The Houston Astros decisively defeated the Atlanta Braves, 6 to 2, on August 4, 1979.

Final

Braves

45-67

2

Astros

65-47

6

ATL

HOU

1

0

2

0

3

0

4

2

0

5

0

3

6

0

2

7

0

8

0

1

9

0

R

2

6

H

5

8

E

1

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 4th

ATL

HOU

Home run by Bob Horner; Rowland Office scored.

2

0

Bottom 5th

ATL

HOU

Wild pitchSome( by Phil Niekro); Jose Cruz scored.

2

1

Wild pitchSome( by Phil Niekro); Jeffrey Leonard scored.

2

Jimmy Sexton struck out; Error by Dale Murphy; Bruce Bochy scored.

2

3

Bottom 6th

ATL

HOU

Double by Jeffrey Leonard; Terry Puhl scored.

2

4

Single by Art Howe; Jeffrey Leonard scored.

2

5

Bottom 8th

ATL

HOU

Single by Bruce Bochy; Jeffrey Leonard scored.

2

6

Braves

Astros

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Jim Wessinger 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jerry Royster PH,2B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Gary Matthews RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Rowland Office CF	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Charlie Spikes PH,LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Horner 3B	4	1	1	2	1	0	1	4
Dale Murphy 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Barry Bonnell LF,CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Darrel Chaney SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Bruce Benedict C	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1
Joe Nolan C	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Niekro P	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	32	2	5	2	1	3	12	8

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Phil Niekro (L)	8.0	8	6	5	3	11	0
Totals	8.0	8	6	5	3	11	0

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Rafael Landestoy 2B	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1
Craig Reynolds SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Terry Puhl CF	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
Denny Walling RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Cruz LF	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2
Enos Cabell 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jeffrey Leonard RF,CF	2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	2
Art Howe 3B	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Bruce Bochy C	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Frank LaCorte P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Sexton PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
George Throop P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Sambito P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	6	8	3	3	11	2	1	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Frank LaCorte (W)	5.0	3	2	2	1	6	1
George Throop	2.0	2	0	0	2	3	0
Joe Sambito (S)	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	3	12	1

Explore

More Astros Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Altuve

RBI

17

Tucker

AVG

.346

Altuve

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Blanco

K

22

Blanco

ERA

1.33

Blanco

Team Rankings

HR

26

18th

R

102

20th

SO

209

22nd

ERA

5.07

28th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	14	12	.538
Rangers	14	13	.519	0.5
Athletics	11	16	.407	3.5
Angels	10	16	.385	4.0
Astros	7	19	.269	7.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	HOU	@	COL	6:05 PM
Sun 4/28	HOU	@	COL	4:05 PM
Tue 4/30	CLE	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 5/1	CLE	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Thu 5/2	CLE	@	HOU	8:10 PM

Last Game

Cubs

16-9

3

Final

1

Astros

7-19

Thu 25 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