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September 28, 1983

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Braves 1 5 0
Astros 5 9 0
Top 9 R H E
Braves 1 5 0
Astros 5 9 0

Bruce Benedict Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .303
OBP .333 .390
At Bats 2 413
Hits 0 125
• Singles 0 110
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 60
RBI’s 0 42

Joe Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 14 0
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Astrodome - September 28, 1983
Out
Joe Niekro
Luis Pujols
Tim Tolman
Bill Doran
Phil Garner
Dickie Thon
Tony Scott
Scott Loucks
Kevin Bass
Bruce Benedict
Chris Chambliss

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 1 5 0 6
Houston Astros 5 9 0 6
Winning Pitcher Joe Niekro
Losing Pitcher Ken Dayley
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 15,356
Time of Game 2 hours 23 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Benedict hits a fly ball into right field. Bass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Ramirez hits a fly ball into center field. Loucks settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Chambliss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Scott Loucks now playing center field. Tony Scott now playing left field. Murphy strikes out.
Bottom 8 Donnie Moore now pitching. Pujols hits a popup towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tolman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Butler. Tolman reaches second base with a double. Scott scores. Garner goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Garner is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Scott hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Murphy who is chasing the ball. Scott reaches third base with a triple. Thon scores.
Bottom 8 Knight strikes out.
Bottom 8 Terry Forster now pitching. Ray Knight pinch hits for Jose Cruz. There's a wild pitch. Bass scores. Thon moves to second.
Bottom 8 Thon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bass moves to third.
Bottom 8 Bass hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Doran hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Washington hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hubbard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Butler hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dayley hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Niekro strikes out.
Bottom 7 Pujols is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Tolman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Butler. Tolman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 There goes Garner. The throw from Benedict and he is out, Hubbard applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Garner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Scott strikes out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Benedict hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ramirez hits a line drive towards third. Garner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thon strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bass bunts in front of the plate. Benedict fields it and throws to first for the out. Doran moves to second.
Bottom 6 Doran hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Murphy strikes out.
Top 6 Washington strikes out.
Bottom 5 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ramirez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Pujols takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Tolman hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Garner hits a fly ball into left field. Butler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hubbard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Tony Scott now playing center field. Dayley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Mumphrey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Cruz trying to get to home. Murphy throws the ball in to Benedict who tags Cruz who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bass scores. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 4 Thon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bass moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bass hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Doran hits a fly ball into left field. Butler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Benedict takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Ramirez hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards third. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Tolman hits a fly ball into right field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Murphy hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Washington hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Doran reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hubbard takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Butler. The throw from Pujols and he is safe. Butler steals third.
Top 3 There goes Butler. The throw from Pujols and he is safe. Butler steals second.
Top 3 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Dayley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Garner strikes out.
Bottom 2 Mumphrey hits a popup towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hubbard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doran scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Benedict hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ramirez hits a popup towards short. Thon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thon hits a fly ball into center field. Murphy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bass strikes out.
Bottom 1 Doran hits a fly ball into left field. Butler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out. Hubbard scores.
Top 1 Washington hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Washington reaches second base with a double. Hubbard moves to third.
Top 1 Hubbard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.