San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 2
Regular Season Game 37
Played on Tuesday, May 23, 1978 (N) at Candlestick Park
HOU N 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 SF N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 8 0
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Puhl lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 Cabell 3b 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Watson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ferguson c 3 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 Cruz rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 Gonzalez 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 Metzger ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Dixon p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 31 2 6 2 2 7 26 6 FIELDING - DP: 1. Metzger-Gonzalez-Watson. BATTING - 2B: Cabell (4,off Blue). SH: Dixon (1,off Blue); Metzger (2,off Blue). Team LOB: 6. BASERUNNING - SB: Puhl (7,2nd base off Blue/Hill); Cedeno 2 (17,2nd base off Blue/Hill,3rd base off Blue/Hill).
San Francisco Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Madlock 2b 5 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 Evans 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 McCovey 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 7 1 Clark rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 Herndon cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Hill c 2 0 2 1 2 0 7 0 Sadek pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 LeMaster ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Harris ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Blue p 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 Ivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Heintzelman ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 3 8 3 4 5 27 13 BATTING - 2B: Clark (12,off Dixon); McCovey (6,off Dixon); Hill (4,off Dixon). SH: LeMaster (6,off Dixon). GDP: LeMaster (1,off Dixon). Team LOB: 8.
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Dixon 7 5 0 0 2 4 0 27 Sambito L(2-2) 1.2 3 3 3 2 1 0 10 Totals 8.2 8 3 3 4 5 0 37
San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Blue 7 6 2 2 2 5 0 29 Moffitt W(3-1) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 Totals 9 6 2 2 2 7 0 35 Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 11120 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros San Francisco Giants 1. Puhl lf Madlock 2b 2. Cabell 3b Whitfield lf 3. Cedeno cf Evans 3b 4. Watson 1b McCovey 1b 5. Ferguson c Clark rf 6. Cruz rf Herndon cf 7. Gonzalez 2b Hill c 8. Metzger ss LeMaster ss 9. Dixon p Blue p ASTROS 1ST: Puhl was called out on strikes; Cabell struck out; Cedeno grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Madlock grounded out (second to first); Whitfield flied out to left; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson flied out to right; Ferguson walked; Cruz struck out; Gonzalez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: McCovey singled; Clark doubled to right [McCovey to third]; Herndon grounded out (first unassisted); Hill walked; LeMaster grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hill out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. ASTROS 3RD: Metzger flied out to right; Dixon grounded out (first to pitcher); Puhl singled to left; Puhl stole second; Cabell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Blue struck out; Madlock made an out to shortstop; Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno singled to right; Cedeno stole second; Watson walked; Cedeno stole third; Ferguson struck out; Cruz forced Watson (third to second) [Cedeno scored]; Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Evans flied to right in foul territory; McCovey struck out; Clark singled to center; Herndon forced Clark (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. ASTROS 5TH: Metzger singled; Dixon out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Metzger to second]; Puhl flied out to left; Cabell doubled [Metzger scored]; Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Hill walked; LeMaster out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Hill to second]; Blue struck out; Madlock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 6TH: Watson flied out to right; Ferguson grounded out (pitcher to first); Cruz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 6TH: Whitfield struck out; Evans flied out to right; McCovey doubled to center; Clark flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 7TH: HARRIS REPLACED LEMASTER (PLAYING SS); Gonzalez singled to right; Metzger out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Gonzalez to second]; Dixon reached on a fielder's choice [Gonzalez out at third (pitcher to shortstop to third)]; Puhl singled to second [Dixon to second]; Cabell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 7TH: Herndon flied out to right; Hill doubled to center; Harris flied out to right [Hill to third]; IVIE BATTED FOR BLUE; Ivie flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 8TH: MOFFITT REPLACED IVIE (PITCHING); Cedeno flied out to center; Watson was called out on strikes; Ferguson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 8TH: SAMBITO REPLACED WATSON (PITCHING); BERGMAN REPLACED DIXON (PLAYING 1B); Madlock grounded out (second to first); Whitfield grounded out (second to first); Evans was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. ASTROS 9TH: Cruz flied out to left; Gonzalez flied out to left; Metzger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 9TH: McCovey flied out to left; Clark walked; Herndon walked [Clark to second]; Hill singled to center [Clark scored, Herndon to second]; SADEK RAN FOR HILL; Harris popped to catcher in foul territory; HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Heintzelman singled to left [Herndon scored, Sadek to second]; Madlock singled to center [Sadek scored, Heintzelman to second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 2 6 0 6 Giants 3 8 0 8
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