The Baseball Cube

TBC

PHI 8 ... HOU 5

|

|

Sign in | Sign up to PREMIUM

Today
MLB
Minors
College
High School
Draft
Other Topics
Research Tools
About TBC

Click the category name to jump to section or click > to view options.

There may be more topics beyond what is displayed on the mobile menu.

PHI 8 ... HOU 5

May 18,1978

MORE

Shop @ eBay

visiting Team

Philadelphia Phillies (18-14)

home team

Houston Astros (16-17)

box date

year

game type

Regular Season Game

time of day

Night

start time

0:00PM

temperature

0 F - dome

wind

-1mph unknown

ballpark code

HOU02

Attendance

10,828

time

2:36

DH Game

No

HP Umpire

1B Umpire

Bruce Froemming

2B Umpire

3B Umpire

LF Umpire

RF Umpire

The TBC Data Store allows you to purchase some standard datasets available on the site or even request a custom extract of your own design!

team	1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		r	h	e	record	streak	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	1978 links
Philadelphia Phillies	4	0	1		0	0	0		0	0	3		8	16	1	16-17	Lost 1	4	7	13	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game
Houston Astros	0	0	3		0	0	1		0	1	0		5	9	0	18-14	Won 1	1	4	9	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game

Game Notes

**Protest=V**
7th inning: 2/FL **Phillies manager Danny Ozark protested game because**
7th inning: 2/FL **the umpires returned Jay Johnstone to 1B**

Philadelphia Phillies - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	Bake McBride	rf	29.104	5	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.714	24	530
2	Larry Bowa	ss	32.163	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.287	.670	30	1216
3	Mike Schmidt	3b	28.233	5	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.296	.906	31	810
4	Jay Johnstone	lf	32.179	4	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.705	20	1155
	Jose Cardenal	ph-1b	34.223	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.381	1.006	10	1849
5	Richie Hebner	1b	30.173	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.845	28	1180
	Jerry Martin	ph-lf	29.007	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.783	25	341
6	Garry Maddox	cf	28.259	5	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.682	30	834
7	Bob Boone	c	30.180	5	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.827	28	685
8	Jim Morrison	2b	25.237	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.552	15	20
	Greg Luzinski	ph	27.177	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.966	32	922
9	Larry Christenson	p	24.189	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.616	8	117
	Gene Garber	p	30.186	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	12	318
Totals				43	8	16	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	293	9977

E: Bob Boone
2B: Mike Schmidt 2 (8), Jay Johnstone (2)
HR: Jerry Martin (2)
RBI: Mike Schmidt 2 (23), Jay Johnstone (4), Jerry Martin 3 (11), Bob Boone 2 (17)
SB: Bake McBride (5)

Houston Astros - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	Terry Puhl	lf	21.314	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310	.776	31	91
2	Enos Cabell	3b	28.222	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.618	33	559
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	27.082	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.288	.826	32	1134
4	Jose Cruz	rf	30.283	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.675	31	885
5	Bob Watson	1b	32.038	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.855	33	1218
6	Art Howe	2b	31.154	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.778	33	271
7	Ed Herrmann	c	31.264	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.317	10	896
8	Roger Metzger	ss	30.220	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.626	29	999
9	Ken Forsch	p	31.252	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.400	12	316
	Wilbur Howard	ph	29.130	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.697	20	402
	Denny Walling	ph	24.031	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.388	16	31
Totals				34	5	9	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	280	6802

RBI: Cesar Cedeno (15), Jose Cruz 2 (10), Bob Watson 2 (24)
SB: Cesar Cedeno (15)
SH: Cesar Cedeno (2)
HBP: Enos Cabell (1)

Philadelphia Phillies - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Larry Christenson	24.189	5.1	7	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.96	1.43	8	123
2	Gene Garber (W 2-0) (H 1)	30.186	3.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	1.21	12	325
Totals			9.0	9	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

HB: Gene Garber
BF: Larry Christenson 23, Gene Garber 13

Houston Astros - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Joe Niekro	33.192	-	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.97	2.03	8	372
2	Ken Forsch	31.252	7.0	9	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	1.85	12	321
3	Joe Sambito (L 2-1)	25.324	2.0	3	3	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	1.04	14	88
Totals			9.0	16	8	8	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

HB: Gene Garber
BF: Joe Niekro 4, Ken Forsch 30, Joe Sambito 9