Atlanta Braves 5, Houston Astros 4
Regular Season Game 159
Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1989 (N) at Astrodome
ATL N 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 5 9 0 HOU N 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0
Atlanta Braves AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Gant cf 5 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 Blauser ss 4 1 2 2 1 0 2 4 Lemke 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 Murphy rf 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 Justice lf 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 Cabrera 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 Denson 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Whited 3b 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 4 Mann c 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 Treadway ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mizerock c 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Mercker p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aldrich p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Gregg ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Eichhorn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McDowell ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Stanton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 5 9 5 6 5 27 16 FIELDING - DP: 1. Lemke-Blauser-Cabrera. BATTING - HR: Gant (9,1st inning off Portugal 0 on 0 out); Blauser (12,3rd inning off Portugal 1 on 0 out); McDowell (7,9th inning off Clancy 0 on 0 out). SH: Justice (1,off Andersen). GDP: Mann (1,off Meyer). Team LOB: 7. BASERUNNING - SB: Blauser (5,2nd base off Andersen/Nichols).
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Yelding ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 Biggio cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Davis 1b 3 1 1 0 1 1 12 1 Wilson rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 Anthony lf 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 Gross ph,lf 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Lombardozzi 2b 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 Reynolds ph,2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Nichols c 4 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 Clancy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Portugal p 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 Meyer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Puhl ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andersen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Trevino c 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Young pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 4 8 4 5 7 27 13 FIELDING - DP: 1. Yelding-Reynolds-Davis. BATTING - 2B: Lombardozzi (3,off Mercker); Portugal (3,off Mercker); Davis (25,off Aldrich). SH: Yelding (2,off Stanton). GDP: Reynolds (2,off Aldrich). Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING - SB: Yelding (11,2nd base off Mercker/Mann).
PITCHING
Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Mercker 2.1 4 3 3 4 3 0 15 Aldrich 3.2 3 1 1 1 1 0 14 Eichhorn W(5-5) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 Stanton SV(7) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 Totals 9 8 4 4 5 7 0 39 WP: Stanton (1). Inherited Runners - Scored: Aldrich 3-0. .
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Portugal 5 7 4 4 3 4 2 23 Meyer 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Andersen 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 9 Clancy L(7-14) 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 Totals 9 9 5 5 6 5 3 39 WP: Portugal (3). Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Gerry Davis, 3B - Jim Quick Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 12338 Starting Lineups: Atlanta Braves Houston Astros 1. Gant cf Yelding ss 2. Blauser ss Biggio cf 3. Lemke 2b Caminiti 3b 4. Murphy rf Davis 1b 5. Justice lf Wilson rf 6. Cabrera 1b Anthony lf 7. Whited 3b Lombardozzi 2b 8. Mann c Nichols c 9. Mercker p Portugal p BRAVES 1ST: Gant homered; Blauser flied to center; Lemke walked; Murphy was called out on strikes; Justice singled to left [Lemke to third]; Cabrera grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Yelding was called out on strikes; Biggio struck out; Caminiti popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 0. BRAVES 2ND: Whited lined to left; Mann grounded out (pitcher to first); Mercker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson singled to third; Anthony walked [Wilson to second]; Lombardozzi doubled to left [Wilson scored, Anthony to third]; Nichols grounded out (second to first) [Anthony scored, Lombardozzi to third]; Portugal doubled to left [Lombardozzi scored]; Yelding singled to third [Portugal to third]; Yelding stole second; Biggio popped to catcher; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 1, Astros 3. BRAVES 3RD: Gant singled to third; Blauser homered [Gant scored]; Lemke lined to center; Murphy grounded out (shortstop to first); Justice struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 3. ASTROS 3RD: Caminiti walked; Davis walked [Caminiti to second]; Wilson walked [Caminiti to third, Davis to second]; Anthony struck out; ALDRICH REPLACED MERCKER (PITCHING); Lombardozzi struck out; Nichols grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 3. BRAVES 4TH: Cabrera struck out; Whited singled to shortstop; Mann flied to right; Whited was picked off first (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 3. ASTROS 4TH: Portugal grounded out (second to first); Yelding grounded out (third to first); Biggio walked; Caminiti lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 3. BRAVES 5TH: Aldrich was called out on strikes; Gant singled to center; Portugal threw a wild pitch [Gant to second]; Blauser walked; Lemke flied to center [Gant to third, Blauser to second]; Murphy walked; Justice singled to right [Gant scored, Blauser out at home (right to catcher), Murphy to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4, Astros 3. ASTROS 5TH: Davis doubled to left; Wilson grounded out (third to first); GROSS BATTED FOR ANTHONY; Gross singled to center [Davis scored]; REYNOLDS BATTED FOR LOMBARDOZZI; Reynolds grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Gross out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Astros 4. BRAVES 6TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); REYNOLDS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MEYER REPLACED PORTUGAL (PITCHING); Cabrera flied to right; Whited walked; Mann grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Whited out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Astros 4. ASTROS 6TH: Nichols grounded out (pitcher to first); PUHL BATTED FOR MEYER; Puhl grounded out (third to first); Yelding singled to right; Biggio grounded out (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Astros 4. BRAVES 7TH: ANDERSEN REPLACED PUHL (PITCHING); GREGG BATTED FOR ALDRICH; Gregg struck out; Gant grounded out (pitcher to first); Blauser singled to second; Blauser stole second; Lemke grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 4, Astros 4. ASTROS 7TH: EICHHORN REPLACED GREGG (PITCHING); Caminiti grounded out (second to first); Davis struck out; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Astros 4. BRAVES 8TH: Murphy walked; Justice out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Murphy to second]; Cabrera grounded out (second to first) [Murphy to third]; Whited walked; TREADWAY BATTED FOR MANN; Treadway grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 4, Astros 4. ASTROS 8TH: MIZEROCK REPLACED TREADWAY (PLAYING C ); Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Nichols struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 4, Astros 4. BRAVES 9TH: CLANCY REPLACED NICHOLS (PITCHING); TREVINO REPLACED ANDERSEN (PLAYING C ); MCDOWELL BATTED FOR EICHHORN; McDowell homered; Gant lined to third; Blauser grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemke lined to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 4. ASTROS 9TH: DENSON REPLACED CABRERA (PLAYING 1B); STANTON REPLACED MCDOWELL (PITCHING); Trevino singled to center; YOUNG RAN FOR TREVINO; Yelding out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Young to second]; Biggio flied to left; Stanton threw a wild pitch [Young to third]; Caminiti was called out on strikes (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Braves 5 9 0 7 Astros 4 8 0 8
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