Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
September 25, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 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."

"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)
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Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 1 2 3
  Landestoy 2b 0 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 5 0 1 1
Puhl rf 3 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
Howe 1b 4 0 3 0
  Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 1 0
Ryan p 1 1 1 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Leonard ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 33 4 11 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 4 0 2 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
  Burroughs ph 1 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0
Matthews rf 3 1 1 0
Horner 3b 4 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 0 0 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 0 1
Benedict c 4 0 2 1
Niekro p 2 0 1 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0
  Gomez ss 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 0 0 0 0
  Ruiz pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Houston 002 010 1004110
Atlanta 000 200 000280
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (10-9) 5.0 5 2 2 3 5
  LaCorte   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Smith  SV (8) 3.0 3 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
10
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (15-16) 6.0 9 4 4 3 3
  Bradford   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Garber   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Hrabosky   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Harper (1,off Smith).  3B–Houston Howe (5,off Niekro).  HR–Houston Morgan (10,3rd inning off Niekro 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Ryan (4,off Niekro); Puhl (6,off Bradford); Ashby (2,off Hrabosky).  SF–Hubbard (4,off Ryan).  CS–Puhl (11,2nd base by Hrabosky/Benedict); Harper (1,2nd base by Ryan/Ashby).  WP–Ryan (10).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:39.  A–7,926.
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