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San Francisco Giants 2 Houston Astros 1

September 8,1979

Visiting Team

San Francisco Giants (63-80)

Home Team

Houston Astros (80-62)

Game Date

September 8,1979

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

32,300

Time of Game

3:00

Umpires

[HP]: Andy Olsen [1B]: Eric Gregg [2B]: Steve Fields [3B]: Frank Pulli

San Francisco Giants 2 Houston Astros 1

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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	63-80		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	2	0			2	7	0		4	9	19	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	80-62		0	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	0			1	9	1		2	4	7	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	Max Venable	rf-lf	22.094	L	4	0	0	0		1	2	.222		38	38
2	Rob Andrews	2b	26.271	R	4	0	2	0		1	0	.286		66	483
3	Mike Ivie	1b	27.031	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.305		114	633
4	Darrell Evans	3b	32.105	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.255		141	1288
5	Larry Herndon	cf	25.309	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.259		115	442
6	Greg Johnston	lf	24.208	L	3	0	0	0		0	2	.192		29	29
	Willie McCovey	ph	41.241	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.260		103	2521
7	Johnnie LeMaster	ss	25.081	R	4	1	3	2		0	1	.262		89	313
8	Dennis Littlejohn	c	24.339	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.201		44	46
9	Ed Whitson	p	24.112	R	2	0	1	0		0	1	.132		32	80
	Bill North	ph	31.116	B	1	0	0	0		0	1	.264		126	979
	Greg Minton	p	28.041	B	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		34	63
Totals

HR: Johnnie LeMaster (2)

RBI: Johnnie LeMaster 2 (23)

GDP: Dennis Littlejohn (3)

SB: Rob Andrews (4), Mike Ivie (5), Larry Herndon (7)

CS: Larry Herndon (4)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Cesar Cedeno	1b	28.195	R	4	0	2	1		0	1	.272		114	1266
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	26.255	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.260		129	450
3	Terry Puhl	cf	23.062	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.285		139	348
4	Jose Cruz	lf	32.031	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.289		140	1147
	Denny Walling	ph-lf	25.144	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.303		69	204
5	Enos Cabell	3b	29.335	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.267		135	823
6	Jeffrey Leonard	rf	23.351	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.292		116	135
7	Luis Pujols	c	23.294	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.261		6	68
	Danny Heep	ph	22.067	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.250		4	4
8	Rafael Landestoy	2b	26.103	B	4	1	1	0		0	0	.236		109	183
9	Joe Niekro	p	34.305	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.137		32	419
	Art Howe	ph	32.267	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.251		110	466
Totals

Errors: Enos Cabell

2B: Rafael Landestoy (5)

RBI: Cesar Cedeno (44)

SH: Jeffrey Leonard (3), Joe Niekro (12)

SB: Cesar Cedeno (27)

CS: Jose Cruz (13)

San Francisco Giants - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ed Whitson	R		6.0	7	1	1	0	1	0		4.52	1.48		33	81
2	Greg Minton	R	W 2-2	2.1	2	0	0	1	1	0		1.92	1.04		34	61
3	Gary Lavelle	L	SV 17	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.15	1.31		63	343
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ed Whitson (65-47-18), Greg Minton (15-11-4), Gary Lavelle (2-2-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R		7.1	6	1	1	5	7	0		2.92	1.23		33	432
2	Joe Sambito	L	L 7-5	1.2	1	1	1	0	3	1		1.47	1.06		52	188
Totals				0.0

WP: Joe Niekro (16)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (143-80-63), Joe Sambito (12-12-0)