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Philadelphia Phillies 8 Houston Astros 5

May 18,1978

Visiting Team

Philadelphia Phillies (18-14)

Home Team

Houston Astros (16-17)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

10,828

Time of Game

2:36

Umpires

[HP]: Dick Stello [1B]: Bruce Froemming [2B]: Eric Gregg [3B]: Bill Williams

Philadelphia Phillies 8 Houston Astros 5

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

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	18-14		4	0	1		0	0	0		0	0	3			8	16	1		1	4	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	16-17		0	0	3		0	0	1		0	1	0			5	9	0		4	7	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Philadelphia Phillies - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bake McBride	rf	29.104	L	5	1	2	0		0	1	.284		24	530
2	Larry Bowa	ss	32.163	B	5	2	2	0		0	0	.287		30	1216
3	Mike Schmidt	3b	28.233	R	5	1	2	2		0	2	.296		31	810
4	Jay Johnstone	lf	32.179	L	4	2	4	1		0	0	.267		20	1155
	Jose Cardenal	ph-1b	34.223	R	1	1	1	0		0	0	.381		10	1849
5	Richie Hebner	1b	30.173	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.273		28	1180
	Jerry Martin	ph-lf	29.007	R	1	1	1	3		0	0	.250		25	341
6	Garry Maddox	cf	28.259	R	5	0	1	0		0	2	.275		30	834
7	Bob Boone	c	30.180	R	5	0	3	2		0	0	.266		28	685
8	Jim Morrison	2b	25.237	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.174		15	20
	Greg Luzinski	ph	27.177	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.271		32	922
9	Larry Christenson	p	24.189	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.176		8	117
	Gene Garber	p	30.186	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		12	318
Totals

Errors: 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

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	lf	21.314	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.310		31	91
2	Enos Cabell	3b	28.222	R	3	1	0	0		0	0	.243		33	559
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	27.082	R	3	1	2	1		0	0	.288		32	1134
4	Jose Cruz	rf	30.283	L	4	0	1	2		0	1	.269		31	885
5	Bob Watson	1b	32.038	R	4	0	2	2		0	0	.291		33	1218
6	Art Howe	2b	31.154	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.274		33	271
7	Ed Herrmann	c	31.264	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.125		10	896
8	Roger Metzger	ss	30.220	B	4	1	1	0		0	1	.247		29	999
	Ken Forsch	p	31.252	R	2	1	1	0		0	0	.200		12	316
	Wilbur Howard	ph	29.130	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.265		20	402
	Denny Walling	ph	24.031	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.200		16	31
Totals

RBI: Cesar Cedeno (15), Jose Cruz 2 (10), Bob Watson 2 (24)

SH: Cesar Cedeno (2)

HBP: Enos Cabell (1)

SB: Cesar Cedeno (15)

Philadelphia Phillies - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Christenson	R		5.1	7	4	4	0	2	0		4.96	1.43		8	123
2	Gene Garber	R	W 2-0	3.2	2	1	1	0	1	0		1.31	1.21		12	325
Totals				0.0

HB: Gene Garber (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Christenson (0-0-0), Gene Garber (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R		0.0	4	4	4	0	0	0		7.97	2.03		8	372
2	Ken Forsch	R		7.0	9	1	1	0	4	0		3.33	1.85		12	321
3	Joe Sambito	L	L 2-1	2.0	3	3	3	0	4	1		2.25	1.04		14	88
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (0-0-0), Ken Forsch (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0)