Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Houston Astros 5
Regular Season Game 81
Doubleheader Nightcap
Played on Saturday, July 8, 1978 (N) at Astrodome
LA N 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 - 7 7 2 HOU N 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 2
Los Angeles Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Lopes 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 Russell ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Garvey 1b 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 Smith rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 Martinez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Baker lf 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Monday rf,1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 9 0 North cf 3 2 1 1 1 2 4 0 Oates c 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 John p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Welch p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ferguson ph,c 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 Totals 33 7 7 6 2 7 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Russell-Monday. E: Cey (7), Welch (1). BATTING - 2B: Lopes (15,off Dixon). SH: Welch (2,off Dixon). SF: Garvey (4,off Dixon); Ferguson (3,off Niekro). Team LOB: 4.
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Landestoy ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 5 Puhl cf 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cruz rf 4 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 Watson 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 8 0 Howe 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 Howard lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Pujols c 4 1 2 0 0 2 7 0 Dixon p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Baldwin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Alou ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sexton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 5 11 4 0 4 27 10 FIELDING - E: Landestoy (1), Watson (5). BATTING - 2B: Pujols (3,off Welch). 3B: Watson (3,off Rautzhan). SH: Dixon (2,off Welch). GDP: Howard (2,off Welch). Team LOB: 6.
PITCHING
Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Welch 4.2 8 5 5 0 0 0 22 Rautzhan 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 John W(10-6) 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 14 Totals 9 11 5 5 0 4 0 38 Inherited Runners - Scored: Rautzhan 2-2. .
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Dixon L(4-5) 5.1 7 7 4 1 4 0 26 Niekro 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Forsch 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 10 Totals 9 7 7 4 2 7 0 38 Inherited Runners - Scored: Niekro 2-1. . Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Charlie Williams Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 37073 Starting Lineups: Los Angeles Dodgers Houston Astros 1. Lopes 2b Landestoy ss 2. Russell ss Puhl cf 3. Garvey 1b Cabell 3b 4. Cey 3b Cruz rf 5. Baker lf Watson 1b 6. Monday rf Howe 2b 7. North cf Howard lf 8. Oates c Pujols c 9. Welch p Dixon p DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to left; Russell grounded out (second to first) [Lopes to third]; Garvey hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lopes scored]; Cey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy flied out to center; Puhl grounded out (third to first); Cabell grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. DODGERS 2ND: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday grounded out (second to first); North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); Watson reached on an error by Cey [Watson to first]; Howe flied out to right; Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. DODGERS 3RD: Oates struck out; Welch struck out; Lopes flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Pujols doubled to center; Dixon out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Pujols to third]; Landestoy flied out to left; Puhl made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. DODGERS 4TH: Russell made an out to shortstop; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cabell flied out to right; Cruz singled to center; Steve Garvey hit in mouth with pick-off throw; SMITH REPLACED GARVEY (PLAYING RF); MONDAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Watson singled to left [Cruz to second]; Howe singled to left [Cruz scored, Watson to second]; Howard grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Howe out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 1. DODGERS 5TH: Baker reached on an error by Landestoy [Baker to second]; Monday flied out to left; North singled to center [Baker scored (unearned)]; Oates singled to right [North to second]; Welch reached on an error by Watson on a sacrifice bunt [North scored (unearned) (no RBI), Oates to third, Welch to first]; Lopes singled to center [Oates scored (unearned), Welch to second]; Russell made an out to second; Smith grounded out (second to first); 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Pujols singled to third; Dixon flied out to center; Landestoy singled to right [Pujols to second]; Puhl singled to right [Pujols scored, Landestoy scored (error by Welch) (no RBI)]; Cabell lined to shortstop; Cruz singled to right [Puhl to third]; RAUTZHAN REPLACED WELCH (PITCHING); Watson tripled to left [Puhl scored, Cruz scored]; Howe grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 5. DODGERS 6TH: Cey flied out to right; Baker singled to center; Monday singled to right [Baker to second]; North walked [Baker to third, Monday to second]; Oates singled to right [Baker scored, Monday scored, North to third]; FERGUSON BATTED FOR RAUTZHAN; NIEKRO REPLACED DIXON (PITCHING); Ferguson hit a sacrifice fly to right [North scored]; Lopes flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. ASTROS 6TH: FERGUSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); JOHN REPLACED OATES (PITCHING); Howard grounded out (second to first); Pujols struck out; BALDWIN BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Baldwin flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. DODGERS 7TH: FORSCH REPLACED BALDWIN (PITCHING); Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith flied out to center; Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. ASTROS 7TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED CEY (PLAYING 3B); Landestoy struck out; Puhl grounded out (pitcher to first); Cabell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. DODGERS 8TH: Baker flied out to right; Monday grounded out (second to first); North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. ASTROS 8TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson flied out to center; Howe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. DODGERS 9TH: John grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Ferguson struck out; Lopes walked; Russell forced Lopes (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. ASTROS 9TH: Howard singled to left; Pujols struck out; ALOU BATTED FOR FORSCH; Alou singled to right [Howard to second]; SEXTON RAN FOR ALOU; Landestoy struck out; Puhl grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. Final Totals R H E LOB Dodgers 7 7 2 4 Astros 5 11 2 6
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