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August 4, 1979

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Top 9 R H E
Braves 2 5 1
Astros 6 8 0
Top 9 R H E
Braves 2 5 1
Astros 6 8 0

Joe Nolan Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .255
OBP 1.000 .359
At Bats 1 145
Hits 1 37
• Singles 1 25
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 14

Joe Sambito Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 12
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Astrodome - August 4, 1979
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Out
Joe Sambito
Bruce Bochy
Enos Cabell
Rafael Landestoy
Art Howe
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Jeffrey Leonard
Denny Walling
Joe Nolan

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 2 5 1 6
Houston Astros 6 8 0 6
Winning Pitcher Frank LaCorte
Losing Pitcher Phil Niekro
Save Joe Sambito
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 45,110
Time of Game 2 hours 23 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Nolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cabell scoops it up and throws to first, with Sambito covering, for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Chaney strikes out.
Top 9 Denny Walling now playing right field. Jeffrey Leonard now playing center field. Bonnell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Sambito hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bochy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Leonard scores.
Bottom 8 Howe hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nolan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Leonard moves to second.
Bottom 8 Leonard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Jerry Royster now playing second base. Charlie Spikes now playing left field. Barry Bonnell now playing center field. Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Murphy hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Horner hits a popup towards first. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Joe Sambito now pitching. Charlie Spikes pinch hits for Rowland Office. Spikes strikes out.
Top 8 Matthews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Royster moves to second.
Top 8 Jerry Royster pinch hits for Jim Wessinger. Royster takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 7 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reynolds moves to third.
Bottom 7 There goes Reynolds. The throw from Nolan and he is safe. Reynolds steals second.
Bottom 7 Reynolds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 There goes Landestoy. The throw from Nolan and he is out, Chaney applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Landestoy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Throop hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Nolan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Niekro strikes out.
Top 7 Nolan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murphy moves to second.
Top 7 Chaney strikes out.
Top 7 Bonnell hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Murphy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Bochy hits a fly ball into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Howe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Leonard scores. Howe moves to second.
Bottom 6 Leonard hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Office. Leonard reaches second base with a double. Puhl scores.
Bottom 6 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Puhl moves to second.
Bottom 6 Joe Nolan now catching. Puhl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Horner strikes out.
Top 6 Office hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cabell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Office for the out.
Top 6 George Throop now pitching. Matthews hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Reynolds hits a popup towards third. Horner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Landestoy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes Sexton. The throw from Benedict and he is safe. Sexton steals second.
Bottom 5 Sexton strikes out. Benedict throws to first to catch . Murphy drops the ball. Bochy scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Jimmy Sexton pinch hits for Frank LaCorte. There's a wild pitch. Leonard scores. Bochy moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bochy strikes out. There goes Cruz. He's safe. There goes Leonard. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 5 Howe hits a fly ball into center field. Office settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Leonard moves to second.
Bottom 5 Leonard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Cabell strikes out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Cruz moves to third.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Matthews. Cruz reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Wessinger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Niekro hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Benedict hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Chaney hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Horner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Reynolds hits a fly ball into left field. Bonnell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bonnell strikes out.
Top 4 Murphy hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Horner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Office takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Matthews strikes out.
Bottom 3 LaCorte strikes out.
Bottom 3 Bochy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Howe strikes out.
Top 3 Wessinger strikes out.
Top 3 Niekro strikes out.
Top 3 Benedict strikes out.
Bottom 2 Leonard strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cabell strikes out. Benedict drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Cabell out.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Benedict fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Bonnell hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Puhl strikes out. Benedict drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Puhl out.
Bottom 1 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murphy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reynolds for the out.
Bottom 1 Landestoy strikes out.
Top 1 Horner hits a popup towards third. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Office hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Wessinger is called out on strikes.