The Braves bunched four hits for all their runs in the fourth inning and defeated the Astros, 3-1. Marty Perez and Darrell Evans hit singles and both scored on a double by Larvell Blanks, who also crossed the plate when Rowland Office singled.

The Astros loaded the bases against Carl Morton in the sixth, but failed to score when Milt May grounded into a double play. Morton then gave up a run on a walk and singles by Wilbur Howard and Greg Gross in the eighth before yielding the mound to Max Leon, who got out of the inning without further scoring. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 3, Houston Astros 1
Game Played on Sunday, June      29, 1975 (Day game) at Astrodome
Braves       0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  0
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  8  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Howard cf             5   0   3   0     0   1   .341
Perez 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .293      Gross lf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .275
Baker rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .234      Cabell rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .292
Evans 3b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .246      Watson 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .325
Lum 1b                2   0   1   0     2   0   .238      May c                 3   0   0   0     1   0   .240
Blanks ss             4   1   2   2     0   0   .274        Jutze pr,c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .175
Office cf             3   0   1   1     1   0   .315      Rader 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .247
Pocoroba c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .254      Metzger ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .245
Morton p              2   0   1   0     1   0   .227      Andrews 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .197
  Leon p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .500        Helms ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .151
                                                          Forsch p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .229
                                                            Cosgrove p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Boswell ph          0   1   0   0     1   0   .247
                                                            Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .274

Totals               32   3   9   3     5   1             Totals               33   1   8   1     3   4

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 10,576
Left on Base: Braves 7, Astros 9
DP: Braves 2, Astros 2
Doubles: Blanks (10)
Triples: Metzger (7)
Stolen Bases: Howard (4)
Caught Stealing: Lum (4), Baker (5)
GIDP: Blanks (5), Andrews (2), May (3)
Hit by Pitch: Helms (1,by Leon)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton W(9-8)           7     8   1   1   2   2   0  29   3.67
Leon SV(4)              2     0   0   0   1   2   0   8   3.93
Totals                  9     8   1   1   3   4   0  37

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch L(2-5)           5     7   3   3   0   1   0  21   3.21
Cosgrove                3     2   0   0   4   0   0  12   1.35
Niekro                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.86
Totals                  9     9   3   3   5   1   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Leon (2)
Wild Pitches: Forsch (1)

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler


BRAVES 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
grounded out (third to first); Baker grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Howard singled; Howard stole second; Gross walked;
Cabell flied out to right; Watson grounded out (second to first)
[Howard to third, Gross to second]; May grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0, Astros 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Evans flied out to center; Lum singled; Blanks lined
into a double play to second [Lum out at second (second to
first)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Rader singled; Metzger flied out to right; Andrews
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Rader out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Astros 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Office flied out to center; Pocoroba grounded out
(first to pitcher); Morton singled; Forsch threw a wild pitch
[Morton to second]; Garr made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Forsch grounded out (pitcher to first); Howard
grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross made an out to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Astros 0.

BRAVES 4TH: Perez singled; Baker struck out; Evans singled
[Perez to second]; Lum flied out to left; Blanks doubled [Perez
scored, Evans scored]; Office singled [Blanks scored, Office to
second (on throw to home)]; Pocoroba singled [Office to third];
Morton made an out to shortstop; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Cabell struck out; Watson flied out to center; May
popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
3, Astros 0.

BRAVES 5TH: Garr flied out to right; Perez flied out to left;
Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Rader grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Metzger tripled; Andrews grounded out (pitcher to first); CRUZ
BATTED FOR FORSCH; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 3, Astros 0.

BRAVES 6TH: COSGROVE REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Evans grounded
out (second to first); Lum walked; Blanks singled [Lum to
third]; Office forced Blanks (third to second); Lum was caught
stealing home (catcher to third to catcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Howard singled; Gross flied out to center; Cabell
singled [Howard to second]; Watson singled [Howard to third,
Cabell to second]; May grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to pitcher) [Watson out at second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 3, Astros 0.

BRAVES 7TH: Pocoroba made an out to second; Morton walked; Garr
popped to second in foul territory; Perez grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Rader grounded out (third to first); Metzger
grounded out (first unassisted); Andrews made an out to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3, Astros 0.

BRAVES 8TH: Baker singled; Baker was caught stealing second;
Evans walked; Lum walked [Evans to second]; Blanks grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lum out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: BOSWELL BATTED FOR COSGROVE; Boswell walked; Howard
singled [Boswell to second]; Gross singled [Boswell scored,
Howard to second]; LEON REPLACED MORTON (PITCHING); Cabell
forced Howard (pitcher to third) [Gross to second]; Watson made
an out to second; May walked [Gross to third, Cabell to second];
JUTZE RAN FOR MAY; Rader flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Braves 3, Astros 1.

BRAVES 9TH: JUTZE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); NIEKRO REPLACED
BOSWELL (PITCHING); Office walked; Pocoroba grounded out (second
to first) [Office to second]; Leon flied out to right [Office to
third]; Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 9TH: Metzger flied out to center; HELMS BATTED FOR
ANDREWS; Helms was hit by a pitch; JOHNSON BATTED FOR NIEKRO;
Johnson struck out; Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 3, Astros 1.