The Atlanta Braves lost to the Houston Astros, 5 to 3, on August 5, 1978.

Final

Astros

50-58

5

Braves

50-58

3

HOU

ATL

1

2

0

3

0

4

0

5

0

6

3

0

7

1

2

8

0

9

0

R

5

3

H

6

7

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

HOU

ATL

Jose Cruz ground ball; Error by Dale Murphy; Julio Gonzalez scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

HOU

ATL

Double by Jeff Burroughs; Gary Matthews scored.

1

Top 6th

HOU

ATL

Double by Denny Walling; Bob Watson, Dave Bergman, and Luis Pujols scored.

4

1

Top 7th

HOU

ATL

Single by Bob Watson; Terry Puhl scored.

5

1

Bottom 7th

HOU

ATL

Sacrifice fly by Jerry Royster; Biff Pocoroba scored.

5

2

Single by Cito Gaston; Dale Murphy scored.

5

3

Astros

Braves

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Terry Puhl CF	4	1	0	0	0	1	0
Julio Gonzalez 2B	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Enos Cabell 3B	5	0	1	0	0	1	1
Jose Cruz RF	3	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Watson 1B	3	1	2	1	1	0	2
Dave Bergman LF	4	1	2	0	0	1	2
Luis Pujols C	3	1	0	0	1	3	0
Mike Fischlin SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Walling PH	1	0	1	3	0	0	2
Jimmy Sexton SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Niekro P	3	0	0	0	0	2	0
Joe Sambito P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Forsch P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	5	6	5	4	8	7

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Joe Niekro (W)	6.0	5	3	3	4	0
Joe Sambito	0.2	1	0	0	0	1
Ken Forsch (S)	2.1	1	0	0	1	3
Totals	9.0	7	3	3	5	4

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Jerry Royster SS	3	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rowland Office CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cito Gaston PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	1
Chico Ruiz PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Easterly P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Nolan PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gary Matthews RF	3	1	0	0	1	1	0
Jeff Burroughs LF	3	0	1	1	1	0	2
Bob Horner 3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Biff Pocoroba C	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
Dale Murphy 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1
Rod Gilbreath 2B	3	0	2	0	1	0	2
Preston Hanna P	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
Dave Campbell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Skok P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Beall PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Barry Bonnell CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	32	3	7	3	5	4	8

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Preston Hanna (L)	5.2	5	4	4	3	6
Dave Campbell	1.0	1	1	1	1	0
Craig Skok	0.1	0	0	0	0	1
Jamie Easterly	2.0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	9.0	6	5	5	4	8

Explore

More Braves Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

16

Ozuna

RBI

49

Ozuna

AVG

.310

Ozuna

Team Pitching Leaders

W

8

Sale

K

78

Sale

ERA

1.73

López

Team Rankings

HR

57

16th

R

245

16th

SO

479

18th

ERA

3.44

6th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Phillies	40	18	.690
Braves	32	23	.582	6.5
Nationals	26	30	.464	13.0
Mets	24	33	.421	15.5
Marlins	21	37	.362	19.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 6/1	OAK	@	ATL	4:10 PM
Sun 6/2	OAK	@	ATL	1:35 PM
Tue 6/4	ATL	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Wed 6/5	ATL	@	BOS	1:35 PM
Thu 6/6	ATL	@	WSH	6:45 PM

Last Game

Braves

32-23

4

Final

2

Athletics

23-36

Fri 31 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

19

Judge

18

Henderson

18

Tucker

RBI Leaders

57

Ramírez

49

Ozuna

47

Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

.342

Arraez

.330

Profar

.326

Betts

Hit Leaders

82

Arraez

75

Betts

74

Contreras

Run Leaders

51

Jr.

46

Contreras

43

Schwarber

OBP Leaders

.424

Profar

.419

Betts

.409

Soto

SLG Leaders

.639

Judge

.607

Ohtani

.601

Ozuna

SB Leaders

32

Cruz

20

Caballero

19

Turang

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

9

Suárez

9

Lugo

8

Sale

Strikeout Leaders

95

Glasnow

90

Flaherty

87

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.72

Lugo

1.73

López

1.75

Suárez

WHIP Leaders

0.82

Suárez

0.82

Skubal

0.85

Sale

K/9 Leaders

12.02

Crochet

11.97

Flaherty

11.84

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

11.00

Eflin

9.50

Kirby

9.00

Flaherty

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

6

Kirby

9

Sale

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

859.2

Jr.

828.2

Ohtani

827.3

Judge

DraftKings Points Leaders

657

Jr.

636

Ohtani

611

Soto

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0