Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
September 22, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1977 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 8, Houston Astros 4

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b,3b 5 1 1 0
Office cf 5 0 1 0
Pocoroba c 2 1 1 1
  Belloir pr 0 1 0 0
  Murphy c 2 0 0 0
Montanez 1b 4 3 3 1
Matthews lf 3 1 0 0
Asselstine rf 3 0 2 3
  Gaston ph 1 0 0 0
  Gilbreath 2b 0 0 0 0
Bonnell 3b,rf 3 1 1 1
Rockett ss 4 0 1 2
Solomon p 3 0 1 0
  Campbell p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 11 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 5 0 2 1
Cabell 3b 5 0 2 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 1
Cruz rf 3 1 1 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 1
Herrmann c 4 0 1 0
  Larson pr 0 0 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
Howe 2b 4 1 1 0
Metzger ss 2 1 1 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
  Fischlin ss 1 0 0 0
Richard p 1 1 0 0
  Cannon ph 1 0 1 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Pujols c 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 3
Atlanta 000 303 0208111
Houston 000 130 0004101
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Solomon  W (6-6) 6.1 7 4 4 1 4
  Campbell  SV (11) 2.2 3 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  L (16-12) 7.0 8 6 5 2 6
  Sambito   1.0 3 2 2 0 2
  Pentz   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
8
7
2
8

  E–Asselstine (1), Cruz (9).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Atlanta Pocoroba (24,off Richard); Asselstine (4,off Richard); Montanez (29,off Richard), Houston Cruz (29,off Solomon); Metzger (9,off Solomon); Cannon (1,off Solomon).  SF–Bonnell (1,off Richard); Cedeno (7,off Solomon).  SH–Richard (10,off Solomon).  SB–Royster (27,2nd base off Richard/Herrmann).  CS–Cabell (21,2nd base by Solomon/Pocoroba).  WP–Sambito (2).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:37.  A–5,747.
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