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Houston Astros 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 7

April 23,1978

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (7-9)

Home Team

Los Angeles Dodgers (10-5)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Dodger Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

51,500

Time of Game

2:26

Umpires

[HP]: Satch Davidson [1B]: Terry Tata [2B]: Ed Vargo [3B]: Paul Pryor

Houston Astros 3 Los Angeles Dodgers 7

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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
Houston Astros	HOU	7-9		0	1	1		0	1	0		0	0	0			3	8	3		5	10	16	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAN	10-5		3	1	2		0	1	0		0	0	x			7	12	0		2	2	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	lf	21.289	L	4	2	2	0		0	0	.254		16	76
2	Enos Cabell	3b	28.197	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.306		16	542
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	27.057	R	3	0	1	1		1	0	.305		15	1117
4	Jose Cruz	rf	30.258	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.328		16	870
5	Bob Watson	1b	32.013	R	3	1	1	1		1	0	.310		16	1201
6	Joe Ferguson	c	31.216	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.189		15	633
7	Art Howe	2b	31.129	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.293		16	254
8	Roger Metzger	ss	30.195	B	4	0	1	0		0	0	.240		16	986
9	Joe Niekro	p	33.167	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.286		4	358
	Denny Walling	ph	24.006	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.250		8	23
	Ken Forsch	p	31.227	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		7	311
	Ed Herrmann	c	31.239	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.167		4	890
Totals

Errors: Enos Cabell, Cesar Cedeno, Roger Metzger

2B: Terry Puhl 2 (3), Roger Metzger (2)

HR: Bob Watson (1)

RBI: Enos Cabell (9), Cesar Cedeno (7), Bob Watson (11)

GDP: Roger Metzger 2 (3)

SB: Cesar Cedeno (8)

Los Angeles Dodgers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Davey Lopes	2b	32.355	R	5	2	2	0		0	0	.293		15	719
2	Bill Russell	ss	29.184	R	5	1	2	1		0	0	.219		15	1122
3	Reggie Smith	rf	33.021	B	3	0	1	1		1	0	.315		15	1567
4	Ron Cey	3b	30.067	R	4	1	1	1		1	0	.375		15	795
5	Steve Garvey	1b	29.122	R	5	2	2	0		0	0	.328		15	983
6	Dusty Baker	lf	28.312	R	4	0	2	1		0	1	.316		15	902
7	Rick Monday	cf-rf	32.154	L	3	1	1	3		0	0	.380		14	1472
8	Steve Yeager	c	29.150	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.279		13	572
9	Don Sutton	p	33.021	R	2	0	0	0		1	0	.000		4	440
Totals

2B: Bill Russell (2)

HR: Rick Monday (8)

RBI: Bill Russell (4), Reggie Smith (8), Ron Cey (12), Dusty Baker (6), Rick Monday 3 (19)

SH: Don Sutton (3)

SF: Reggie Smith (2), Rick Monday (1)

SB: Davey Lopes (4)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R	L 1-2	3.0	8	4	4	0	0	1		6.86	1.86		4	368
2	Ken Forsch	R		4.0	4	1	1	4	1	0		3.97	2.12		7	316
3	Joe Sambito	L		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.08	1.08		8	82
Totals				0.0

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

Los Angeles Dodgers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Don Sutton	R	W 2-1	9.0	8	3	3	3	0	1		6.85	1.66		4	439
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Don Sutton (0-0-0)