Starting Lineups:
Atlanta Braves Houston Astros
1. Hall cf Young cf
2. Garcia 2b Hatcher lf
3. Roenicke lf Doran 2b
4. Murphy rf Davis 1b
5. Simmons 1b Bass rf
6. Virgil c Ashby c
7. Thomas ss Walling 3b
8. Runge 3b Ramirez ss
9. P. Smith p Deshaies p
BRAVES 1ST: Hall grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia
popped to first; Roenicke singled to left; Murphy grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Young grounded out (second to first); Hatcher struck
out; Doran flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0,
Astros 0.
BRAVES 2ND: Simmons singled to left; Virgil grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Simmons out at second];
Thomas popped to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); Bass
grounded out (second to first); Ashby singled to center; Walling
singled to center [Ashby to second]; Ramirez grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0.
BRAVES 3RD: Runge walked; P. Smith out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Runge to second]; Hall singled to center
[Runge scored]; Hall stole second; Garcia walked; Hall stole
third and Garcia stole second; Roenicke popped to catcher;
Murphy was walked intentionally; Simmons walked [Hall scored,
Garcia to third, Murphy to second]; Virgil flied to right; 2 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Deshaies walked; Young forced Deshaies (shortstop to
second); Hatcher flied to center; Young was picked off and
caught stealing second (catcher to first to shortstop to catcher
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 0.
BRAVES 4TH: Thomas popped to shortstop; Runge flied to center;
P. Smith popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Doran flied to center; Davis homered; Bass flied to
left; Ashby struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros
1.
BRAVES 5TH: Hall struck out; Garcia grounded out (second to
first); Roenicke was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Braves 2, Astros 1.
ASTROS 5TH: Walling grounded out (second to first); Ramirez
flied to center; Deshaies was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 1.
BRAVES 6TH: Murphy walked; Simmons grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Murphy out at second]; Virgil
walked; Thomas flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2,
Astros 1.
ASTROS 6TH: Young flied to left; Hatcher grounded out (first
unassisted); Doran singled to left; Davis singled to right
[Doran to third]; Bass walked [Davis to second]; Ashby singled
to right [Doran scored, Davis scored, Bass to third]; Walling
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2,
Astros 3.
BRAVES 7TH: Runge walked; BLOCKER BATTED FOR P. SMITH; Blocker
struck out; Hall grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Runge out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 2, Astros 3.
ASTROS 7TH: SUTTER REPLACED BLOCKER (PITCHING); Ramirez flied to
right; Deshaies grounded out (pitcher to first); Young was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3.
BRAVES 8TH: Garcia popped to second; Roenicke reached on an
error by Ramirez [Roenicke to first]; JAMES RAN FOR ROENICKE;
Murphy singled to left [James to second]; Simmons homered [James
scored (unearned), Murphy scored]; Virgil lined to right; Thomas
grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Braves 5, Astros 3.
ASTROS 8TH: PERRY REPLACED SIMMONS (PLAYING 1B); JAMES STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); Hatcher tripled to left; Doran struck out;
Davis singled to right [Hatcher scored]; Bass singled to right
[Davis to third]; ASSENMACHER REPLACED SUTTER (PITCHING); Ashby
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bass out
at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 4.
BRAVES 9TH: ANDERSEN REPLACED DESHAIES (PITCHING); OBERKFELL
BATTED FOR RUNGE; Oberkfell popped to second; Assenmacher
doubled to left; Hall walked; Garcia grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Hall out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Braves 5, Astros 4.
ASTROS 9TH: OBERKFELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); PANKOVITS
BATTED FOR WALLING; Pankovits struck out; Ramirez singled to
right; HENDERSON BATTED FOR ANDERSEN; Henderson was called out
on strikes; Young struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 5,
Astros 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Braves 5 6 0 6
Astros 4 10 1 6