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San Francisco Giants 4 Houston Astros 5

August 1,1979

Visiting Team

San Francisco Giants (52-56)

Home Team

Houston Astros (62-47)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

21,207

Time of Game

2:30

Umpires

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

San Francisco Giants 4 Houston Astros 5

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1st inning: S8/F8S.2-3 **Giants manager Altobelli and Lemaster**
1st inning: S8/F8S.2-3 **fly had been caught and not trapped**

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	52-56		2	0	0		0	1	0		1	0	0			4	9	0		3	8	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	62-47		1	0	0		4	0	0		0	0	x			5	8	1		1	2	5	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	31.078	B	5	0	0	0		0	1	.271		100	953
2	Joe Strain	2b	25.093	R	5	2	2	0		0	0	.298		30	30
3	Jack Clark	rf	23.264	R	5	2	4	1		0	0	.271		107	433
4	Willie McCovey	1b	41.203	L	3	0	1	0		2	0	.269		78	2496
5	Darrell Evans	3b	32.067	L	4	0	2	3		0	0	.252		106	1253
6	Mike Ivie	lf	26.358	R	2	0	0	0		2	1	.306		82	601
7	Roger Metzger	ss	31.295	B	3	0	0	0		1	2	.224		74	1164
8	Dennis Littlejohn	c	24.301	R	2	0	0	0		1	0	.192		17	19
	Terry Whitfield	ph	26.201	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.292		96	390
9	Vida Blue	p	30.004	B	2	0	0	0		0	0	.130		24	147
	Greg Johnston	ph	24.170	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		5	5
	Larry Herndon	ph-cf	25.271	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.272		85	412
Totals

2B: Jack Clark 2 (21), Darrell Evans 2 (15)

RBI: Jack Clark (74), Darrell Evans 3 (51)

SF: Darrell Evans (4)

GDP: Willie McCovey (7)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Cesar Cedeno	1b	28.157	R	3	1	0	0		2	2	.267		90	1242
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	26.217	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.279		97	418
3	Terry Puhl	cf	23.024	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.282		107	316
4	Jeffrey Leonard	rf	23.313	R	3	1	2	1		1	0	.289		84	103
5	Enos Cabell	3b	29.297	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.269		102	790
6	Art Howe	2b	32.229	R	2	1	0	0		2	1	.250		90	446
7	Denny Walling	lf	25.106	L	4	1	2	2		0	1	.304		54	189
8	Alan Ashby	c	28.024	B	4	0	0	0		0	1	.215		90	493
9	Ken Forsch	p	32.327	R	2	0	1	1		0	1	.178		18	374
	Rick Williams	p	26.265	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.190		19	36
	Bert Roberge	p	24.302	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		19	19
Totals

Errors: Alan Ashby

3B: Jeffrey Leonard (3), Denny Walling (4)

RBI: Jeffrey Leonard (29), Enos Cabell (49), Denny Walling 2 (23), Ken Forsch (3)

SB: Enos Cabell 2 (26)

CS: Terry Puhl (16)

San Francisco Giants - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Vida Blue	L	L 8-9	3.1	6	5	5	3	3	0		5.58	1.55		23	331
2	Pedro Borbon	R		1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.97	1.37		43	566
3	Philip Nastu	L		2.0	2	0	0	3	2	0		3.90	1.39		20	23
4	Tom Griffin	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0		3.63	1.32		43	315
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Vida Blue (54-34-20), Pedro Borbon (5-5-0), Philip Nastu (24-12-12), Tom Griffin (7-7-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ken Forsch	R	W 8-6	5.0	7	3	3	4	4	0		3.18	1.05		18	379
2	Rick Williams	R		1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0		3.21	1.25		20	37
3	Randy Niemann	L		0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0		3.95	1.46		15	15
4	Bert Roberge	R	SV 4	2.2	0	0	0	1	0	0		1.07	0.99		19	19
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ken Forsch (45-29-16), Rick Williams (5-5-0), Randy Niemann (5-1-4), Bert Roberge (12-8-4)

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