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Ed Herrmann drove in the tie-breaking run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth and delivered an RBI single in the eighth as the Astros beat the Braves, 6-3. Cesar Cedeno equaled the Houston club record for hitting in 21 consecutive games. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 6, Atlanta Braves 3Game Played on Tuesday, September 20, 1977 (Night game) at AstrodomeBraves 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 1 Astros 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 x - 6 9 1 Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royster 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .215 Puhl lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .305 Pocoroba ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Cabell 3b,1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .283 Office cf 4 0 0 0 0 4 .246 Cedeno cf 4 2 3 0 0 0 .269 Burroughs rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .277 Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Montanez 1b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .279 Watson 1b 2 2 1 0 2 1 .290 Matthews lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .284 Sperring 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Murphy c 4 0 3 0 0 1 .344 Herrmann c 3 0 1 2 0 1 .286 Bonnell 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .292 Howe 2b 3 1 1 2 0 0 .257 Rockett ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .264 Metzger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Ruthven p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Niekro p 3 0 1 1 0 0 .133 Asselstine ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Totals 34 3 9 3 2 8 Totals 31 6 9 5 2 5 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 5,873 Left on Base: Braves 7, Astros 5 DP: Braves 0, Astros 1 Errors: Ruthven, Cabell Doubles: Murphy (4), Howe (20), Cedeno (33) Home Runs: Montanez (19) Stolen Bases: Matthews (22), Cedeno 2 (54), Cabell (41), Puhl (10) Caught Stealing: Murphy (1) Sacrifice Hits: Ruthven (5) Sacrifice Flies: Herrmann (2), Howe (2) GIDP: Ruthven (2) Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruthven L(7-11) 8 9 6 5 2 5 0 35 4.13 Totals 8 9 6 5 2 5 0 35 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro W(13-7) 9 9 3 3 2 8 1 37 2.81 Totals 9 9 3 3 2 8 1 37 Balks: Ruthven (4) Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Jerry Crawford BRAVES 1ST: Royster struck out; Office struck out; Burroughs walked; Montanez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Puhl flied out to left; Cabell made an out to first; Cedeno singled; Cedeno stole second; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. BRAVES 2ND: Matthews singled; Murphy doubled [Matthews to third]; Bonnell singled [Matthews scored, Murphy to third]; Murphy was caught stealing home (catcher to shortstop to third); Rockett made an out to third; Ruthven struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson singled; Herrmann grounded out (first to shortstop to first) [Watson to second]; Howe doubled [Watson scored]; Metzger grounded out (second to first) [Howe to third]; Niekro singled [Howe scored]; Puhl struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 2. BRAVES 3RD: Royster singled; Office struck out; Burroughs struck out; Montanez homered [Royster scored]; Matthews flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 2. ASTROS 3RD: Cabell singled; Cabell stole second; Cabell was picked off second but was safe on an error by Ruthven [Cabell to third]; Ruthven balked [Cabell scored (unearned)]; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Cruz made an out to catcher; Watson struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 3. BRAVES 4TH: Murphy singled; Bonnell singled [Murphy to third]; Rockett reached on a fielder's choice [Murphy out at home (third to catcher to third), Bonnell to second]; Ruthven out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Bonnell to third, Rockett to second]; Royster walked; Office struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 3. ASTROS 4TH: Herrmann struck out; Howe made an out to second; Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 3. BRAVES 5TH: Burroughs grounded out (first unassisted); Montanez made an out to third; Matthews grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 3. ASTROS 5TH: Niekro made an out to shortstop; Puhl struck out; Cabell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 3. BRAVES 6TH: Murphy singled; Bonnell flied out to center; Rockett singled [Murphy to second]; Ruthven grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rockett out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 3. ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno singled; Cedeno stole second; Cruz grounded out (first unassisted) [Cedeno to third]; Watson walked; Herrmann hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cedeno scored]; Howe grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 4. BRAVES 7TH: Royster flied out to center; Office struck out; Burroughs flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 4. ASTROS 7TH: Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); Niekro flied out to right; Puhl singled; Puhl stole second; Cabell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 4. BRAVES 8TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first); Matthews reached on an error by Cabell [Matthews to first]; Matthews stole second; Murphy struck out; Bonnell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 4. ASTROS 8TH: Cedeno doubled; Cruz flied out to left; Watson was walked intentionally; Herrmann singled [Cedeno scored, Watson to third]; Howe hit a sacrifice fly to center [Watson scored]; Metzger flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 6. BRAVES 9TH: SPERRING REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING 3B); CABELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Rockett grounded out (third to first); ASSELSTINE BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Asselstine flied out to left; POCOROBA BATTED FOR ROYSTER; Pocoroba made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 6. |
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