Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
August 15, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1977 at Fulton County Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 15, Atlanta Braves 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf,cf 3 4 1 2
Sperring 2b 6 1 4 2
Cedeno cf 5 1 0 1
  Gardner rf 1 0 0 0
Watson 1b 3 2 2 2
  Fuller 1b 1 0 0 0
Cruz rf 4 2 2 0
  Howard lf 1 0 0 0
Ferguson c 4 1 1 1
Howe 3b 4 2 2 4
Metzger ss 5 1 1 0
Richard p 3 1 1 1
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 1
  Larson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 15 14 14
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Office cf 5 1 2 0
Bonnell 3b 3 1 1 1
Montanez 1b 4 0 0 0
  Paciorek 1b 1 0 0 1
Burroughs rf 2 0 0 0
  Asselstine rf 2 0 0 0
Matthews lf 5 1 1 0
Nolan c 2 0 0 0
Gilbreath 2b 3 0 1 0
Rockett ss 3 0 0 0
  Hargan p 0 0 0 0
  Moore ph 0 0 0 1
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Capra p 0 0 0 0
  Solomon p 1 0 0 0
  Royster ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 5 3
Houston 632 004 00015144
Atlanta 000 000 012351
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  W (12-9) 5.0 1 0 0 4 4
  Larson  SV (1) 4.0 4 3 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
1
6
5
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Capra  L (2-9) 1.0 3 7 7 4 1
  Solomon   5.0 9 8 4 3 3
  Hargan   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Campbell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
15
11
8
6

  E–Sperring (4), Ferguson 2 (10), Metzger (10), Rockett (14).  2B–Houston Watson (29,off Solomon); Ferguson (17,off Solomon); Metzger (6,off Hargan), Atlanta Bonnell (8,off Larson).  3B–Houston Puhl (1,off Solomon).  HR–Houston Sperring (1,1st inning off Capra 1 on, 0 out); Howe (8,1st inning off Capra 3 on, 1 out); Richard (2,3rd inning off Solomon 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Moore (1,off Larson).  SB–Cedeno (41,2nd base off Solomon/Nolan).  WP–Solomon (1).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:41.  A–5,919.
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