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Los Angeles Dodgers 7 Houston Astros 5

July 8,1978

Visiting Team

Los Angeles Dodgers (50-35)

Home Team

Houston Astros (35-46)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

37,073

Time of Game

2:32

Umpires

[HP]: Terry Tata [1B]: Jim Quick [2B]: Paul Pryor [3B]: Charlie Williams

Los Angeles Dodgers 7 Houston Astros 5

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4th inning: S8 **Steve Garvey hit in mouth with pick-off throw**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAN	50-35		1	0	0		0	3	3		0	0	0			7	7	2		2	2	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	35-46		0	0	0		1	4	0		0	0	0			5	11	2		6	10	22	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Los Angeles Dodgers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Davey Lopes	2b	33.066	R	4	1	2	1		1	0	.304		75	779
2	Bill Russell	ss	29.260	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.275		84	1191
3	Steve Garvey	1b	29.198	R	1	0	0	1		0	0	.297		85	1053
	Reggie Smith	rf	33.097	B	2	0	0	0		0	0	.305		66	1618
4	Ron Cey	3b	30.143	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.266		83	863
5	Dusty Baker	lf	29.023	R	4	2	1	0		0	0	.281		81	968
6	Rick Monday	rf-1b	32.230	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.286		65	1523
7	Bill North	cf	30.054	B	3	2	1	1		1	2	.264		72	791
8	Johnny Oates	c	32.168	L	3	1	2	2		0	1	.400		18	495
	Tommy John	p	35.047	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.118		18	420
9	Bob Welch	p	21.247	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.500		6	6
	Joe Ferguson	ph-c	31.292	R	1	0	0	1		0	1	.226		59	677
Totals

Errors: Ron Cey, Bob Welch

2B: Davey Lopes (15)

RBI: Davey Lopes (34), Steve Garvey (58), Bill North (11), Johnny Oates 2 (3), Joe Ferguson (29)

SH: Bob Welch (2)

SF: Steve Garvey (4), Joe Ferguson (3)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Rafael Landestoy	ss	25.041	B	5	1	1	0		0	2	.250		2	17
2	Terry Puhl	cf	22.000	L	5	1	1	1		0	0	.304		74	134
3	Enos Cabell	3b	28.273	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.297		81	607
4	Jose Cruz	rf	30.334	L	4	2	2	0		0	0	.282		75	929
5	Bob Watson	1b	32.089	R	4	0	2	2		0	0	.295		78	1263
6	Art Howe	2b	31.205	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.275		76	314
7	Wilbur Howard	lf	29.181	B	4	0	1	0		0	0	.246		41	423
8	Luis Pujols	c	22.232	R	4	1	2	0		0	2	.211		11	17
9	Tom Dixon	p	23.076	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.143		17	26
	Reggie Baldwin	ph	23.323	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.236		24	24
	Jesus Alou	ph	36.106	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.316		39	1295
Totals

Errors: Rafael Landestoy, Bob Watson

2B: Luis Pujols (3)

3B: Bob Watson (3)

RBI: Terry Puhl (18), Bob Watson 2 (55), Art Howe (28)

SH: Tom Dixon (2)

GDP: Wilbur Howard (2)

Los Angeles Dodgers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Welch	R		4.2	8	5	5	0	0	0		2.65	0.94		6	6
2	Lance Rautzhan	L		0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1.35	1.31		18	43
3	Tommy John	L	W 10-6	4.0	2	0	0	0	4	0		3.80	1.42		18	435
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Welch (0-0-0), Lance Rautzhan (0-0-0), Tommy John (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tom Dixon	R	L 4-5	5.1	7	4	4	1	4	0		2.67	1.20		17	26
2	Joe Niekro	R		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		5.64	1.61		18	382
3	Ken Forsch	R		3.0	0	0	0	1	3	0		3.25	1.52		30	339
Totals				0.0

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