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San Francisco Giants 4 Houston Astros 6

July 31,1979

Visiting Team

San Francisco Giants (52-55)

Home Team

Houston Astros (61-47)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

18,047

Time of Game

2:49

Umpires

[HP]: John Kibler [1B]: Terry Tata [2B]: Jerry Crawford [3B]: Charlie Williams

San Francisco Giants 4 Houston Astros 6

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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
San Francisco Giants	SFN	52-55		0	0	0		0	0	0		3	0	1			4	10	1		3	8	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	61-47		3	3	0		0	0	0		0	0	x			6	7	2		1	2	6	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	Bill North	cf	31.077	B	4	1	1	0		1	2	.275		99	952
2	Joe Strain	2b	25.092	R	5	1	2	0		0	0	.293		29	29
3	Jack Clark	rf-3b	23.263	R	4	0	2	2		1	0	.265		106	432
4	Willie McCovey	1b	41.202	L	5	0	2	1		0	1	.268		77	2495
5	Darrell Evans	3b	32.066	L	2	0	0	0		2	1	.249		105	1252
	Mike Ivie	ph	26.357	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.308		81	600
6	Terry Whitfield	lf	26.200	L	4	0	2	0		1	2	.293		95	389
7	Roger Metzger	ss	31.294	B	3	1	1	0		0	1	.227		73	1163
	Johnnie LeMaster	ph-ss	25.042	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.262		62	286
8	Dennis Littlejohn	c	24.300	R	4	0	0	0		0	3	.200		16	18
9	Ed Whitson	p	24.073	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.080		25	73
	Greg Johnston	ph	24.169	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		4	4
	Larry Herndon	ph-rf	25.270	R	1	1	0	1		1	0	.273		84	411
Totals

Errors: Dennis Littlejohn

2B: Joe Strain 2 (6)

RBI: Jack Clark 2 (73), Willie McCovey (49), Larry Herndon (26)

GDP: Jack Clark (8)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Cesar Cedeno	1b	28.156	R	3	1	0	0		1	2	.270		89	1241
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	26.216	L	4	2	2	2		0	1	.282		96	417
3	Terry Puhl	cf	23.023	L	4	1	1	2		0	0	.282		106	315
4	Jose Cruz	lf	31.357	L	3	0	0	0		1	2	.301		107	1114
5	Enos Cabell	3b	29.296	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.270		101	789
6	Jeffrey Leonard	rf	23.312	R	4	0	2	1		0	2	.284		83	102
7	Art Howe	2b	32.228	R	3	0	1	0		0	0	.252		89	445
	Rafael Landestoy	2b	26.064	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.182		79	153
8	Alan Ashby	c	28.023	B	2	1	0	0		1	1	.218		89	492
9	Joe Niekro	p	34.266	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.105		24	411
Totals

Errors: Cesar Cedeno, Craig Reynolds

2B: Craig Reynolds (14), Terry Puhl (15), Jeffrey Leonard (8), Art Howe (13)

3B: Craig Reynolds (7)

RBI: Craig Reynolds 2 (30), Terry Puhl 2 (30), Enos Cabell (48), Jeffrey Leonard (28)

SH: Joe Niekro (8)

SB: Jose Cruz (28), Enos Cabell (24)

San Francisco Giants - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ed Whitson	R	L 4-6	1.1	5	6	6	2	0	0		5.25	1.62		26	74
2	Philip Nastu	L		1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0		3.99	1.36		19	22
3	Ed Halicki	R		3.0	1	0	0	0	3	0		4.36	1.44		18	155
4	Tom Griffin	R		2.0	0	0	0	1	3	0		3.68	1.34		42	314
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ed Whitson (39-25-14), Philip Nastu (0-0-0), Ed Halicki (0-0-0), Tom Griffin (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 15-6	6.2	5	0	0	5	7	0		3.25	1.23		25	424
2	Joe Sambito	L		1.1	5	1	1	1	3	0		1.29	1.13		40	176
3	Bert Roberge	R	SV 3	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.19	1.06		18	18
Totals				0.0

WP: Joe Niekro (7), Bert Roberge (2)

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

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