Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
May 10, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1980 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 3, Atlanta Braves 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 4 1 2 1
Reynolds ss 6 0 1 0
Walling rf 4 0 0 1
  Leonard ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 1 0
Cruz lf 5 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 1 0
Bergman 1b 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 1
Richard p 4 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Landestoy ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 3 8 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 4 0 1 0
Blanks 3b,ss 5 1 1 0
Murphy rf 5 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 5 0 2 1
Lum lf 4 0 1 0
Asselstine cf 3 0 0 1
Benedict c 4 0 1 0
Gomez ss 3 0 0 0
  Matthews ph 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Matula p 2 0 0 0
  Nolan ph 1 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Ruiz ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 7 2
Houston 010 010 000 01380
Atlanta 000 200 000 00271
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard   9.0 7 2 2 2 8
  LaCorte  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Sambito  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
7
2
2
3
10
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Matula   8.0 6 2 1 2 4
  Bradford   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Garber  L (1-2) 0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Hrabosky   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
8
3
2
6
4

  E–Royster (6).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Atlanta Murphy (3,off Richard); Chambliss (6,off Richard); Lum (2,off Richard).  SH–Bergman (1,off Garber).  IBB–Ashby 2 (6,by Matula,by Garber); Asselstine (1,by Richard).  SB–Cruz (7,2nd base off Matula/Benedict); Cabell (3,2nd base off Matula/Benedict).  CS–Reynolds (1,2nd base by Bradford/Benedict).  IBB–Richard (1,Asselstine); Matula (3,Ashby); Garber (2,Ashby).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–3:15.  A–13,798.
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