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Houston Astros @ Atlanta Braves

1977-04-17 · Day game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Att: 11024 · 2:42

Atlanta Braves defeated Houston Astros 5–4. Atlanta Braves put up 2 in the 6th. Mike Marshall earned the win and Rick Camp picked up the save. Cliff Johnson went 1-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mike Marshall L: Ken Forsch SV: Rick Camp

Umpires — HP: Terry Tata · 1B: Ed Sudol · 2B: Dick Stello · 3B: Bruce Froemming · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rob Sperring	5	0	1	0	0	1
Enos Cabell	5	0	0	0	0	0
Cesar Cedeno	3	1	0	0	1	1
Bob Watson	4	1	2	0	0	1
Jose Cruz	4	0	2	1	0	2
Joe Ferguson	3	0	1	0	1	1
Cliff Johnson	2	1	1	1	2	0
Roger Metzger	3	1	1	0	1	0
J. R. Richard	2	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Crawford	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Boswell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rowland Office	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jerry Royster	2	1	0	1	1	0
Willie Montanez	4	2	2	0	0	1
Jeff Burroughs	3	0	1	1	1	1
Gary Matthews	3	1	1	0	1	2
Biff Pocoroba	1	0	0	1	1	0
Rod Gilbreath	3	0	1	1	1	0
Pat Rockett	3	1	0	0	1	0
Phil Niekro	2	0	1	0	0	0
Junior Moore	0	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Asselstine	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
J. R. Richard	6.0	3	5	4
Joe Niekro	0.2	2	1	0
Ken Forsch	1.1	2	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Phil Niekro	7.0	7	5	4
Mike Marshall	1.0	1	1	1
Rick Camp	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rob Sperring: 53
Enos Cabell: 43
Cesar Cedeno: 63

Bot 1

Rowland Office: 7
Jerry Royster: 63
Willie Montanez: K

Top 2

Bob Watson: K
Jose Cruz: S
Joe Ferguson: CS2(24)#
Joe Ferguson: 7

Bot 2

Jeff Burroughs: W
Gary Matthews: PB.1-2
Gary Matthews: K23
Biff Pocoroba: 43.2-3#
Rod Gilbreath: 13

Top 3

Cliff Johnson: HR
Roger Metzger: 43
J. R. Richard: 63
Rob Sperring: 4

Bot 3

Pat Rockett: 2
Phil Niekro: 9
Rowland Office: 4

Top 4

Enos Cabell: 8
Cesar Cedeno: W
Bob Watson: S.1-2
Jose Cruz: S.2-H;1-3
Joe Ferguson: SB2
Joe Ferguson: PB.3-H;2-3
Joe Ferguson: K
Cliff Johnson: W
Roger Metzger: W.1-2
J. R. Richard: 1

Bot 4

Jerry Royster: 3
Willie Montanez: D
Jeff Burroughs: WP.2-3#
Jeff Burroughs: PB.3-H(UR)
Jeff Burroughs: K
Gary Matthews: K/C

Top 5

Rob Sperring: 8
Enos Cabell: 63
Cesar Cedeno: 8

Bot 5

Biff Pocoroba: W
Rod Gilbreath: W.1-2
Pat Rockett: 2
Phil Niekro: S.2-3;1-2
Rowland Office: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Bob Watson: S
Jose Cruz: PB.1-2#
Jose Cruz: K
Joe Ferguson: W
Cliff Johnson: 6(B)4(2)/DP

Bot 6

Jerry Royster: W
Willie Montanez: E2/TH2.1-2;B-1
Jeff Burroughs: S.2-H(UR);1-2#
Gary Matthews: W.2-3;1-2
Biff Pocoroba: 8/SF.3-H
Rod Gilbreath: 5(2)3/GDP

Top 7

Roger Metzger: D
Willie Crawford: W
Rob Sperring: S.2-3;1-2
Enos Cabell: 4(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR);2-3
Cesar Cedeno: K

Bot 7

Pat Rockett: W
Junior Moore: 14/SH.1-2
Rowland Office: S.2-3
Jerry Royster: 8/SF.3-H
Willie Montanez: S.1-3
Jeff Burroughs: 8

Top 8

Bob Watson: 8
Jose Cruz: K/C
Joe Ferguson: S
Cliff Johnson: W.1-2
Roger Metzger: 8

Bot 8

Gary Matthews: S
Biff Pocoroba: 14/SH.1-2
Rod Gilbreath: D.2-H
Pat Rockett: E5/L.2-2;BX1(3)
Brian Asselstine: 7

Top 9

Ken Boswell: 9
Rob Sperring: K/C
Enos Cabell: 9

Notes & reviews

Bob Watson scored on close play that was rerun on the scoreboard causing a storm of boos; the umpires left the field and returned after assurance that no more close plays would be shown
Braves manager Bristol ejected by 1B umpire Sudol for arguing play on Rockett; 3bman fielded liner on a bounce and threw past 1bman Watson; Rockett rounded 1st and collied with 1B umpire Sudol, giving Watson time to retrieve ball and tag Rockett; Bristol argued that umpire had interfered and Rockett should be safe

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