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Two rookies -- Mark Lemongello of Astros and Al Autry of the Braves -- made their major league debuts with victories as the clubs split a twi-night doubleheader. Lernongello pitched seven innings in the opener and came out with credit for a 4-3 victory. Enos Cabell homered in the seventh to provide the Astros' winning run. Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 3 (Game 1)Game Played on Tuesday, September 14, 1976 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumAstros 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 4 6 1
Braves 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 2
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Gross rf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .288 Royster 3b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .232
Cabell 3b 5 2 2 1 0 2 .280 Gilbreath 2b 5 0 1 2 0 0 .258
Cedeno cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .293 Montanez 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .312
Watson 1b 3 0 1 1 1 2 .306 Henderson cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .262
Cruz lf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .297 May lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .214
DaVanon 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .283 Paciorek rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .291
Herrmann c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .204 Chaney ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .252
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .214 Correll c 2 1 1 0 0 0 .230
Lemongello p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .091 Murphy c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .600
Ruthven p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .186
Wynn ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .207
Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Belloir ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Totals 32 4 6 3 5 10 Totals 34 3 9 3 2 3
Time of Game: 2:16
Left on Base: Astros 7, Braves 8
DP: Astros 0, Braves 1
Errors: Cedeno, Chaney, Correll
Doubles: Watson (28), Ruthven (1)
Home Runs: Cabell (2)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno 2 (50), Cruz (25)
Caught Stealing: Gross (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Ruthven (8), Belloir (4)
Hit by Pitch: Herrmann (4,by Ruthven)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Lemongello W(1-0) 7 8 3 2 2 3 0 31 2.57
Forsch SV(19) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 2.18
Totals 9 9 3 2 2 3 0 38
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Ruthven L(13-15) 7 6 4 4 5 7 1 32 3.79
Torrealba 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 3.45
Totals 9 6 4 4 5 10 1 38
Hit by Pitch: Ruthven (8)
Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Art Williams, 3B - Joe West
ASTROS 1ST: Debut for umpire Joe West; Gross reached on
an error by Chaney [Gross to first]; Debut game for Mark
Lemongello; Gross was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Cabell singled; Cedeno singled [Cabell to third];
Cedeno stole second; Watson was walked intentionally; Cruz
forced Watson (shortstop to second) [Cabell scored, Cedeno to
third]; Cruz stole second [Cedeno scored (error by Correll)];
DaVanon walked; Herrmann walked [Cruz to third, DaVanon to
second]; Metzger struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Astros 2,
Braves 0.
BRAVES 1ST: Royster made an out to pitcher; Gilbreath flied out
to left; Montanez singled; Henderson was called out on strikes;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Braves 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Lemongello struck out; Gross singled; Cabell flied
out to center; Cedeno flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 2, Braves 0.
BRAVES 2ND: May flied out to right; Paciorek struck out; Chaney
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros
2, Braves 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Watson was called out on strikes; Cruz grounded out
(shortstop to first); DaVanon grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Braves 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Correll singled; Ruthven out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Correll to second]; Royster struck out;
Gilbreath singled [Correll scored]; Montanez walked [Gilbreath
to second]; Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Braves 1.
ASTROS 4TH: Herrmann was hit by a pitch; Metzger flied out to
center; Lemongello hit into a double play (pitcher to second)
[Herrmann out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2,
Braves 1.
BRAVES 4TH: May singled; Paciorek flied out to right; Chaney
grounded out (first unassisted) [May to second]; Correll
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2,
Braves 1.
ASTROS 5TH: Gross walked; Cabell struck out; Cedeno flied out to
center; Watson doubled [Gross scored]; Cruz grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 1.
BRAVES 5TH: Ruthven doubled; Royster singled [Ruthven to third];
Gilbreath grounded out (shortstop to first) [Ruthven scored,
Royster to second]; Montanez flied out to left; Henderson flied
out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 2.
ASTROS 6TH: DaVanon walked; Herrmann grounded out (second to
first) [DaVanon to second]; Metzger struck out; Lemongello was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 2.
BRAVES 6TH: May grounded out (first unassisted); Paciorek
grounded out (third to first); Chaney flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Braves 2.
ASTROS 7TH: Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Cabell
homered; Cedeno singled; Cedeno stole second; Watson was called
out on strikes; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 2.
BRAVES 7TH: ASSELSTINE BATTED FOR CORRELL; Asselstine flied out
to right; Debut game for Brian Asselstine; WYNN BATTED
FOR RUTHVEN; Wynn walked; Royster grounded out (first
unassisted) [Wynn to second]; Gilbreath grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 2.
ASTROS 8TH: MURPHY REPLACED ASSELSTINE (PLAYING C ); TORREALBA
REPLACED WYNN (PITCHING); DaVanon grounded out (second to
first); Herrmann struck out; Metzger flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 2.
BRAVES 8TH: Montanez singled to center [Montanez to second
(error by Cedeno)]; Henderson singled [Montanez scored
(unearned)]; FORSCH REPLACED LEMONGELLO (PITCHING); May grounded
out (second to first) [Henderson to second]; Paciorek made an
out to third; Chaney made an out to third; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 3.
ASTROS 9TH: Forsch struck out; Gross flied out to left; Cabell
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 3.
BRAVES 9TH: Murphy singled; BELLOIR BATTED FOR TORREALBA;
Belloir out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Murphy to
second]; Royster made an out to catcher; Gilbreath grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 3.
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