Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
September 30, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 1980 at Astrodome. 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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Atlanta Braves 3, Houston Astros 7

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Harper lf 4 0 3 0
Ramirez ss 5 0 2 0
Matthews rf 5 0 1 0
Horner 3b 5 1 1 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 0
Murphy cf 4 1 2 1
Hubbard 2b 4 1 1 1
Benedict c 4 0 1 0
Alexander p 2 0 0 0
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0
  Hanna p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Bradford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 12 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 2 2 1
  Landestoy 2b 0 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 5 2 3 1
Puhl rf 3 1 1 1
Cruz lf 4 0 1 3
Cedeno cf 3 1 0 0
Howe 1b 4 0 2 0
  Bergman pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 1
Reynolds ss 4 1 1 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Smith p 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
Atlanta 000 003 0003121
Houston 210 030 10x7101
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  L (14-10) 4.1 7 6 6 2 3
  Garber   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Hrabosky   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hanna   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Bradford   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (11-9) 5.2 8 3 2 0 8
  Smith  SV (10) 3.1 4 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
3
2
0
11

  E–Chambliss (14), Howe (11).  PB–Ashby (11).  2B–Atlanta Murphy (26,off Ryan), Houston Puhl (21,off Alexander); Cruz (29,off Alexander).  3B–Houston Cabell (8,off Alexander).  HBP–Harper (1,by Ryan).  SF–Ashby (4,off Hanna).  HBP–Ryan (3,Harper).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Steve Fields, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:41.  A–31,973.
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