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Astros
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
September 7, 1981
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Houston Astros, played on September 7, 1981 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 7, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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| Home Team |
Atlanta Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 7, 1981 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | Atlanta Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Knepper |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Tommy Boggs |
| Ballpark | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium |
| City | Atlanta |
| State | GA |
| Attendance | 7,358 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Fred Brocklander 1B: Paul Pryor 2B: Bill Williams 3B: Dave Pallone |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Scott | Center Fielder |
| Phil Garner | Second Baseman |
| Terry Puhl | Right Fielder |
| Jose Cruz | Left Fielder |
| Cesar Cedeno | First Baseman |
| Art Howe | Third Baseman |
| Alan Ashby | Catcher |
| Craig Reynolds | Shortstop |
| Bob Knepper | Pitcher |
| Bill Virdon | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rufino Linares | Left Fielder |
| Claudell Washington | Right Fielder |
| Bob Horner | Third Baseman |
| Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
| Dale Murphy | Center Fielder |
| Glenn Hubbard | Second Baseman |
| Bruce Benedict | Catcher |
| Rafael Ramirez | Shortstop |
| Tommy Boggs | Pitcher |
| Bobby Cox | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Braves
Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
September 7, 1981
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Boggs
Scott hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Boggs
Garner hits a fly ball into left field. Linares settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Puhl vs. Boggs
Puhl hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Linares vs. Knepper
Linares hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Knepper
Washington takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Horner vs. Knepper
Horner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Washington moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Chambliss vs. Knepper
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Boggs
Cruz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Boggs
There goes Cruz. The throw from Benedict and he is out, Hubbard applying the tag. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Boggs
Cedeno is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Howe vs. Boggs
Howe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boggs juggles the ball. That's an error on Boggs. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Ashby vs. Boggs
Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashby for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Knepper
Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hubbard vs. Knepper
Hubbard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Benedict vs. Knepper
Benedict hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Knepper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Boggs
Reynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Knepper vs. Boggs
Knepper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Boggs
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Knepper
Ramirez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Ramirez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boggs vs. Knepper
Boggs bunts towards first. Cedeno scoops it up and throws to first, with Garner covering, for the out. Ramirez moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Linares vs. Knepper
Linares hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out. Ramirez scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Knepper
Washington hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Boggs
Garner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Puhl vs. Boggs
Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Garner moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cruz vs. Boggs
There goes Puhl. The throw from Benedict and he is safe. Puhl steals second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Cruz vs. Boggs
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Garner tags and scores. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Cedeno vs. Boggs
Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Howe vs. Boggs
Howe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Howe for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 1 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Horner vs. Knepper
Horner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Knepper
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Knepper
Murphy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Hubbard vs. Knepper
Knepper fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Knepper. Murphy moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Hubbard vs. Knepper
Hubbard hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Benedict vs. Knepper
Benedict hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Boggs
Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Boggs
Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Knepper vs. Boggs
Knepper bunts towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Hubbard covering, for the out. Reynolds moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Scott vs. Boggs
The ball gets by Benedict for a passed ball. Reynolds moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Scott vs. Boggs
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reynolds scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Garner vs. Boggs
Garner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Knepper
Ramirez hits a line drive towards short. Reynolds reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Boggs vs. Knepper
Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Linares vs. Knepper
Linares hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Puhl vs. Boggs
Puhl strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Boggs
Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Linares settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Boggs
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Knepper
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Horner vs. Knepper
Horner hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Knepper
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chambliss for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Howe vs. Boggs
Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Boggs
Ashby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Reynolds vs. Boggs
Reynolds hits a line drive towards first. Chambliss catches it and steps on first to double up Ashby. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Murphy vs. Knepper
Murphy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Hubbard vs. Knepper
Hubbard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Benedict vs. Knepper
There goes Hubbard. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Hubbard steals second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Benedict vs. Knepper
Benedict takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Ramirez vs. Knepper
Ramirez hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Royster vs. Knepper
Jerry Royster pinch hits for Tommy Boggs.
Royster hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walling vs. Camp
Rick Camp now pitching. Denny Walling pinch hits for Bob Knepper.
Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Camp
Scott strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garner vs. Camp
Garner hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Puhl vs. Camp
Puhl hits a line drive towards first. Chambliss reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Linares vs. Smith
Dave Smith now pitching. Denny Walling now playing right field.
Linares hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe juggles the ball. That's an error on Howe. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Smith
Eddie Miller pinch runs for Rufino Linares.
There goes Miller. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Miller steals second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Washington vs. Smith
Washington hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Horner vs. Smith
Horner strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Chambliss vs. Smith
Chambliss is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Murphy vs. Smith
Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Garner fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Camp
Eddie Miller now playing left field.
Cruz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Camp
Cedeno strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Howe vs. Camp
Howe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Ashby vs. Hrabosky
Al Hrabosky now pitching.
Ashby hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Benedict settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Reynolds vs. Hrabosky
Reynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Astros, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Hubbard vs. LaCorte
Frank LaCorte now pitching.
Hubbard hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ashby settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Benedict vs. LaCorte
Benedict hits a popup towards third. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pocoroba vs. LaCorte
Biff Pocoroba pinch hits for Rafael Ramirez.
Pocoroba hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walling. Pocoroba reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Owen vs. Sambito
Brett Butler pinch runs for Biff Pocoroba. Brian Asselstine pinch hits for Al Hrabosky. Joe Sambito now pitching. Kiko Garcia now playing shortsto
Owen hits a popup towards short. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/7/1981 -- Houston at Atlanta (N)
Houston AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI
Scott T, cf 4 0 1 1 Linares R, lf 4 0 0 1
Garner P, 2b 4 1 1 0 Miller E, pr-lf 0 0 0 0
Puhl T, rf 4 0 1 0 Washington C, rf 3 0 0 0
Smith D, p 0 0 0 0 Horner B, 3b 4 1 2 1
LaCorte F, p 0 0 0 0 Chambliss C, 1b 3 0 0 0
Garcia K, ss 0 0 0 0 Murphy D, cf 3 0 1 0
Cruz J, lf 2 1 1 2 Hubbard G, 2b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno C, 1b 4 0 0 0 Benedict B, c 3 0 0 0
Howe A, 3b 4 0 1 0 Ramirez R, ss 3 1 1 0
Ashby A, c 4 0 1 0 Pocoroba B, ph 1 0 1 0
Reynolds C, ss 4 1 1 0 Butler B, pr 0 0 0 0
Sambito J, p 0 0 0 0 Boggs T, p 1 0 0 0
Knepper B, p 1 0 0 0 Royster J, ph 1 0 0 0
Walling D, ph-rf 1 0 1 0 Camp R, p 0 0 0 0
Hrabosky A, p 0 0 0 0
Asselstine B, ph 0 0 0 0
Owen L, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 3 8 3 31 2 5 2
Houston 000 110 001 -- 3
Atlanta 001 100 000 -- 2
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper B 7.0 4 2 2 3 0
Smith D (W) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
LaCorte F 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Sambito J (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO
Boggs T 7.0 5 2 1 1 2
Camp R (L) 1.1 3 1 1 0 2
Hrabosky A 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
E -- Boggs T, Knepper B, Howe A
DP -- Houston 1, Atlanta 1
LOB -- Houston 5, Atlanta 7
2B -- Ramirez R, Pocoroba B
HR -- Horner B, Cruz J
SB -- Puhl T, Hubbard G, Miller E
CS -- Cruz J
SH -- Boggs T, Knepper B
SF -- Cruz J
PB -- Benedict B
T -- 2:40
A -- 7358
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