Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
May 18, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1976 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 3, Houston Astros 2

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Office cf 0 1 0 0
  May rf 3 1 2 0
Royster 3b 5 0 1 0
Wynn lf 4 1 1 1
Evans 1b 4 0 0 0
Henderson rf,cf 3 0 1 0
Pocoroba c 5 0 2 2
Perez 2b,ss 2 0 0 0
Chaney ss 3 0 0 0
  Lacy ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Niekro p 3 0 0 0
  Leon p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 3 0 1 0
  Milbourne pr 0 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 0 1
Cedeno cf 5 1 1 1
Johnson c 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 0 1 0
Boswell 3b 4 1 0 0
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Andujar p 2 0 1 0
  Roberts ph 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Barlow p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 4 2
Atlanta 200 000 000 1371
Houston 000 100 100 0240
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro   6.2 3 2 2 6 7
  Leon   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Sosa  W (3-3) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
4
2
2
7
11
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   7.0 3 2 2 4 1
  Forsch   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Barlow  L (2-2) 0.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Griffin   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
7
3
3
6
2

  E–Royster (6).  DP–Atlanta 1, Houston 2.  PB–Johnson (8).  2B–Atlanta May (1,off Barlow).  3B–Atlanta May (1,off Andujar).  HR–Houston Cedeno (7,4th inning off Niekro 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Perez (1,off Forsch).  HBP–Office (2,by Andujar).  SB–Henderson (1,2nd base off Andujar/Johnson); Cruz (2,2nd base off Niekro/Pocoroba); Boswell (1,2nd base off Niekro/Pocoroba).  HBP–Andujar (1,Office).  T–2:47.  A–7,689.
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