Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
August 17, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1977 at Fulton County Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 6, Atlanta Braves 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 4 1 2 0
Sperring 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 5 2 1 0
Watson 1b 5 0 2 1
Cruz rf 1 0 0 1
  Gardner rf 3 1 1 1
Ferguson c 3 1 1 0
Howe 3b 3 1 1 2
Metzger ss 4 0 1 1
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
Dixon p 2 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Boswell 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 9 6
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Office cf 5 0 1 1
Bonnell 3b 4 0 3 1
  Moore pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Burroughs rf 4 1 2 2
Montanez 1b 5 2 3 1
Matthews lf 4 1 1 0
Pocoroba c 4 0 0 0
Gilbreath 2b 4 1 1 1
Rockett ss 3 1 1 1
Hanna p 0 0 0 0
  Capra p 1 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 1 1 0
  Collins p 0 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 1 1 2
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 14 9
Houston 203 100 000690
Atlanta 000 018 00x9140
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dixon   5.1 8 4 4 1 3
  Forsch   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Sambito  L (5-4) 0.2 3 3 3 1 0
  Pentz   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
2
3
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Hanna   2.1 5 5 5 4 0
  Capra   2.2 3 1 1 1 2
  Collins  W (2-9) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Campbell  SV (3) 3.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
6
3

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Houston Puhl (7,off Hanna); Cedeno (24,off Capra), Atlanta Bonnell (9,off Dixon); Montanez (21,off Dixon); Paciorek (8,off Dixon); Asselstine (3,off Forsch).  3B–Houston Howe (3,off Hanna).  HR–Atlanta Burroughs (31,6th inning off Sambito 1 on, 2 out); Montanez (16,6th inning off Sambito 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Dixon (3,off Capra); Campbell (2,off Pentz).  HBP–Gardner (1,by Hanna); Rockett (2,by Pentz).  HBP–Pentz (1,Rockett); Hanna (1,Gardner).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:49.  A–3,287.
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