San Francisco Giants 8, Houston Astros 1
Regular Season Game 43
Played on Monday, May 29, 1978 (N) at Astrodome
SF N 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 - 8 17 0 HOU N 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0
San Francisco Giants AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Madlock 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 Evans 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 Clark rf 5 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 McCovey 1b 3 1 3 0 0 0 7 1 Whitfield lf 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 Ivie lf,1b 4 1 4 2 1 0 6 0 Herndon cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 LeMaster ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 Sadek c 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 Halicki p 4 1 2 2 0 2 1 1 Totals 42 8 17 8 2 6 27 13 BATTING - 2B: Evans (8,off Bannister); Whitfield (8,off Niekro). 3B: Ivie (1,off Niekro). HR: Madlock (5,1st inning off Bannister 0 on 0 out). Team LOB: 9.
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Puhl lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 Cabell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 3 1 Cruz rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 Watson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 Howe 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 Ferguson c 2 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 Herrmann c 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 Bannister p 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Walling ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Baldwin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Totals 34 1 7 1 0 3 27 12 BATTING - 2B: Cabell (5,off Halicki). Team LOB: 6. BASERUNNING - SB: Cedeno (19,2nd base off Halicki/Sadek).
PITCHING
San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Halicki W(2-0) 9 7 1 1 0 3 0 34
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bannister L(1-3) 5 9 4 4 2 4 1 25 Niekro 2 4 2 2 0 1 0 9 Forsch 2 4 2 2 0 1 0 10 Totals 9 17 8 8 2 6 1 44 WP: Niekro (1). Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 10012 Starting Lineups: San Francisco Giants Houston Astros 1. Madlock 2b Puhl lf 2. Evans 3b Cabell 3b 3. Clark rf Cedeno cf 4. McCovey 1b Cruz rf 5. Ivie lf Watson 1b 6. Herndon cf Howe 2b 7. LeMaster ss Ferguson c 8. Sadek c Metzger ss 9. Halicki p Bannister p GIANTS 1ST: Madlock homered; Evans flied out to right; Clark struck out; McCovey singled to center; Ivie singled to center [McCovey to second]; Herndon struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Puhl made an out to first; Cabell doubled to center; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Cruz singled to right [Cabell scored]; Watson flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 1. GIANTS 2ND: LeMaster made an out to first; Sadek flied out to left; Halicki struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 2ND: Howe struck out; Ferguson struck out; Metzger made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 1. GIANTS 3RD: Madlock flied out to center; Evans flied out to center; Clark made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Bannister singled; Puhl flied out to right; Cabell forced Bannister (shortstop to second); Cedeno singled [Cabell to third]; Cruz grounded out (first to second to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 1. GIANTS 4TH: McCovey singled to center; Ivie singled [McCovey to second]; Herndon popped to first in foul territory; LeMaster struck out; Sadek walked [McCovey to third, Ivie to second]; Halicki singled [McCovey scored, Ivie scored, Sadek to second]; Madlock forced Halicki (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Howe grounded out (catcher to first); Ferguson singled; Metzger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 1. GIANTS 5TH: Evans doubled to right; Clark singled to center [Evans scored]; Joe Ferguson slight sprain on collision at HP; Clark was out trying to advance to second (catcher to shortstop); McCovey singled; Ivie walked [McCovey to second]; Herndon forced Ivie (shortstop to second) [McCovey to third]; LeMaster flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: WALLING BATTED FOR BANNISTER; Walling flied out to center; Puhl grounded out (third to first); Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 1. GIANTS 6TH: NIEKRO REPLACED WALLING (PITCHING); HERRMANN REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING C ); Sadek flied out to left; Halicki singled; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Halicki to second]; Madlock struck out; Evans singled to center [Halicki scored, Evans out at second (center to first to shortstop)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: WHITFIELD REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING LF); IVIE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Cedeno singled to center; Cedeno stole second; Cruz made an out to third; Watson grounded out (second to first) [Cedeno to third]; Howe made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 1. GIANTS 7TH: Clark flied out to left; Whitfield doubled; Ivie tripled [Whitfield scored]; Herndon grounded out (pitcher to first); LeMaster made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 6, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: Herrmann flied out to right; Metzger flied out to center; BALDWIN BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Baldwin grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 6, Astros 1. GIANTS 8TH: FORSCH REPLACED BALDWIN (PITCHING); Sadek grounded out (first to pitcher); Halicki struck out; Madlock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 6, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: Puhl singled to right; Cabell flied out to right; Cedeno struck out; Cruz forced Puhl (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 6, Astros 1. GIANTS 9TH: Evans grounded out (second to first); Clark singled to center; Whitfield singled to center [Clark to second]; Ivie singled to right [Clark scored, Whitfield to third]; Herndon singled to center [Whitfield scored, Ivie to second]; LeMaster grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Ivie to third, Herndon to second]; Sadek grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 8, Astros 1. ASTROS 9TH: Watson flied out to right; Howe grounded out (third to first); Herrmann grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 8, Astros 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Giants 8 17 0 9 Astros 1 7 0 6
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