A tremendous relief performance by Bruce Dal Canton, who set down the heart of the Houston batting order with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, enabled the Braves to defeat the Astros, 4-1. Taking over for Carl Morton with a count of two balls on Cesar Cedeno, Dal Canton retired Cedeno on a pop fly, got Cliff Johnson on another popup and ended the threat with a groundout by Bob Watson. [The Sporting News]



Atlanta Braves 4, Houston Astros 1
Game Played on Tuesday, September 2, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome
Braves       0  1  1    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   4  9  0
Astros       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .274      Howard rf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .314
Office cf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .268      Andrews 2b,ss         3   0   0   1     0   0   .207
May rf                3   1   2   1     1   0   .278        May ph              1   0   1   0     0   0   .254
Evans 3b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .243        DaVanon pr,ss       0   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Lum 1b                3   1   0   1     1   0   .233      Cedeno cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .283
Pocoroba c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .248      Johnson c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Gilbreath 2b          4   0   1   1     0   1   .252      Watson 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .329
Belloir ss            4   1   1   0     0   1   .253      Cruz lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Morton p              3   0   1   0     0   2   .177      Rader 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .223
  Dal Canton p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .056      Metzger ss            1   0   0   0     1   0   .238
                                                            Gardner ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Cosgrove p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
                                                            Cabell ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
                                                          York p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .000
                                                            Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .294
                                                            Boswell 2b          1   0   1   0     0   0   .247

Totals               33   4   9   4     4   7             Totals               31   1   5   1     3   2

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance:  4,019
Left on Base: Braves 7, Astros 7
DP: Braves 0, Astros 1
Doubles: May (4), Belloir (2), Cedeno (27)
Triples: Howard (7)
Stolen Bases: Garr (11)
Caught Stealing: Lum (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Garr (3)
GIDP: Belloir (4)
Hit by Pitch: Johnson (4,by Morton)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morton W(16-15)         7     5   1   1   3   2   0  29   3.53
Dal Canton SV(1)        2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   5.18
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   2   0  35

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
York L(2-3)             6.2   8   4   4   3   3   0  29   4.94
Crawford                0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   3.59
Cosgrove                1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.68
Sosa                    1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   4.18
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   7   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Morton (3)

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


BRAVES 1ST: Garr made an out to third; Office grounded out
(second to first); May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Howard tripled; Andrews grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Howard scored]; Cedeno doubled; Johnson was hit by a
pitch; Watson flied out to left; Cruz walked [Cedeno to third,
Johnson to second]; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 0, Astros 1.

BRAVES 2ND: Evans flied out to center; Lum walked; Pocoroba
singled [Lum to second]; Gilbreath singled [Lum scored, Pocoroba
to second]; Belloir grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Gilbreath out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Metzger walked; York struck out; Howard grounded out
(third to first) [Metzger to second]; Andrews grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 1.

BRAVES 3RD: Morton struck out; Garr singled; Office grounded out
(second to first) [Garr to second]; May doubled [Garr scored];
Evans walked; Lum grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Braves 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
flied out to center; Watson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Braves 2, Astros 1.

BRAVES 4TH: Pocoroba grounded out (second to first); Gilbreath
grounded out (shortstop to first); Belloir flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Cruz flied out to right; Rader lined to shortstop;
Metzger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2,
Astros 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Morton struck out; Garr grounded out (second to
first); Office grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 5TH: York was called out on strikes; Howard singled to
left [Howard out at second (left to shortstop)]; Andrews
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves
2, Astros 1.

BRAVES 6TH: May singled; Evans singled [May to third]; Lum
forced Evans (shortstop to second) [May scored]; Lum was caught
stealing second; Pocoroba grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno popped to first in foul territory; Johnson
lined to third; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 3, Astros 1.

BRAVES 7TH: Gilbreath was called out on strikes; Belloir
doubled; Morton singled [Belloir to third]; Garr hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Belloir scored]; Office walked [Morton to
second]; CRAWFORD REPLACED YORK (PITCHING); May walked [Morton
to third, Office to second]; Evans struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Rader grounded
out (second to first); GARDNER BATTED FOR METZGER; Gardner
grounded out (pitcher to first); Debut game for Art
Gardner; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 1.

BRAVES 8TH: BOSWELL REPLACED CRAWFORD (PLAYING 2B); ANDREWS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); COSGROVE REPLACED GARDNER
(PITCHING); Lum grounded out (second to first); Pocoroba struck
out; Gilbreath grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 1.

ASTROS 8TH: Boswell singled; Howard walked [Boswell to second];
MAY BATTED FOR ANDREWS; May singled [Howard to second, Boswell
to third]; DAVANON RAN FOR MAY; DAL CANTON REPLACED MORTON
(PITCHING); Cedeno made an out to first; Johnson made an out to
second; Watson forced Howard (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 1.

BRAVES 9TH: DAVANON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SOSA REPLACED
COSGROVE (PITCHING); Belloir struck out; Dal Canton struck out;
Garr singled; Garr stole second; Office grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 1.

ASTROS 9TH: Cruz flied out to center; Rader grounded out
(shortstop to first); CABELL BATTED FOR SOSA; Cabell grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 1.