The Atlanta Braves schooled the Houston Astros, 7 to 2, on August 4, 1978.

1978 Atlanta Braves

Final

HOU

Astros

49-58

2

ATL

Braves

50-57

7

1

0

3

2

0

1

3

0

1

4

1

0

5

0

1

6

0

0

7

1

0

8

0

1

9

0

R

2

7

H

10

12

E

1

0

Bottom 1st

HOU

ATL

Braves

Home run by Jeff Burroughs; Jerry Royster and Rowland Office scored.

0

3

Bottom 2nd

HOU

ATL

Braves

Single by Jerry Royster; Rod Gilbreath scored.

0

4

Bottom 3rd

HOU

ATL

Braves

Double by Bob Horner; Gary Matthews scored.

0

5

Top 4th

HOU

ATL

Astros

Single by Dave Bergman; Jose Cruz scored.

1

5

Bottom 5th

HOU

ATL

Braves

Sacrifice fly by Bob Horner; Jerry Royster scored.

1

6

Top 7th

HOU

ATL

Astros

Passed ball; Terry Puhl scored.

2

6

Bottom 8th

HOU

ATL

Braves

Single by Gary Matthews; Dale Murphy scored.

2

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl CF 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Julio Gonzalez 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Enos Cabell 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jose Cruz RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Watson 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Dave Bergman LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 2
Bruce Bochy C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mike Fischlin SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Wilbur Howard PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mark Lemongello P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Floyd Bannister P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Denny Walling PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Joaquin Andujar P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Williams P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rafael Landestoy PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Forsch P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jesus Alou PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 36 2 10 1 0 2 12 1 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mark Lemongello (L) 1.0 3 4 4 2 0 1
Floyd Bannister 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0
Joaquin Andujar 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Williams 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 0
Ken Forsch 2.0 3 1 1 2 2 0
Totals 8.0 12 7 7 5 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jerry Royster SS 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 4
Rowland Office CF 3 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 1
Gary Matthews RF 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Jeff Burroughs LF 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 4
Barry Bonnell LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Horner 3B 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Biff Pocoroba C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Murphy 1B 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Rod Gilbreath 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Phil Niekro P 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 34 7 12 7 1 5 5 1 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Phil Niekro (W) 9.0 10 2 1 2 12 0
Totals 9.0 10 2 1 2 12 0

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More Braves Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

RBI

29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

AVG

.344

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

K

27

Sale

Chris Sale

ERA

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

Team Rankings

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HR

28

6th

R

137

5th

SO

186

28th

ERA

3.80

12th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Braves Braves
17 6 .739
Phillies Phillies
16 10 .615 2.5
Mets Mets
13 12 .520 5.0
Nationals Nationals
11 14 .440 7.0
Marlins Marlins
6 21 .222 13.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Mon
4/29
ATL ATL
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Tue
4/30
ATL ATL
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM

Last Game

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ATL Braves

17-6

4

Final

3

MIA Marlins

6-20

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1
Thu
4/25
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
12-2
Thu
4/25
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
3-1
Thu
4/25
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
8-0

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
Fri
4/26
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
8:10 PM