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St. Louis Cardinals 3 Houston Astros 6

August 29,1978

Visiting Team

St. Louis Cardinals (57-74)

Home Team

Houston Astros (62-69)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

6,692

Time of Game

2:14

Umpires

[HP]: Paul Pryor [1B]: Terry Tata [2B]: Satch Davidson [3B]: Charlie Williams

St. Louis Cardinals 3 Houston Astros 6

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3rd inning: S3.2-3 **Pete Vuckovich didn't cover 1B**
6th inning: 46(1)/FO.3-H **Art Howe hit by throw to 1B**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	57-74		0	0	0		2	0	0		0	0	1			3	9	4		5	11	20	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	62-69		0	1	1		0	0	1		0	3	x			6	10	0		5	8	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	39.072	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.224		82	2483
2	Garry Templeton	ss	22.158	B	4	0	0	0		0	1	.291		127	333
3	George Hendrick	cf	28.315	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.277		112	910
4	Ted Simmons	c	29.020	B	4	1	2	1		0	1	.289		123	1267
5	Keith Hernandez	1b	24.313	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.257		129	497
6	Wayne Garrett	3b	30.269	L	3	2	1	0		1	0	.248		67	1076
7	Jerry Mumphrey	rf	25.354	B	4	0	3	1		0	0	.249		97	370
8	Mike Phillips	2b	28.010	L	4	0	1	1		0	1	.288		59	521
9	Pete Vuckovich	p	25.306	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.104		40	113
	Tony Scott	ph-cf	26.345	B	2	0	0	0		0	1	.242		77	293
Totals

Errors: Garry Templeton 2, Wayne Garrett 2

3B: Jerry Mumphrey (3)

HR: Ted Simmons (18)

RBI: Ted Simmons (62), Jerry Mumphrey (30), Mike Phillips (19)

SB: Lou Brock 2 (16)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Rafael Landestoy	ss	25.093	B	5	0	2	0		0	0	.255		31	46
2	Terry Puhl	cf	22.052	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.291		123	183
3	Enos Cabell	3b	28.325	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.289		131	657
4	Jose Cruz	rf	31.021	L	3	2	1	0		1	1	.300		125	979
5	Art Howe	2b	31.257	R	3	0	3	1		0	0	.296		116	354
	Julio Gonzalez	2b	25.247	R	1	1	0	0		0	0	.232		58	168
6	Denny Walling	lf	24.134	L	4	1	1	3		0	1	.232		95	110
7	Dave Bergman	1b	25.084	L	2	0	0	0		2	0	.252		84	96
8	Bruce Bochy	c	23.135	R	4	0	0	0		0	3	.253		28	28
9	Ken Forsch	p	31.355	R	4	0	1	2		0	1	.250		46	350
Totals

2B: Rafael Landestoy (3)

RBI: Art Howe (55), Denny Walling 3 (23), Ken Forsch 2 (2)

SB: Denny Walling (7)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Pete Vuckovich	R	L 12-9	7.0	8	3	3	2	5	0		2.29	1.21		40	130
2	Aurelio Lopez	R		1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0		4.30	1.14		12	20
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Pete Vuckovich (0-0-0), Aurelio Lopez (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ken Forsch	R	W 8-4	9.0	9	3	3	1	7	1		2.92	1.42		46	355
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ken Forsch (0-0-0)