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April 8, 1979

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Bottom 2	R	H	E
Braves	0	2	0
Astros	2	4	0

Bottom 2	R	H	E
Braves	0	2	0
Astros	2	4	0

Joe Niekro Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.000
OBP	.000	.000
At Bats	0	0
Hits	0	0
• Singles	0	0
• Doubles	0	0
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	0
Walks	0	0
RBI’s	0	0

Rick Matula Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	0	0

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Astrodome - April 8, 1979

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Rick Matula

Dale Murphy

Mike Lum

Glenn Hubbard

Jerry Royster

Pepe Frias

Jeff Burroughs

Barry Bonnell

Gary Matthews

Joe Niekro

Alan Ashby

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 2 Outs

Niekro hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Murphy fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 2 Ashby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Howe strikes out.

Top 2 Bonnell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 2 Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 2 Lum hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Watson hits a fly ball into left field. Burroughs settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Royster fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 There goes Cruz. The throw from Murphy and he is safe. Cruz steals second.

Bottom 1 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cedeno scores.

Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Burroughs. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Puhl scores.

Bottom 1 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lum scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reynolds for the out. Puhl moves to second.

Bottom 1 Puhl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Burroughs is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Matthews hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Hubbard strikes out.

Top 1 There goes Royster. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Royster steals second.

Top 1 Royster hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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