A sacrifice fly by Enos Cabell in the bottom of the ninth enabled the Astros to shade the winless Braves, 5-4. Cabell's blow scored Cesar Cedeno, who had led off the inning with his fourth hit of the game. The Braves trailed, 4-1, going into the top of the eighth, but rallied for three runs, with a two-run pinch-double by Jeff Burroughs the key hit. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 5, Atlanta Braves 4
Game Played on Monday, April     14, 1980 (Night game) at Astrodome
Braves       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   4  8  4
Astros       0  0  2    1  0  0    1  0  1  -   5 12  1


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Royster 2b            3   0   0   0     2   1   .111      Puhl rf               2   1   1   0     1   0   .250
Pocoroba c            3   0   0   0     2   1   .231        Leonard rf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Matthews lf           5   0   0   0     0   4   .300      Reynolds ss           5   0   1   0     0   0   .269
Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     1   0   .389      Cedeno cf             5   2   4   1     0   0   .353
Horner 3b             5   1   1   0     0   2   .105      Morgan 2b             4   1   1   0     1   1   .176
Murphy rf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .125      Cruz lf               2   1   1   1     2   0   .500
Asselstine cf         3   1   2   1     1   0   .333      Cabell 3b             4   0   2   3     0   2   .474
Gomez ss              3   0   1   1     0   1   .182      Howe 1b               3   0   1   0     1   1   .200
  Blanks ph,ss        1   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Ashby c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .308
Alexander p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Richard p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Lum ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Ruhle p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bradford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sambito p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Burroughs ph        1   0   1   2     0   0   .500
  Miller pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   8   4     7  10             Totals               33   5  12   5     5   8

Time of Game: 3:15   Attendance: 15,017
Left on Base: Braves 10, Astros 12
DP: Braves 0, Astros 2
Errors: Royster, Pocoroba, Horner, Gomez, Leonard
Doubles: Asselstine (1), Burroughs (1), Cedeno (2), Cabell (1)
Stolen Bases: Royster (1), Cedeno 2 (4), Morgan (1)
Caught Stealing: Puhl (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Richard (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Cruz (1), Cabell (1)
GIDP: Lum (1)
Hit by Pitch: Puhl (1,by Bradford)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander               5     8   3   3   3   4   0  26   5.40
Bradford                2     2   1   1   1   2   0   9   1.93
Garber L(0-1)           1     1   1   1   0   2   0   4  16.20
Hrabosky                0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   7.71
Totals                  8.1  12   5   5   5   8   0  42

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Richard                 5     4   1   1   5   7   0  23   1.38
Ruhle                   2.1   3   2   2   2   2   0  11   4.91
Sambito W(1-0)          1.2   1   1   0   0   1   0   7   1.42
Totals                  9     8   4   3   7  10   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Bradford (1)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Steve Fields


BRAVES 1ST: Royster walked; Royster stole second; Pocoroba
walked; Matthews was called out on strikes; Chambliss flied out
to right; Horner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Puhl popped to pitcher; Reynolds singled to right;
Cedeno singled to right [Reynolds to third (error by Gomez;
assist by Murphy), Cedeno to second]; Morgan made an out to
shortstop; Cruz was walked intentionally; Cabell was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 0, Astros 0.

BRAVES 2ND: Murphy walked; Asselstine singled to right [Murphy
to third]; Gomez singled to right [Asselstine to third, Murphy
scored]; Alexander was called out on strikes; Royster hit into a
double play to right [Asselstine out at home (right to
catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Howe was called out on strikes; Ashby singled to
left; Richard out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Ashby
to second]; Puhl walked; Reynolds flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 0.

BRAVES 3RD: Pocoroba grounded out (second to first); Matthews
struck out; Chambliss walked; Horner flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Cedeno singled to right; Cedeno stole second [Cedeno
to third (error by Pocoroba)]; Morgan walked; Morgan stole
second; Cruz hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cedeno scored, Morgan
to third]; Cabell singled to right [Morgan scored]; Howe forced
Cabell (third to second) [Howe to second (error by Royster)];
Ashby grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 1, Astros 2.

BRAVES 4TH: Murphy singled to left; Asselstine forced Murphy
(second to shortstop); Gomez was called out on strikes;
Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Horner dropped a foul fly hit by Richard for an
error; Richard was called out on strikes; Puhl singled to right;
Reynolds flied to right in foul territory; Cedeno doubled to
center [Puhl scored]; Morgan flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 3.

BRAVES 5TH: Royster grounded out (third to first); Pocoroba
walked; Matthews was called out on strikes; Chambliss singled to
right [Pocoroba to second]; Horner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Cruz flied out to right; Cabell struck out; Howe
singled; Ashby grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 3.

BRAVES 6TH: RUHLE REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Murphy singled to
third; Asselstine walked [Murphy to second]; Gomez forced
Asselstine (shortstop to second) [Murphy to third]; LUM BATTED
FOR ALEXANDER; Lum grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Gomez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Braves 1, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: BRADFORD REPLACED LUM (PITCHING); Ruhle grounded out
(first to pitcher); Puhl was hit by a pitch; Puhl was caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Reynolds popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 3.

BRAVES 7TH: Royster walked; Pocoroba was called out on strikes;
Matthews struck out; Chambliss flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Morgan struck
out; Cruz singled to first; Cabell doubled to center [Cruz
scored]; Howe was walked intentionally; Ashby struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 4.

BRAVES 8TH: LEONARD REPLACED PUHL (PLAYING RF); Horner singled
to center; Murphy flied out to right; Asselstine doubled to
center [Horner scored]; SAMBITO REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING);
BLANKS BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Blanks reached on an error by Leonard
[Asselstine to third]; BURROUGHS BATTED FOR BRADFORD; Burroughs
doubled to center [Asselstine scored, Blanks scored (unearned)];
MILLER RAN FOR BURROUGHS; Royster was called out on strikes;
Pocoroba grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 8TH: GARBER REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); BLANKS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); Sambito was called out on strikes; Leonard
struck out; Reynolds grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 4.

BRAVES 9TH: Matthews flied out to center; Chambliss grounded out
(pitcher to first); Horner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 9TH: Cedeno singled to left; HRABOSKY REPLACED GARBER
(PITCHING); Cedeno stole second; Morgan singled to first [Cedeno
to third]; Cruz was walked intentionally [Morgan to second];
Cabell hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cedeno scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Braves 4, Astros 5.