A superb pitching performance by Carl Morton, who faced only 30 batters, three over the minimum, enabled the Braves to shut out the Astros, 2-0. Morton gave up five hits, but two runners were erased on double plays. The Braves scored their runs in the fifth inning on a single by Ralph Garr, error by Roger Metzger that allowed Marty Perez to reach base, single by Darrell Evans and infield out by Mike Lum. [The Sporting News]

Atlanta Braves 2, Houston Astros 0

Game Played on Tuesday, April 8, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome

Braves 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 1 Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Garr lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .250 Cabell lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Perez 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .222 Andrews 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .375 Evans 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .375 Batista ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 Lum 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .286 Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .375 Baker rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .125 May c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Office cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .250 Johnson 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Correll c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .167 Cruz rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .429 Blanks ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Rader 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .429 Morton p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Metzger ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Watson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Milbourne ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Konieczny p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boswell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 2 9 2 1 8 Totals 30 0 5 0 0 4 Time of Game: 2:06 Attendance: 7,937 Left on Base: Braves 9, Astros 3 DP: Braves 2, Astros 0 Errors: Blanks, Metzger Doubles: Batista (1) Stolen Bases: Cedeno (2) Caught Stealing: Andrews (1) GIDP: Cruz (1) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Morton W(1-0) 9 5 0 0 0 4 0 30 0.00 Totals 9 5 0 0 0 4 0 30 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Konieczny L(0-1) 6 7 2 1 0 5 0 26 1.50 Cosgrove 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 0.00 Granger 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0.00 Totals 9 9 2 1 1 8 0 38 Wild Pitches: Morton (1) Balks: Cosgrove (1) Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Doug Harvey BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez struck out; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Cabell grounded out (catcher to first); Andrews singled; Andrews was caught stealing second; Cedeno singled; Cedeno stole second; May flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 2ND: Lum singled; Baker flied out to right; Office singled [Lum to second]; Correll was called out on strikes; Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 3RD: Morton struck out; Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez singled; Evans grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Metzger made an out to shortstop; Konieczny flied out to right; Cabell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 4TH: Lum flied out to center; Baker struck out; Office singled; Correll singled [Office to second]; Blanks flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno grounded out (third to first); May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 5TH: Morton struck out; Garr singled; Perez reached on an error by Metzger [Garr to second, Perez to first]; Evans singled [Garr scored, Perez to third]; Lum forced Evans (second to shortstop) [Perez scored (unearned)]; Baker flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Johnson popped to first in foul territory; Cruz was called out on strikes; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. BRAVES 6TH: Office flied out to right; Correll lined to left; Blanks flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Metzger flied out to right; HOWARD BATTED FOR KONIECZNY; Howard struck out; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. BRAVES 7TH: COSGROVE REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Morton flied out to right; Garr flied out to center; Perez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 7TH: Andrews reached on an error by Blanks [Andrews to first]; Cedeno lined into a double play (third to first) [Andrews out at first]; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. BRAVES 8TH: Evans singled; Cosgrove balked [Evans to second]; Lum walked; Baker forced Evans (third unassisted) [Lum to second]; Office struck out; GRANGER REPLACED COSGROVE (PITCHING); Correll struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 8TH: Johnson singled; Cruz grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Johnson out at second]; Rader singled; WATSON BATTED FOR METZGER; Watson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. BRAVES 9TH: MILBOURNE REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING SS); Blanks struck out; Morton flied out to right; Garr singled; Perez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 9TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR GRANGER; Boswell grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); BATISTA BATTED FOR ANDREWS; Batista doubled; Morton threw a wild pitch [Batista to third]; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0.

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