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Houston Astros @ Atlanta Braves

1978-09-27 · Night game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Att: 2710 · night · 2:08

Houston Astros defeated Atlanta Braves 4–0. Houston Astros put up 4 in the 8th. Vern Ruhle earned the win. Jeffrey Leonard went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Vern Ruhle L: Frank LaCorte SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Williams · 1B: Dick Stello · 2B: Bruce Froemming · 3B: Joe West · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rafael Landestoy	4	1	0	0	0	1
Jeffrey Leonard	4	0	2	3	0	1
Terry Puhl	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jose Cruz	4	0	0	0	0	0
Enos Cabell	4	1	2	0	0	0
Dave Bergman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Keith Drumright	4	1	1	0	0	0
Bruce Bochy	3	0	0	1	0	1
Vern Ruhle	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Obradovich	0	1	0	0	1	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jerry Royster	3	2	1	0
Glenn Hubbard	4	0	0	1
Gary Matthews	3	1	1	1
Jeff Burroughs	3	0	1	1
Rowland Office	3	0	0	0
Hank Small	4	0	0	0
Rod Gilbreath	3	0	0	0
Bruce Benedict	2	1	1	0
Frank LaCorte	1	0	0	1
Bob Beall	1	0	0	0
Dale Murphy	1	1	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Ruhle	7.0	4	3	3
Joe Sambito	2.0	1	1	1

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank LaCorte	7.2	6	1	4
Mike Davey	0.1	0	1	0
Duane Theiss	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rafael Landestoy: K
Jeffrey Leonard: S
Terry Puhl: 5(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 1

Jerry Royster: W
Glenn Hubbard: CS2(24)#
Glenn Hubbard: K
Gary Matthews: W
Jeff Burroughs: 8

Top 2

Jose Cruz: 9
Enos Cabell: 63
Dave Bergman: 8

Bot 2

Rowland Office: 3/G
Hank Small: 63
Rod Gilbreath: 43

Top 3

Keith Drumright: 3/G
Bruce Bochy: 63
Vern Ruhle: K/C

Bot 3

Bruce Benedict: S
Frank LaCorte: 14/SH.1-2
Jerry Royster: S.2-3
Glenn Hubbard: 8
Gary Matthews: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Rafael Landestoy: 7
Jeffrey Leonard: K/C
Terry Puhl: 8

Bot 4

Jeff Burroughs: K/C
Rowland Office: 43
Hank Small: 8

Top 5

Jose Cruz: 9
Enos Cabell: 63
Dave Bergman: 7

Bot 5

Rod Gilbreath: 8
Bruce Benedict: W
Frank LaCorte: K
Jerry Royster: S.1-2
Glenn Hubbard: 7

Top 6

Keith Drumright: 63
Bruce Bochy: 53
Vern Ruhle: K/C

Bot 6

Gary Matthews: S
Jeff Burroughs: 54(1)3/GDP
Rowland Office: 6

Top 7

Rafael Landestoy: 43
Jeffrey Leonard: 3
Terry Puhl: S
Jose Cruz: SB2
Jose Cruz: 63

Bot 7

Hank Small: 5
Rod Gilbreath: 7
Bruce Benedict: 53

Top 8

Enos Cabell: S
Dave Bergman: S.1-2
Keith Drumright: S.2-3;1-2
Bruce Bochy: 8/SF.3-H;2-3(E8)
Jim Obradovich: IW.1-2
Rafael Landestoy: 32(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Jeffrey Leonard: D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Terry Puhl: W
Jose Cruz: 9

Bot 8

Bob Beall: 9
Jerry Royster: 3/G
Glenn Hubbard: 6

Top 9

Enos Cabell: S
Dave Bergman: 643.1-2
Keith Drumright: 63.2-3
Bruce Bochy: K

Bot 9

Gary Matthews: K
Jeff Burroughs: W
Dale Murphy: S.1-2
Hank Small: 64(1)3/GDP

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