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Houston Astros 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 6

August 18,1978

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (56-65)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (57-62)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Three Rivers Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

8,632

Time of Game

2:39

Umpires

[HP]: Bruce Froemming [1B]: Eric Gregg [2B]: Bill Williams [3B]: Dick Stello

Houston Astros 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 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
Houston Astros	HOU	56-65		0	0	1		1	0	1		0	0	0			3	13	0		5	9	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	57-62		2	2	0		1	1	0		0	0	x			6	11	0		3	7	16	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	cf	22.041	L	5	0	2	1		0	0	.297		113	173
2	Julio Gonzalez	2b	25.236	R	5	0	2	0		0	1	.233		48	158
3	Enos Cabell	1b	28.314	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.285		121	647
4	Jose Cruz	rf	31.010	L	4	2	2	1		0	0	.299		115	969
5	Art Howe	3b	31.246	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.289		106	344
6	Denny Walling	lf	24.123	L	3	0	3	1		0	0	.242		86	101
7	Bruce Bochy	c	23.124	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.241		21	21
8	Jimmy Sexton	ss	26.246	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.157		62	76
	Rafael Landestoy	ph	25.082	B	1	1	1	0		0	0	.253		27	42
	Rick Williams	p	25.282	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		13	13
	Reggie Baldwin	ph	23.364	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.246		27	27
	Jesus Alou	ph	36.147	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.333		56	1312
Totals

2B: Art Howe (31)

3B: Rafael Landestoy (1)

HR: Jose Cruz (9)

RBI: Terry Puhl (26), Jose Cruz (63), Denny Walling (17)

SF: Denny Walling (2)

GDP: Enos Cabell (9), Bruce Bochy (5)

SB: Denny Walling (6)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Frank Taveras	ss	28.237	R	4	2	1	0		0	0	.272		116	672
2	Omar Moreno	cf	25.298	L	4	2	1	1		1	1	.233		113	317
3	Dave Parker	rf	27.070	L	5	0	3	2		0	0	.307		106	678
4	Willie Stargell	1b	38.165	L	4	0	1	1		0	0	.280		87	1976
5	Ed Ott	lf	27.038	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.249		80	223
6	Phil Garner	2b	29.110	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.261		112	623
7	Manny Sanguillen	c	34.150	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.258		72	1326
8	Dale Berra	3b	21.248	R	3	0	1	1		1	0	.109		15	32
9	Jim Bibby	p	33.293	R	3	1	1	1		0	2	.143		26	74
	Kent Tekulve	p	31.166	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.133		67	245
Totals

2B: Dave Parker (20), Manny Sanguillen (4)

3B: Omar Moreno (5)

HR: Jim Bibby (1)

RBI: Omar Moreno (21), Dave Parker 2 (80), Willie Stargell (56), Dale Berra (2), Jim Bibby (2)

HBP: Frank Taveras (5)

SB: Frank Taveras 2 (28), Phil Garner (18)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Vern Ruhle	R	L 2-1	2.0	5	4	4	2	1	0		2.01	1.12		5	88
2	Rick Williams	R		3.0	4	2	2	0	2	1		4.65	1.58		13	13
3	Joaquin Andujar	R		3.0	2	0	0	1	0	0		2.98	1.22		20	74
Totals				0.0

HB: Vern Ruhle (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Vern Ruhle (0-0-0), Rick Williams (0-0-0), Joaquin Andujar (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Bibby	R	W 6-7	5.0	10	3	3	0	4	1		4.03	1.37		28	214
2	Ed Whitson	R		1.1	2	0	0	2	0	0		2.98	1.38		30	35
3	Grant Jackson	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.67	1.65		47	479
4	Kent Tekulve	R	SV 21	2.1	1	0	0	0	1	0		1.96	1.26		67	245
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Bibby (0-0-0), Ed Whitson (0-0-0), Grant Jackson (0-0-0), Kent Tekulve (0-0-0)