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August 4, 1979

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 3 6 3
Astros 3 11 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 3 6 3
Astros 4 12 1

Denny Walling Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .304
OBP .000 .383
At Bats 0 102
Hits 0 31
• Singles 0 22
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 23

Gene Garber Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 11 19
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Astrodome - August 4, 1979
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Single
Gene Garber
Bruce Benedict
Dale Murphy
Jerry Royster
Bob Horner
Darrel Chaney
Barry Bonnell
Rowland Office
Gary Matthews
Denny Walling
Alan Ashby
Rafael Landestoy
Enos Cabell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Atlanta Braves 3 6 3 6
Houston Astros 4 12 1 16
Winning Pitcher Joe Sambito
Losing Pitcher Gene Garber
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Denny Walling
Attendance
Time of Game 3 hours 15 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Denny Walling pinch hits for Joe Sambito. Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cabell scores. Landestoy moves to third. Ashby moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Ashby is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Landestoy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cabell moves to third. Landestoy moves to second.
Bottom 9 Leonard strikes out.
Bottom 9 There goes Cabell. The throw from Benedict and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Bottom 9 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Chaney strikes out.
Top 9 Benedict hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Julio Gonzalez now playing third base. Enos Cabell now playing first base. Bonnell hits a popup towards first. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Puhl strikes out.
Bottom 8 Barry Bonnell now playing left field. Gene Garber now pitching. Reynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Joe Sambito now pitching. Charlie Spikes pinch hits for Mike Lum. Spikes strikes out.
Top 8 Murphy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Horner moves to second.
Top 8 Bert Roberge now pitching. Horner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Office scores.
Top 8 Office hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puhl. Office reaches second base with a double. Chaney scores. Matthews goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Matthews takes first base on ball four. Chaney moves to second.
Top 8 Royster hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Chaney takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Rafael Landestoy now playing second base. Benedict hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andujar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 7 Joey McLaughlin now pitching. Bruce Benedict now catching. Andujar strikes out.
Bottom 7 Rafael Landestoy pinch runs for Art Howe. Ashby hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Howe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There goes Leonard. The throw from Nolan and he is safe. Leonard steals second.
Bottom 7 Leonard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Nolan hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Murphy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cabell hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Horner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Andujar moves to third. Cedeno moves to second.
Bottom 6 Larry Bradford now pitching. Reynolds hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ashby tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Horner juggles the ball. That's an error on Horner. Ashby moves to third. Andujar moves to second.
Bottom 6 Andujar bunts towards the mound. Devine juggles the ball. That's an error on Devine. Ashby moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ashby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Horner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Office hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Matthews hits a line drive towards first. Cedeno reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Royster hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Howe hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Leonard hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Darrel Chaney now playing shortstop. Adrian Devine now pitching. Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Chaney scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Jim Wessinger pinch runs for Pepe Frias. Darrel Chaney pinch hits for Preston Hanna. Chaney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andujar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Frias is hit by the pitch.
Top 5 Nolan hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lum hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Puhl. The throw from Nolan and he is safe. Puhl steals second.
Bottom 4 Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Andujar scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Royster fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Andujar moves to third.
Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Frias misplays the ball. That's an error on Frias. Andujar moves to second.
Bottom 4 Andujar takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Murphy hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Horner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Office hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andujar picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Andujar. Office moves to second.
Top 4 Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ashby strikes out.
Bottom 3 Howe is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Leonard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Matthews settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Cruz. The throw from Nolan and he is safe. Cruz steals second.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hanna fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Puhl moves to third.
Bottom 3 Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Royster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hanna strikes out.
Top 3 Frias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Royster scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cedeno hits a line drive towards short. Frias reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Andujar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Leonard scores. Howe moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ashby hits a popup towards short. Frias settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Howe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Leonard moves to third.
Bottom 2 Leonard takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Nolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Lum for the double play.
Top 2 Lum takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Murphy hits a popup towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Horner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Puhl moves to second.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hanna fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hanna fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Horner hits a line drive towards the mound. Andujar reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Office hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Matthews strikes out.
Top 1 Royster hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Leonard who is chasing the ball. Royster reaches third base with a triple.