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Cabell ph 1 0 0 0
York p 2 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Boswell 2b 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Atlanta 011 001 100490
Houston 100 000 000150
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Morton  W (16-15) 7.0 5 1 1 3 2
  Dal Canton  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
York  L (2-3) 6.2 8 4 4 3 3
  Crawford   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Cosgrove   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Sosa   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Atlanta May (4,off York); Belloir (2,off York), Houston Cedeno (27,off Morton).  3B–Houston Howard (7,off Morton).  SF–Garr (3,off York).  HBP–Johnson (4,by Morton).  SB–Garr (11,2nd base off Sosa/Johnson).  CS–Lum (4,2nd base by York/Johnson).  HBP–Morton (3,Johnson).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:13.  A–4,019.
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