Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
July 1, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1980 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 13

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 5 2 2 0
Walling 1b 5 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 2 0 0 1
  Landestoy 2b 2 0 0 0
Cruz lf 2 0 0 0
  Bergman lf 1 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 2 1
  Leonard cf 1 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez 3b 1 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 0
  Andujar p 1 0 1 2
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Bochy c 2 0 2 0
Totals 37 4 11 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Hubbard 2b 4 1 1 0
Murphy cf 5 2 3 0
Chambliss 1b 3 2 2 1
  Lum 1b 1 0 0 0
Matthews rf 4 1 2 1
  Asselstine pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Horner 3b 3 2 2 3
  Royster pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Burroughs lf 3 2 2 4
  Spikes lf 1 0 0 0
Benedict c 4 1 2 2
Gomez ss 4 0 1 1
  Blanks ss 0 0 0 0
Alexander p 4 0 0 0
  Hanna p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 13 15 12
Houston 101 000 0204111
Atlanta 020 056 00x13151
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (8-7) 5.2 12 11 10 3 4
  Niemann   0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Andujar   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  LaCorte   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
15
13
12
4
6
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W (6-3) 7.0 7 2 2 1 2
  Hanna   2.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
2

  E–Walling (4), Horner (11).  DP–Houston 1, Atlanta 1.  2B–Houston Puhl (12,off Alexander); Ashby (7,off Alexander); Bochy (1,off Alexander), Atlanta Benedict (7,off Niekro); Burroughs (11,off Niemann).  HR–Atlanta Burroughs (6,5th inning off Niekro 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Morgan (5,off Alexander).  SB–Cedeno (21,2nd base off Alexander/Benedict).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:47.  A–9,546.
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