Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
July 1, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1977 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 1, Houston Astros 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Office cf 4 0 1 1
Matthews lf 4 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 3 0 1 0
Burroughs rf 2 0 0 0
Pocoroba c 4 0 1 0
Chaney ss 3 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
Gilbreath 2b 4 0 0 0
Royster 3b 3 0 0 0
Collins p 1 0 0 0
  Capra p 1 1 1 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Nolan ph 0 0 0 0
  Leon pr,p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez 2b 5 0 1 1
Cabell 3b 4 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 2 1 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 2 1
Cruz rf 2 0 0 0
Ferguson c 3 0 0 0
Fuller lf 2 1 1 1
  Howard lf 1 0 1 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Richard p 4 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Atlanta 000 010 000141
Houston 011 000 10x361
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Collins  L (1-7) 2.1 3 2 2 5 0
  Capra   4.1 2 1 1 1 3
  Campbell   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Leon   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
6
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  W (7-6) 8.0 4 1 1 4 9
  Niekro  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
9

  E–Chaney (5), Fuller (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Atlanta Office (6,off Richard), Houston Fuller (3,off Collins); Gonzalez (13,off Collins); Cabell (17,off Capra).  SH–Cruz (2,off Collins).  IBB–Ferguson (3,by Collins).  CS–Office (3,2nd base by Richard/Ferguson).  SB–Howard (10,2nd base off Leon/Pocoroba).  WP–Richard (5).  IBB–Collins (6,Ferguson).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:24.  A–8,378.
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