Atlanta Braves 8, Houston Astros 4 (Game 2)
Game Played on Saturday, July 5, 1975 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Astros 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 12 1 Braves 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 x - 8 7 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Howard cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .338 Garr lf 4 1 3 3 0 0 .261 Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .291 Gross rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .274 Baker rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .232 Cruz lf,cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .226 Evans 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .243 Johnson c 4 1 3 1 0 1 .291 Williams 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .215 Cabell 1b,lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .283 Blanks ss 2 2 0 1 2 1 .262 Boswell 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .250 Office cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .327 Helms 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Correll c 4 2 1 3 0 1 .240 Milbourne ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .141 Leon p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Watson ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .328 Goodson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Konieczny p 3 0 1 0 0 2 .194 House p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Rader ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .248 Metzger pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Totals 39 4 12 3 1 4 Totals 32 8 7 8 3 6 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 11,202 Left on Base: Astros 11, Braves 4 DP: Astros 0, Braves 0 Errors: Milbourne, Evans Doubles: Cabell (12), Garr (13) Home Runs: Correll (9), Garr (5) Sacrifice Hits: Office (3) Sacrifice Flies: Boswell (2) Hit by Pitch: Johnson (1,by Leon) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Konieczny L(4-9) 5.2 7 8 5 2 3 2 28 4.42 Niekro 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 4.50 Cosgrove 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2.87 Totals 8 7 8 5 3 6 2 36 Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leon W(1-0) 6 7 4 2 1 4 0 28 3.80 House SV(8) 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 14 3.76 Totals 9 12 4 2 1 4 0 42 Hit by Pitch: Leon (3) Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry ASTROS 1ST: Howard popped to third in foul territory; Gross walked; Cruz singled to right [Gross to third]; Johnson singled to right [Gross scored, Cruz to third]; Cabell reached on an error by Evans [Cruz scored (RBI), Johnson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Cabell to third (on throw)]; Boswell lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Cabell scored (unearned)]; Helms flied out to right; 4 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 1ST: Garr doubled to left; Perez flied out to right; Baker struck out; Evans popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 0. ASTROS 2ND: Milbourne grounded out (first unassisted); Konieczny struck out; Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 2ND: Williams struck out; Blanks struck out; Office popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 0. ASTROS 3RD: Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz popped to third in foul territory; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 3RD: Correll flied out to right; Leon singled to pitcher; Garr popped to third in foul territory; Perez popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cabell singled to left; Boswell flied out to left; Helms flied out to right; Milbourne forced Cabell (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 0. BRAVES 4TH: Baker singled to center; Evans walked [Baker to second]; Williams flied out to right [Baker to third]; Blanks reached on a fielder's choice [Baker scored, Evans to second]; Office singled to center [Evans scored, Blanks to second]; Correll homered [Blanks scored, Office scored]; Leon grounded out (second to first); Garr singled to center; Perez grounded out (first unassisted); 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 5. ASTROS 5TH: Konieczny struck out; Howard singled to center; Gross singled to right [Howard to second]; Cruz flied out to right [Howard to third]; Johnson was hit by a pitch [Gross to second]; Cabell forced Johnson (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 5. BRAVES 5TH: Baker popped to first; Evans grounded out (third to first); Williams flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 5. ASTROS 6TH: Boswell singled to right; the ball struck the 1B bag; Helms forced Boswell (third to second); Milbourne flied out to center; Konieczny singled to right [Helms to third]; Howard popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 5. BRAVES 6TH: Blanks walked; Office out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Blanks to second]; Correll reached on an error by Milbourne [Blanks stayed at second]; GOODSON BATTED FOR LEON; Goodson grounded out (first unassisted) [Blanks to third, Correll to second]; Garr homered (unearned) [Blanks scored (unearned), Correll scored (unearned)]; NIEKRO REPLACED KONIECZNY (PITCHING); Perez struck out; 3 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 8. ASTROS 7TH: HOUSE REPLACED GOODSON (PITCHING); Gross grounded out (third to first); Cruz grounded out (third to first); Johnson singled to left; Cabell forced Johnson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 8. BRAVES 7TH: Baker popped to first in foul territory; Evans popped to first in foul territory; Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 8. ASTROS 8TH: Boswell singled to shortstop; Helms flied out to center; WATSON BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; Watson flied to left in foul territory; RADER BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Rader singled to center [Boswell to third]; METZGER RAN FOR RADER; Howard lined to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 8. BRAVES 8TH: COSGROVE REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); CABELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WATSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); METZGER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Blanks walked; Office forced Blanks (shortstop to second); Correll was called out on strikes; House grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 8. ASTROS 9TH: Gross flied out to left; Jose Cruz swung and missed, bat hit Tom House on shoulder or head; Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson singled to left; Cabell doubled to left [Johnson to third]; Boswell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 8.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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