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Pittsburgh Pirates 5 Houston Astros 7

August 25,1978

Visiting Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (63-63)

Home Team

Houston Astros (60-68)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

11,641

Time of Game

2:51

Umpires

[HP]: Murray Strey [1B]: Jim Rains [2B]: Howard Hansen [3B]: Bob Schroeder

Pittsburgh Pirates 5 Houston Astros 7

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**substitute umpires worked due to a one-day strike by the staff umpires;**
**Debut for umpires Murray Strey**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	63-63		0	0	3		0	0	1		0	0	1			5	11	2		3	7	15	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	60-68		2	0	0		1	3	1		0	0	x			7	10	0		5	9	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Frank Taveras	ss	28.244	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.280		123	679
2	Omar Moreno	cf	25.305	L	3	1	1	0		2	1	.229		120	324
3	Dave Parker	rf	27.077	L	5	1	2	2		0	2	.309		113	685
4	Willie Stargell	1b	38.172	L	5	0	0	0		0	2	.279		92	1981
5	Ed Ott	c	27.045	L	4	1	2	0		0	1	.262		85	228
6	John Milner	lf	28.240	L	4	0	2	1		0	1	.293		84	825
7	Phil Garner	2b	29.117	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.265		119	630
8	Dale Berra	3b	21.255	R	4	0	1	1		0	2	.155		22	39
9	Jim Rooker	p	35.336	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.184		26	295
	Manny Sanguillen	ph	34.157	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.248		76	1330
	Bill Robinson	ph	35.060	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.242		101	1073
Totals

Errors: Omar Moreno, Phil Garner

2B: Dave Parker (22), John Milner (15)

3B: Ed Ott (3), Phil Garner (8)

RBI: Dave Parker 2 (84), John Milner (29), Dale Berra (5)

SH: Frank Taveras (8)

CS: Omar Moreno (11)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	cf	22.048	L	2	1	1	0		3	0	.291		120	180
2	Julio Gonzalez	2b	25.243	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.233		55	165
3	Enos Cabell	1b	28.321	R	4	2	2	2		0	0	.289		128	654
4	Art Howe	3b	31.253	R	2	1	1	1		1	0	.290		113	351
5	Jesus Alou	lf	36.154	R	3	0	1	1		0	0	.336		60	1316
	Denny Walling	lf	24.130	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.229		92	107
6	Jose Cruz	rf	31.017	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.302		122	976
7	Jimmy Sexton	ss	26.253	R	4	1	1	1		0	2	.185		69	83
8	Luis Pujols	c	22.280	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.120		41	47
9	Joe Niekro	p	33.291	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.184		26	380
	Wilbur Howard	ph	29.229	B	0	1	0	0		0	0	.252		67	449
	Joe Sambito	p	26.058	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.167		52	126
Totals

3B: Enos Cabell (5)

HR: Jimmy Sexton (2)

RBI: Julio Gonzalez (11), Enos Cabell 2 (56), Art Howe (53), Jesus Alou (15), Jose Cruz (70), Jimmy Sexton (6)

SH: Julio Gonzalez (4)

SF: Art Howe (5)

HBP: Wilbur Howard (3)

SB: Jose Cruz (26), Wilbur Howard (5)

CS: Terry Puhl (11)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Rooker	L	L 8-9	5.0	7	4	4	2	2	1		4.49	1.42		24	292
2	Ed Whitson	R		3.0	3	1	1	2	3	0		2.88	1.38		33	38
Totals				0.0

WP: Ed Whitson (1)

HB: Ed Whitson (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Rooker (0-0-0), Ed Whitson (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	W 11-10	6.0	9	4	4	1	7	0		4.27	1.36		28	392
2	Joe Sambito	L		2.0	2	1	1	1	5	0		2.59	1.28		52	126
3	Joaquin Andujar	R	SV 1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0		2.96	1.22		23	77
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0), Joaquin Andujar (0-0-0)