The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros, 5 to 2, on May 5, 1978.

Final

Astros

10-14

2

Braves

9-15

5

HOU

ATL

1

0

2

0

1

3

0

4

0

5

0

1

6

1

2

7

0

8

0

1

9

0

R

2

5

H

5

6

E

1

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

HOU

ATL

Cesar Cedeno grounded out; Terry Puhl scored.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

HOU

ATL

Tommy Boggs ground ball; Error by Art Howe; Dale Murphy scored.

1

Bottom 5th

HOU

ATL

Home run by Tommy Boggs.

1

2

Top 6th

HOU

ATL

Home run by Bob Watson.

2

Bottom 6th

HOU

ATL

Double by Rod Gilbreath; Dale Murphy scored.

2

3

Single by Pat Rockett; Rod Gilbreath scored.

2

4

Bottom 8th

HOU

ATL

Single by Dale Murphy; Jeff Burroughs scored.

2

5

Astros

Braves

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Terry Puhl LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Enos Cabell 3B	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Cesar Cedeno CF	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Watson 1B	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	5
Jose Cruz RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Art Howe 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Ed Herrmann C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Sexton SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Niekro P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Wilbur Howard PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Floyd Bannister P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Walling PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	31	2	5	2	1	4	6	1	8

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Joe Niekro (L)	6.0	5	4	3	3	2	1
Floyd Bannister	2.0	1	1	1	2	2	0
Totals	8.0	6	5	4	5	4	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Jerry Royster 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Rowland Office CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Brian Asselstine RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jeff Burroughs LF	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Biff Pocoroba C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Murphy 1B	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	1
Rod Gilbreath 3B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4
Pat Rockett SS	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Tommy Boggs P	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	4
Eddie Solomon P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	30	5	6	4	1	5	4	3	11

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Tommy Boggs (W)	7.0	5	2	2	4	3	1
Eddie Solomon (S)	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	4	6	1

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More Braves Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Ozuna

RBI

22

Ozuna

AVG

.387

Kelenic

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Minter

K

20

Sale

ERA

0.75

López

Team Rankings

HR

17

12th

R

97

3rd

SO

122

29th

ERA

4.64

22nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	10	5	.667
Phillies	9	8	.529	2.0
Mets	8	8	.500	2.5
Nationals	7	9	.438	3.5
Marlins	3	14	.176	8.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 4/16	ATL	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 4/17	ATL	@	HOU	2:10 PM
Fri 4/19	TEX	@	ATL	7:20 PM
Sat 4/20	TEX	@	ATL	7:20 PM
Sun 4/21	TEX	@	ATL	7:10 PM

Last Game

Astros

6-12

1

Final

6

Braves

10-5

Mon 15 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

7

Trout

7

Ozuna

7

O'Neill

RBI Leaders

22

Ozuna

19

Ward

18

Steer

Batting Average Leaders

.403

Altuve

.390

Contreras

.373

Volpe

Hit Leaders

29

Altuve

26

Kwan

26

Ohtani

Run Leaders

20

Betts

17

Jr.

16

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.483

Winker

.479

Contreras

.476

Altuve

SLG Leaders

.750

O'Neill

.746

Ozuna

.731

Busch

SB Leaders

8

Turang

7

Jr.

7

Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

3

Peguero

3

Bradford

3

Detmers

Strikeout Leaders

34

Glasnow

31

Crochet

30

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.42

Crawford

0.86

Blanco

0.98

Singer

WHIP Leaders

0.62

Bradford

0.68

Peralta

0.71

Suárez

K/9 Leaders

13.50

Detmers

13.25

Peralta

12.94

Gore

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Peralta

12.50

Jones

12.00

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Jones

2

Bradford

2

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

333

Betts

272

Ohtani

268.2

Ozuna

DraftKings Points Leaders

250

Betts

210

Ohtani

205

Altuve

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0