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San Francisco Giants 3 Houston Astros 0

May 17,1979

Visiting Team

San Francisco Giants (19-18)

Home Team

Houston Astros (20-18)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

10,626

Time of Game

2:17

Umpires

[HP]: Howard Hansen [1B]: Lanny Harris [2B]: Jim Rains [3B]: Howard Jumper

San Francisco Giants 3 Houston Astros 0

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**Debut for umpire Howard Jumper**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
San Francisco Giants	SFN	19-18		0	0	0		0	0	0		3	0	0			3	8	0		3	6	15	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	20-18		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			0	2	0		2	5	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

San Francisco Giants - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Rob Andrews	2b	26.157	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.176		16	433
2	Terry Whitfield	lf	26.125	L	3	0	0	1		1	0	.317		37	331
	Hector Cruz	ph-lf	26.045	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000		8	420
3	Jack Clark	rf	23.188	R	5	0	1	0		0	1	.274		37	363
4	Willie McCovey	1b	41.127	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.241		23	2441
	Mike Ivie	1b	26.282	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.215		28	547
5	Darrell Evans	3b	31.356	L	3	1	1	0		0	1	.287		37	1184
6	Larry Herndon	cf	25.195	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.289		28	355
7	Marc Hill	c	27.088	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.163		29	389
8	Roger Metzger	ss	31.219	B	3	0	1	1		1	0	.184		29	1119
9	Ed Halicki	p	28.225	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.263		9	141
Totals

3B: Larry Herndon (3)

RBI: Terry Whitfield (22), Larry Herndon (8), Roger Metzger (10)

SH: Rob Andrews (1), Ed Halicki (1)

HBP: Darrell Evans (1)

GDP: Ed Halicki (1)

SB: Larry Herndon (1)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	rf	22.313	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.261		38	247
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	26.141	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.263		36	357
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	28.081	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.277		32	1184
4	Jose Cruz	lf	31.282	L	2	0	0	0		2	0	.316		37	1044
5	Enos Cabell	3b	29.221	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.296		38	726
6	Bob Watson	1b	33.037	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.264		38	1362
7	Art Howe	2b	32.153	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.212		34	390
8	Alan Ashby	c	27.313	B	3	0	0	0		0	0	.240		30	433
9	Ken Forsch	p	32.251	R	1	0	0	0		1	0	.115		10	366
	Rafael Landestoy	ph	25.354	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.222		29	103
Totals

SH: Terry Puhl (2), Craig Reynolds (11)

SB: Cesar Cedeno 2 (9)

CS: Jose Cruz (2)

San Francisco Giants - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ed Halicki	R	W 4-3	9.0	2	0	0	5	0	0		3.72	1.26		9	146
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ed Halicki (100-56-44)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ken Forsch	R	L 4-3	6.2	6	3	3	2	2	0		2.71	1.07		10	371
2	Joe Sambito	L		1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0		1.95	1.23		16	152
3	Tom Dixon	R		1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0		7.94	2.12		4	43
Totals				0.0

HB: Joe Sambito (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ken Forsch (82-52-30), Joe Sambito (17-8-9), Tom Dixon (10-6-4)