The smallest crowd in Atlanta Stadium history (737) saw the Braves bow to the Astros and the bat of Cesar Cedeno, who knocked in six runs with two homers and a double in the 9-6 Houston victory. Cedeno doubled home two runs in the first and scored himself on an infield out. He hit a solo homer in the third, then wiped out a 5-4 Atlanta lead in the eighth with a three-run shot. Darrell Evans had an RBI single and two-run homer for the losers. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 9, Atlanta Braves 6
Game Played on Monday, September 8, 1975 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
Astros       3  0  1    0  0  0    0  3  2  -   9 10  0
Braves       0  0  0    1  2  0    2  0  1  -   6  9  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Howard lf             5   2   2   0     0   0   .307      Garr lf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .275
Andrews 2b            3   1   1   0     0   1   .221      Perez 2b              3   3   2   0     2   1   .286
  Gross ph            0   1   0   0     1   0   .301      Evans 3b              4   1   2   3     1   1   .245
  Helms 2b            1   0   1   1     0   0   .188      May rf                5   1   1   1     0   0   .279
Cedeno cf             5   3   3   6     0   2   .283      Lum 1b                5   0   2   1     0   0   .228
Watson 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .325      Office cf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .266
May c                 4   0   1   1     0   0   .251      Correll c             1   0   0   0     1   0   .214
Gardner rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .111        Blanks pr,ss        2   0   0   0     0   1   .234
  Stanton p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belloir ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Rader 3b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .223        Pocoroba ph,c       3   0   0   1     0   0   .244
  Cabell 3b           1   1   1   0     0   0   .265      Niekro p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .170
Milbourne ss          3   1   0   0     0   1   .186        Nolan ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Richard p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .219        LaCorte p           2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .400        Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .105
  Cruz ph,rf          2   0   0   0     0   2   .263        Gilbreath ph        0   0   0   0     1   0   .262
                                                            House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .111

Totals               36   9  10   8     2   9             Totals               35   6   9   6     7   4

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance:    737
Left on Base: Astros 3, Braves 9
DP: Astros 1, Braves 1
Errors: Garr
Doubles: Cedeno (29), Perez (14)
Triples: Garr (11)
Home Runs: Cedeno 2 (11), Evans (22)
Stolen Bases: Howard (26)
Sacrifice Hits: Milbourne (4)
GIDP: Milbourne (4), Correll (13)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Richard                 5     7   3   3   4   2   0  25   4.73
Sosa W(1-3)             2     1   2   2   1   0   1   8   4.22
Stanton SV(1)           2     1   1   1   2   2   0   9   6.14
Totals                  9     9   6   6   7   4   1  42

Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro                  3     5   4   4   1   1   1  14   3.17
LaCorte L(0-1)          4.1   1   2   2   1   5   0  15   4.15
Dal Canton              0.2   2   1   1   0   1   1   4   5.09
House                   1     2   2   1   0   2   0   6   3.12
Totals                  9    10   9   8   2   9   2  39

Passed Balls: Pocoroba (12)
Wild Pitches: Richard (18), Stanton (2)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Terry Tata


ASTROS 1ST: Howard singled to first; Andrews singled to third
[Howard to second]; Cedeno doubled to left [Howard scored,
Andrews scored]; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Cedeno to third]; May grounded out (first unassisted) [Cedeno
scored]; Gardner grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 1ST: Garr singled to shortstop; Perez was called out on
strikes; Evans struck out; May grounded out (first to pitcher);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Braves 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Rader singled to left; Milbourne grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rader out at
second]; Richard grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 3, Braves 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Lum singled to right; Office flied out to left;
Correll grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Lum out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3,
Braves 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Howard grounded out (third to first); Andrews struck
out; Cedeno homered; Watson walked; May flied out to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Braves 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Belloir grounded out (pitcher to first); NOLAN
BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Nolan walked; Garr popped to first in foul
territory; Perez singled to right [Nolan to third]; Evans popped
to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4,
Braves 0.

ASTROS 4TH: LACORTE REPLACED NOLAN (PITCHING); Gardner struck
out; Debut game for Frank LaCorte; Rader struck out;
Milbourne flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4,
Braves 0.

BRAVES 4TH: May singled to left; Lum flied out to right; Office
walked [May to second]; Richard threw a wild pitch [May to
third, Office to second]; Correll walked; POCOROBA BATTED FOR
BELLOIR; BLANKS RAN FOR CORRELL; Pocoroba grounded out (first
unassisted) [May scored, Office to third, Blanks to second];
LaCorte grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 4, Braves 1.

ASTROS 5TH: BLANKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); POCOROBA STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Richard popped to first; Howard popped to
third in foul territory; Andrews flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Braves 1.

BRAVES 5TH: Garr tripled; Perez walked; Evans singled to right
[Garr scored, Perez to second]; May flied to right in foul
territory; Lum singled to center [Perez scored, Evans to
second]; Office grounded out (pitcher to first) [Evans to third,
Lum to second]; Blanks flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 4, Braves 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno struck out; Watson flied out to right; May
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Braves 3.

BRAVES 6TH: SOSA REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Pocoroba flied out
to left; LaCorte grounded out (first unassisted); Garr flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Braves 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Gardner grounded out (second to first); Rader flied
out to left; Milbourne struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Braves 3.

BRAVES 7TH: Perez walked; Evans homered [Perez scored]; May
flied out to center; CABELL REPLACED RADER (PLAYING 3B); Lum
popped to first in foul territory; Doug Rader injured going
after foul ball; Office grounded out (pitcher to second to
first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Braves 5.

ASTROS 8TH: CRUZ BATTED FOR SOSA; Cruz struck out; Howard
singled to left; GROSS BATTED FOR ANDREWS; Howard stole second;
Gross walked; DAL CANTON REPLACED LACORTE (PITCHING); Cedeno
homered [Howard scored, Gross scored]; Watson grounded out
(third to first); May singled to right; Pocoroba allowed a
passed ball [May to second]; Gardner struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 7, Braves 5.

BRAVES 8TH: STANTON REPLACED GARDNER (PITCHING); CRUZ STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); HELMS REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING 2B); Blanks
struck out; Pocoroba grounded out (first unassisted); GILBREATH
BATTED FOR DAL CANTON; Gilbreath walked; Garr flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 7, Braves 5.

ASTROS 9TH: HOUSE REPLACED GILBREATH (PITCHING); Cabell singled
to left; Milbourne reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice
bunt [Cabell to second]; Cruz was called out on strikes; Howard
flied out to left; Helms singled to left [Cabell scored,
Milbourne scored (error by Garr) (unearned), Helms to second];
Cedeno struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 9,
Braves 5.

BRAVES 9TH: Perez doubled to right; Stanton threw a wild pitch
[Perez to third]; Evans walked; May grounded out (second to
first) [Perez scored, Evans to second]; Lum flied out to right;
Office struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 9, Braves 6.