Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
July 31, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1976 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 6, Houston Astros 9

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 3b 3 0 0 0
  Robinson pr,3b 0 1 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Belloir 3b 1 0 1 1
Gilbreath 2b 6 1 1 0
Wynn cf 2 1 1 0
Montanez 1b 4 1 3 2
Henderson rf 3 0 0 1
Paciorek lf 4 1 1 0
  Morton pr 0 1 0 0
Chaney ss 4 0 3 2
Correll c 5 0 0 0
Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 2 0 0 0
  Marshall p 2 0 0 0
  Gaston ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 4 2 3 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 2 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 2 1
Watson 1b 4 2 1 0
Cruz lf 4 3 2 1
Andrews 2b 5 0 3 1
DaVanon ss 4 0 2 2
  Metzger ss 0 0 0 0
Jutze c 2 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 1 1
  Herrmann c 1 0 0 0
McLaughlin p 2 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 16 6
Atlanta 000 040 1016110
Houston 400 020 03x9162
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Devine   0.2 5 4 4 0 0
  Dal Canton  L (3-4) 3.1 5 2 2 3 1
  Marshall   4.0 6 3 3 3 2
Totals
8.0
16
9
9
6
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
McLaughlin   4.2 6 4 2 3 1
  Niekro   1.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Sambito  W (1-0) 1.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Forsch  SV (16) 2.0 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
4
6
4

  E–DaVanon 2 (4).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Montanez (23,off McLaughlin); Chaney (14,off McLaughlin), Houston Gross (10,off Devine); Cabell (10,off Dal Canton).  3B–Atlanta Paciorek (4,off Sambito), Houston Andrews (5,off Marshall).  SF–Henderson (4,off McLaughlin); Chaney (3,off Sambito).  HBP–Paciorek (2,by Forsch).  SH–Niekro (4,off Marshall); Cabell (2,off Marshall).  IBB–Cedeno (8,by Dal Canton).  SB–Cedeno (34,2nd base off Devine/Correll).  WP–Devine (1), Dal Canton (6), Marshall 2 (4).  HBP–Forsch (2,Paciorek).  IBB–Dal Canton (5,Cedeno).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:56.  A–15,927.
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