Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
May 20, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1978 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Atlanta Braves 0, Houston Astros 13

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 3 0 0 0
  Rockett ss 1 0 0 0
Beall 1b 3 0 0 0
Asselstine rf 3 0 1 0
Burroughs lf 2 0 0 0
  Bonnell pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Pocoroba c 2 0 0 0
  Murphy c 1 0 0 0
Office cf 4 0 0 0
Chaney ss,2b 3 0 1 0
Gilbreath 3b 3 0 2 0
Boggs p 1 0 0 0
  Solomon p 0 0 0 0
  Nolan ph 1 0 0 0
  Campbell p 0 0 0 0
  Paciorek ph 1 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Matthews ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 2 4 1 0
Cabell 3b 5 2 3 1
Cruz rf 5 3 4 6
Watson 1b 3 1 2 2
  Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0
Walling lf 5 1 2 3
Howe 2b 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez 2b 2 1 2 0
Ferguson c 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Richard p 4 1 1 1
Totals 37 13 17 13
Atlanta 000 000 000041
Houston 203 022 40x13170
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Boggs  L (1-5) 2.1 6 5 5 1 0
  Solomon   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Campbell   2.0 4 4 4 3 1
  Easterly   1.0 5 4 4 2 0
  Devine   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
17
13
13
6
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  W (4-3) 9.0 4 0 0 7 8
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
7
8

  E–Royster (3).  DP–Atlanta 2, Houston 1.  HR–Houston Walling (1,5th inning off Campbell 1 on, 1 out); Cruz (1,6th inning off Campbell 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Richard (2,off Solomon).  SF–Watson (4,off Boggs).  SB–Puhl (6,2nd base off Boggs/Pocoroba); Cruz (5,2nd base off Boggs/Pocoroba).  WP–Boggs (2).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:33.  A–24,402.
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