Jose Cruz drove in two runs with a double in the first inning and another run with a single in the second to start the Astros off to a 9-5 victory over the Braves. After Cruz' single, Cesar Cedeno batted in two runs with a triple. Dave Bergman also accounted for two RBIs with a single in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 9, Atlanta Braves 5
Game Played on Saturday, July      12, 1980 (Night game) at Astrodome
Braves       0  0  1    0  0  1    1  0  2  -   5 12  0
Astros       2  3  1    1  2  0    0  0  x  -   9 15  1


Braves               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hubbard 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .291      Landestoy 2b          5   3   3   0     0   0   .235
  Royster ph,2b       2   1   1   0     0   0   .228      Puhl rf,cf            2   2   0   0     2   1   .283
Murphy cf             2   2   2   0     3   0   .301      Cruz lf               4   1   3   3     1   0   .316
Chambliss 1b          1   0   1   1     2   0   .302      Cedeno cf             1   0   1   2     1   0   .317
  Lum pr,1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Bergman 1b          3   0   1   2     0   0   .140
Matthews rf           5   0   2   2     0   0   .279      Howe ss,3b            3   0   1   0     1   0   .275
Horner 3b             5   1   2   2     0   0   .235      Cabell 3b             4   2   1   0     0   0   .268
Burroughs lf          5   0   0   0     0   2   .272        Reynolds ss         1   0   1   0     0   0   .177
Nahorodny c           4   0   1   0     0   0   .276      Leonard 1b,rf         5   0   1   1     0   0   .213
Gomez ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Pujols c              5   0   2   1     0   0   .212
  Blanks ph,ss        2   0   1   0     0   0   .196      Niekro p              3   1   1   0     1   1   .227
McWilliams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hanna p             2   1   2   0     0   0   .333
  Camp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Asselstine ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .260
  Bradford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pocoroba ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .238

Totals               36   5  12   5     5   3             Totals               36   9  15   9     6   2

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance: 38,610
Left on Base: Braves 10, Astros 11
DP: Braves 2, Astros 3
Errors: Cruz
Doubles: Cruz 2 (15), Niekro (4)
Triples: Hanna (1), Cedeno (4)
Home Runs: Horner (11)
Stolen Bases: Murphy (2), Cabell (12), Landestoy (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Howe (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Chambliss (3)
GIDP: Gomez (6), Hubbard (2), Horner (8), Howe (6), Leonard (4)
Hit by Pitch: Puhl (3,by McWilliams)


Braves                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McWilliams L(5-6)       1.2   6   5   5   1   0   0  13   4.62
Hanna                   2.1   5   4   4   5   0   0  17   6.31
Camp                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.94
Bradford                3     3   0   0   0   2   0  11   3.12
Totals                  8    15   9   9   6   2   0  44

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro W(10-7)          8.2  12   5   5   5   2   1  41   3.89
Smith SV(2)             0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.27
Totals                  9    12   5   5   5   3   1  42

Hit by Pitch: McWilliams (6)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Lanny Harris, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Eric Gregg


BRAVES 1ST: Hubbard struck out; Murphy singled to center; Murphy
stole second; Chambliss walked; Matthews popped to second;
Horner flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy singled to second; Puhl was hit by a pitch
[Landestoy to second]; Cruz doubled to center [Landestoy scored,
Puhl scored]; Cedeno walked; Howe out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Cruz to third, Cedeno to second]; Cabell grounded
out (third to first); Leonard lined to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Braves 0, Astros 2.

BRAVES 2ND: Burroughs struck out; Nahorodny grounded out (third
to first); Gomez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Braves 0, Astros 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Pujols grounded out (shortstop to first); Niekro
doubled to center; Landestoy singled to right [Niekro to third];
Puhl popped to third; Cruz singled to right [Niekro scored,
Landestoy to third]; Cedeno tripled to right [Landestoy scored,
Cruz scored]; HANNA REPLACED MCWILLIAMS (PITCHING); Howe flied
out to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 0, Astros 5.

BRAVES 3RD: Hanna tripled to center; Hubbard flied to right in
foul territory; Murphy walked; Chambliss hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Hanna scored]; Matthews reached on an error by Cruz
[Murphy to third, Matthews to first]; Horner popped to second; 1
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 5.

ASTROS 3RD: Cabell singled to right; Leonard grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Cabell to second]; Pujols singled to right
[Cabell scored, Pujols to second (on throw to home)]; Niekro
walked; Landestoy forced Niekro (first to shortstop) [Pujols to
third]; Puhl walked [Landestoy to second]; Cruz flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 6.

BRAVES 4TH: PUHL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); LEONARD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); BERGMAN REPLACED CEDENO (PLAYING 1B);
Burroughs popped to shortstop; Nahorodny singled to left; Gomez
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Nahorodny out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 6.

ASTROS 4TH: Bergman flied out to center; Howe walked; Cabell
forced Howe (shortstop unassisted) [Cabell to first]; Cabell
stole second; Leonard singled to right [Cabell scored]; Pujols
singled to center [Leonard to second]; Niekro grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 7.

BRAVES 5TH: Hanna singled to left; Hubbard grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hanna out at
second]; Murphy singled to right; Chambliss singled to right
[Murphy to second]; Matthews grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 7.

ASTROS 5TH: Landestoy singled to left; Landestoy stole second;
Puhl walked; Cruz walked [Landestoy to third, Puhl to second];
CAMP REPLACED HANNA (PITCHING); Bergman singled to right
[Landestoy scored, Puhl scored, Cruz to second]; Howe grounded
into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Cruz to third,
Bergman out at second]; Cabell popped to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Braves 1, Astros 9.

BRAVES 6TH: Horner homered; Burroughs grounded out (third to
first); Nahorodny flied out to right; BLANKS BATTED FOR GOMEZ;
Blanks singled to left; ASSELSTINE BATTED FOR CAMP; Asselstine
forced Blanks (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Braves 2, Astros 9.

ASTROS 6TH: BLANKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); BRADFORD
REPLACED ASSELSTINE (PITCHING); Leonard grounded out (shortstop
to first); Pujols made an out to second; Niekro struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Braves 2, Astros 9.

BRAVES 7TH: HOWE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); REYNOLDS
REPLACED CABELL (PLAYING SS); ROYSTER BATTED FOR HUBBARD;
Royster flied out to left; Murphy walked; Chambliss walked
[Murphy to second]; LUM RAN FOR CHAMBLISS; Matthews singled to
left [Murphy scored, Lum to second]; Horner grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Matthews out at
second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Astros 9.

ASTROS 7TH: ROYSTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); LUM STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); Landestoy grounded out (second to first);
Puhl struck out; Cruz doubled to right; Bergman grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3, Astros 9.

BRAVES 8TH: Burroughs flied out to left; Nahorodny lined to
shortstop; Blanks flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 3, Astros 9.

ASTROS 8TH: Howe singled to center; Reynolds singled to center
[Howe to second]; Leonard grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Howe to third, Reynolds out at second];
Pujols flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Braves 3,
Astros 9.

BRAVES 9TH: POCOROBA BATTED FOR BRADFORD; Pocoroba popped to
second; Royster singled to left; Murphy walked [Royster to
second]; Lum flied out to center; Matthews singled to center
[Royster scored, Murphy to third]; Horner singled to left
[Murphy scored, Matthews to second]; SMITH REPLACED NIEKRO
(PITCHING); Burroughs struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Braves
5, Astros 9.