The Atlanta Braves eked out a victory over the Houston Astros, 3 to 2, on August 6, 1978.

Final

Astros

51-59

2

Braves

51-59

3

HOU

ATL

1

0

2

1

3

0

1

4

0

5

0

6

0

1

7

0

8

1

0

9

0

R

2

3

H

5

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

HOU

ATL

Home run by Bob Watson.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

HOU

ATL

Single by Bob Horner; Jeff Burroughs scored.

1

Bottom 3rd

HOU

ATL

Single by Gary Matthews; Rowland Office scored.

1

2

Bottom 6th

HOU

ATL

Sacrifice fly by Bob Horner; Rowland Office scored.

1

3

Top 8th

HOU

ATL

Home run by Julio Gonzalez.

2

3

Astros

Braves

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Terry Puhl CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Julio Gonzalez 2B	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	5
Enos Cabell 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Watson 1B	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	5
Wilbur Howard LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Cruz RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Sexton SS	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0
Luis Pujols C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Walling PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bruce Bochy C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
J.R. Richard P	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rafael Landestoy PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Sambito P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	31	2	5	2	2	2	3	1	11

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
J.R. Richard (L)	7.0	5	3	3	3	11
Joe Sambito	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	8.0	5	3	3	3	13

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	CS	TB
Jerry Royster SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rowland Office CF	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	4
Gary Matthews RF	3	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
Jeff Burroughs LF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
Bob Horner 3B	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1
Joe Nolan C	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dale Murphy 1B	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Rod Gilbreath 2B	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0
Larry McWilliams P	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Gene Garber P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	26	3	5	3	3	13	1	9

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Larry McWilliams (W)	6.2	4	1	1	2	2	1
Gene Garber (S)	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Totals	9.0	5	2	2	2	3	2

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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