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Atlanta Braves @ Houston Astros

1976-05-17 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 10126 · 2:27

Houston Astros defeated Atlanta Braves 3–2. Ken Forsch earned the win. Ken Henderson went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ATL	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	5
HOU	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	6

W: Ken Forsch L: Bruce Dal Canton SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Williams · 1B: Harry Wendelstedt · 2B: Dick Stello · 3B: Jim Quick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rowland Office	4	0	1	0	1	0
Jerry Royster	5	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Wynn	4	0	0	0	0	1
Darrell Evans	2	1	0	0	2	0
Ken Henderson	3	1	1	1	1	0
Lee Lacy	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vic Correll	4	0	1	1	0	0
Darrel Chaney	2	0	0	0	2	0
Roger Moret	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dave May	1	0	0	0	0	0
Biff Pocoroba	1	0	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Wilbur Howard	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Andrews	4	0	1	0	0	0
Cesar Cedeno	3	2	1	0	1	0
Bob Watson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Leon Roberts	4	0	1	0	0	0
Art Howe	3	0	0	0	0	1
Skip Jutze	3	0	0	0	0	1
Roger Metzger	3	1	1	0	0	0
Gil Rondon	2	0	1	1	0	0
Larry Milbourne	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Boswell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roger Moret	6.0	6	0	2
Max Leon	2.0	0	0	0
Bruce Dal Canton	0.2	0	1	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gil Rondon	5.2	4	4	2
Joe Niekro	2.1	0	1	1
Ken Forsch	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rowland Office: W
Jerry Royster: 63.1-2
Jim Wynn: 8
Darrell Evans: W
Ken Henderson: 7/L

Bot 1

Wilbur Howard: 3/FL
Rob Andrews: S
Cesar Cedeno: SB2
Cesar Cedeno: 7
Bob Watson: 7

Top 2

Lee Lacy: 63
Vic Correll: 7
Darrel Chaney: W
Roger Moret: 43

Bot 2

Leon Roberts: S
Art Howe: K
Skip Jutze: 13.1-2
Roger Metzger: 8/L

Top 3

Rowland Office: D
Jerry Royster: 9
Jim Wynn: K
Darrell Evans: 9

Bot 3

Gil Rondon: 53
Wilbur Howard: 53
Rob Andrews: 53

Top 4

Ken Henderson: HR
Lee Lacy: 7
Vic Correll: 7
Darrel Chaney: 43

Bot 4

Cesar Cedeno: S
Bob Watson: SB2
Bob Watson: 9.2-3
Leon Roberts: WP.3-H
Leon Roberts: 4/L
Art Howe: 2/FL

Top 5

Roger Moret: K
Rowland Office: 7/L
Jerry Royster: 8

Bot 5

Skip Jutze: K
Roger Metzger: D
Gil Rondon: WP.2-3
Gil Rondon: S.3-H
Wilbur Howard: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Jim Wynn: 2/FL
Darrell Evans: W
Ken Henderson: 8
Lee Lacy: S.1-3
Vic Correll: S.3-H;1-2
Darrel Chaney: 43

Bot 6

Rob Andrews: 3/L
Cesar Cedeno: 2/FL
Bob Watson: S
Leon Roberts: 2/FL

Top 7

Dave May: 5/FL
Rowland Office: 7
Jerry Royster: K

Bot 7

Art Howe: 53
Skip Jutze: 53
Roger Metzger: 43

Top 8

Jim Wynn: 5/FL
Darrell Evans: 5/F
Ken Henderson: W
Lee Lacy: 6(1)/FO

Bot 8

Larry Milbourne: 8
Wilbur Howard: 5/L
Rob Andrews: 63

Top 9

Vic Correll: 3/G
Darrel Chaney: W
Biff Pocoroba: S.1-2
Rowland Office: 46(1)/FO
Jerry Royster: 63

Bot 9

Cesar Cedeno: W
Bob Watson: 14/SH.1-2
Leon Roberts: 7.2-3
Ken Boswell: E6/TH1.3-H(NR)(UR)

Notes & reviews

Braves manager Bristol and coach Benson ejected by 1B umpire Wendelstedt for arguing that Boswell was out at 1st; Wendelstedt ruled throw pulled 1bman off bag; Bristol engaged in shoving match with Wendelstedt and Benson also bumped him

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