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Houston Astros @ Atlanta Braves

1982-06-28 · Night game · Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium · Att: 12837 · 2:35

Houston Astros defeated Atlanta Braves 6–2. Houston Astros put up 3 in the 2nd. Nolan Ryan earned the win. Biff Pocoroba went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Nolan Ryan L: Rick Mahler SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Doug Harvey · 1B: Nick Colosi · 2B: Gerry Davis · 3B: Frank Pulli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dickie Thon	4	2	2	1	1	0
Terry Puhl	2	2	0	0	3	0
Ray Knight	3	1	2	1	2	1
Jose Cruz	4	0	1	2	0	0
Alan Ashby	4	0	1	1	0	0
Phil Garner	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tony Scott	4	1	1	0	0	0
Art Howe	4	0	0	0	0	1
Nolan Ryan	3	0	0	0	0	3
Danny Heep	0	0	0	0	1	0

Atlanta Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Claudell Washington	4	0	0	0	0	2
Glenn Hubbard	4	0	1	0	0	0
Chris Chambliss	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dale Murphy	3	0	0	0	1	3
Bob Horner	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rufino Linares	4	1	1	1	0	1
Biff Pocoroba	4	1	2	1	0	0
Rafael Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rick Mahler	2	0	0	0	0	1
Brett Butler	0	0	0	0	1	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nolan Ryan	8.0	4	3	10
Bert Roberge	1.0	0	0	0

Atlanta Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Mahler	5.2	7	4	5
Larry McWilliams	2.1	0	1	1
Preston Hanna	1.0	0	3	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dickie Thon: S7
Terry Puhl: SB2
Terry Puhl: SB3.2-H(E2/TH3)
Terry Puhl: W
Ray Knight: S9.1-3
Jose Cruz: 7/SF.3-H
Alan Ashby: 36(1)/FO
Phil Garner: W.1-2
Tony Scott: 1/G

Bot 1

Claudell Washington: 7
Glenn Hubbard: 53
Chris Chambliss: K

Top 2

Art Howe: 4/P
Nolan Ryan: K/C
Dickie Thon: W
Terry Puhl: W.1-2
Ray Knight: S8.1-3;2-H
Jose Cruz: S9.1-3;3-H
Alan Ashby: S8.1-3;3-H
Phil Garner: K

Bot 2

Dale Murphy: K23
Bob Horner: 53
Rufino Linares: 43

Top 3

Tony Scott: 8
Art Howe: 13
Nolan Ryan: K

Bot 3

Biff Pocoroba: HR/9
Rafael Ramirez: E3.B-1
Rick Mahler: 43.1-2
Claudell Washington: K.2-3(E2/TH)
Glenn Hubbard: 63

Top 4

Dickie Thon: 9
Terry Puhl: 8
Ray Knight: K

Bot 4

Chris Chambliss: 3/G
Dale Murphy: K
Bob Horner: 53

Top 5

Jose Cruz: 3/G
Alan Ashby: 8
Phil Garner: 2/FL

Bot 5

Rufino Linares: HR/7
Biff Pocoroba: S9
Rafael Ramirez: K/C
Rick Mahler: K
Claudell Washington: K

Top 6

Tony Scott: D9
Art Howe: 63.2-3
Nolan Ryan: K/C
Dickie Thon: S7.3-H
Terry Puhl: CS2(26)

Bot 6

Glenn Hubbard: S9
Chris Chambliss: 8
Dale Murphy: K/C
Bob Horner: 9

Top 7

Terry Puhl: 7
Ray Knight: W
Jose Cruz: 7
Alan Ashby: 8

Bot 7

Rufino Linares: K
Biff Pocoroba: 2/FL
Rafael Ramirez: 43

Top 8

Phil Garner: 63
Tony Scott: 13
Art Howe: K

Bot 8

Brett Butler: W
Claudell Washington: 13.1-2
Glenn Hubbard: 5/FL
Chris Chambliss: W
Dale Murphy: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Horner: K/C

Top 9

Danny Heep: W
Dickie Thon: 64(1)3/GDP
Terry Puhl: W
Ray Knight: W.1-2
Jose Cruz: 8

Bot 9

Rufino Linares: 8
Biff Pocoroba: 43
Rafael Ramirez: 53

Notes & reviews

Rain delay of 2:07 sometime in the game
catcher Alan Ashby thought the K was the third out and tossed the ball to umpire HP Umpire Doug Harvey, who dropped it

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