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Behind the combined pitching of Vern Ruhle and Joe Sambito, the Astros shut out the Braves, 4-0. All runs came in the eighth inning. After three singles loaded the bases, Bruce Bochy drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly. After a walk reloaded the sacks, Jeff Leonard slashed a three-run double. It was the second straight game the Astros shut out the Braves. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 0Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1978 (Night game) at Atlanta-Fulton County StadiumAstros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 4 7 0
Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braves AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Landestoy ss 4 1 0 0 0 1 .267 Royster ss 3 0 2 0 1 0 .257
Leonard lf 4 0 2 3 0 1 .353 Hubbard 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .281
Puhl cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .292 Matthews rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .287
Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Burroughs lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .303
Cabell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .296 Whisenton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Bergman 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Office cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .252
Drumright 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .137 Murphy ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .230
Bochy c 3 0 0 1 0 1 .264 Small 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ruhle p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .056 Gilbreath 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246
Obradovich ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .188 Benedict c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .275
Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 LaCorte p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Davey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Beall ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241
Theiss p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 4 7 4 2 5 Totals 28 0 5 0 4 4
Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 2,710
Left on Base: Astros 4, Braves 6
DP: Astros 2, Braves 1
Errors: Office
Doubles: Leonard (1)
Stolen Bases: Puhl (32)
Caught Stealing: Royster (17)
Sacrifice Hits: LaCorte (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bochy (2)
GIDP: Burroughs (16), Small (1)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Ruhle W(3-3) 7 4 0 0 3 3 0 26 2.18
Sambito 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 3.10
Totals 9 5 0 0 4 4 0 33
Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
LaCorte L(0-1) 7.2 6 4 4 1 4 0 29 3.68
Davey 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.00
Theiss 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0.00
Totals 9 7 4 4 2 5 0 35
Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Joe West
ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy struck out; Leonard singled; Puhl lined
into a double play (third to first) [Leonard out at first]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 1ST: Royster walked; Royster was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Hubbard struck out; Matthews walked;
Burroughs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0,
Braves 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Cruz flied out to right; Cabell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bergman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Office grounded out (first unassisted); Small
grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Hank
Small; Gilbreath grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Drumright grounded out (first unassisted); Bochy
grounded out (shortstop to first); Ruhle was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Benedict singled; LaCorte out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Benedict to second]; Royster singled
[Benedict to third]; Hubbard flied out to center; Matthews
forced Royster (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 0, Braves 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Landestoy flied out to left; Leonard was called out
on strikes; Puhl flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 4TH: Burroughs was called out on strikes; Office grounded
out (second to first); Small flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Cruz flied out to right; Cabell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bergman flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 5TH: Gilbreath flied out to center; Benedict walked;
LaCorte struck out; Royster singled [Benedict to second];
Hubbard flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0,
Braves 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Drumright grounded out (shortstop to first); Bochy
grounded out (third to first); Ruhle was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 6TH: Matthews singled; Burroughs grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Matthews out at second]; Office
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0,
Braves 0.
ASTROS 7TH: Landestoy grounded out (second to first); Leonard
made an out to first; Puhl singled; Puhl stole second; Cruz
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros
0, Braves 0.
BRAVES 7TH: Small made an out to third; Gilbreath flied out to
left; Benedict grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 0, Braves 0.
ASTROS 8TH: Cabell singled; Bergman singled [Cabell to second];
Drumright singled [Cabell to third, Bergman to second]; Bochy
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cabell scored, Bergman to third
(error by Office)]; OBRADOVICH BATTED FOR RUHLE; Obradovich was
walked intentionally [Drumright to second]; Landestoy forced
Bergman (first to catcher) [Drumright to third, Obradovich to
second]; Leonard doubled [Drumright scored, Obradovich scored,
Landestoy scored]; DAVEY REPLACED LACORTE (PITCHING); Puhl
walked; Cruz flied out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros
4, Braves 0.
BRAVES 8TH: SAMBITO REPLACED OBRADOVICH (PITCHING); BEALL BATTED
FOR DAVEY; Beall flied out to right; Royster grounded out (first
unassisted); Hubbard made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 4, Braves 0.
ASTROS 9TH: THEISS REPLACED BEALL (PITCHING); Cabell singled;
Bergman grounded out (shortstop to second to first) [Cabell to
second]; Drumright grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cabell to
third]; Bochy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4,
Braves 0.
BRAVES 9TH: Matthews struck out; Burroughs walked; WHISENTON RAN
FOR BURROUGHS; MURPHY BATTED FOR OFFICE; Murphy singled
[Whisenton to second]; Small grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Braves 0.
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