The Atlanta Braves beat 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

9

Ozuna

RBI

31

Ozuna

AVG

.344

Ozuna

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Minter

K

33

Sale

ERA

0.72

López

Team Rankings

HR

29

7th

R

143

3rd

SO

195

28th

ERA

3.73

11th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	18	6	.750
Phillies	17	10	.630	2.5
Mets	13	12	.520	5.5
Nationals	11	14	.440	7.5
Marlins	6	21	.222	13.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	CLE	@	ATL	7:20 PM
Sun 4/28	CLE	@	ATL	1:35 PM
Mon 4/29	ATL	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Tue 4/30	ATL	@	SEA	9:40 PM
Wed 5/1	ATL	@	SEA	3:40 PM

Last Game

Braves

18-6

6

Final

2

Guardians

18-8

Fri 26 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

Ohtani

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