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.

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