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Pittsburgh Pirates 5 Houston Astros 3

July 12,1979

Visiting Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (44-39)

Home Team

Houston Astros (53-38)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

22,956

Time of Game

2:44

Umpires

[HP]: Satch Davidson [1B]: Jim Quick [2B]: Fred Brocklander [3B]: Paul Pryor

Pittsburgh Pirates 5 Houston Astros 3

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	44-39		0	0	0		1	0	0		2	2	0			5	7	1		3	4	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	53-38		1	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	1			3	7	0		1	2	4	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	Omar Moreno	cf	26.261	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.297		82	441
2	Tim Foli	ss	28.218	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.278		66	1093
3	Dave Parker	rf	28.033	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.299		83	803
4	Willie Stargell	1b	39.128	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.307		59	2070
5	John Milner	lf	29.196	L	2	1	0	0		1	0	.248		65	914
	Bill Robinson	lf	36.016	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.269		76	1184
6	Bill Madlock	3b	28.181	R	3	1	2	2		1	0	.275		80	763
7	Ed Ott	c	28.001	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.262		60	315
8	Rennie Stennett	2b	28.098	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.232		68	1039
9	Bert Blyleven	p	28.097	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.163		22	160
	Kent Tekulve	p	32.129	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.400		47	316
Totals

Errors: Rennie Stennett

HR: Willie Stargell (17), Bill Madlock (8)

RBI: Tim Foli (30), Dave Parker (54), Willie Stargell (39), Bill Madlock 2 (47)

GDP: Willie Stargell (2), Rennie Stennett (6)

SB: Omar Moreno (34), Bill Madlock (14)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	cf	23.004	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.284		89	298
2	Julio Gonzalez	ss	26.199	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.225		38	226
3	Cesar Cedeno	1b	28.137	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.270		81	1233
4	Jose Cruz	lf	31.338	L	2	1	1	1		2	0	.285		90	1097
5	Enos Cabell	3b	29.277	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.265		84	772
6	Denny Walling	rf	25.086	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.293		46	181
7	Art Howe	2b	32.209	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.236		73	429
8	Alan Ashby	c	28.004	B	3	0	0	0		1	0	.225		76	479
9	Joe Niekro	p	34.247	R	3	0	2	0		0	0	.118		21	408
	Jeffrey Leonard	ph	23.293	R	1	0	0	1		0	0	.276		66	85
Totals

2B: Jose Cruz (20), Art Howe (12)

RBI: Jose Cruz (48), Enos Cabell (38), Jeffrey Leonard (21)

SH: Terry Puhl (6)

GDP: Cesar Cedeno (10)

SB: Cesar Cedeno (24), Jose Cruz (22)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bert Blyleven	R	W 7-3	6.1	6	2	2	3	4	0		3.66	1.43		21	337
2	Kent Tekulve	R	SV 13	2.2	1	1	1	0	0	0		3.73	1.29		47	316
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bert Blyleven (0-0-0), Kent Tekulve (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	L 13-4	7.2	6	5	5	2	1	2		3.02	1.19		21	420
2	Joe Sambito	L		1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1.00	1.06		34	170
Totals				0.0

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