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Houston Astros 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

August 20,1978

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (56-68)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (60-62)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Three Rivers Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

0

Time of Game

2:45

Umpires

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

Houston Astros 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 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	56-68		0	0	0		2	2	0		0	2	0			6	11	1		6	10	20	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	60-62		2	0	3		1	0	1		0	0	x			7	14	3		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	22.043	L	4	0	1	0		1	0	.296		115	175
2	Julio Gonzalez	2b	25.238	R	5	1	0	0		0	2	.232		50	160
3	Enos Cabell	1b	28.316	R	4	0	2	1		1	0	.288		123	649
4	Art Howe	3b	31.248	R	5	1	2	1		0	1	.288		108	346
5	Jesus Alou	lf	36.149	R	3	1	1	0		0	0	.330		58	1314
	Wilbur Howard	ph	29.224	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.246		65	447
	Reggie Baldwin	ph	24.001	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.241		28	28
6	Jose Cruz	rf	31.012	L	4	1	2	1		0	0	.298		117	971
7	Bruce Bochy	c	23.126	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.258		22	22
8	Jimmy Sexton	ss	26.248	R	3	1	1	0		1	1	.167		64	78
9	Tom Dixon	p	23.119	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.111		25	34
	Rafael Landestoy	ph	25.084	B	0	1	0	0		1	0	.250		29	44
	Denny Walling	lf	24.125	L	2	0	0	1		0	0	.234		88	103
Totals

Errors: Bruce Bochy

2B: Jose Cruz (23)

RBI: Enos Cabell (54), Art Howe (49), Jose Cruz (65), Bruce Bochy (3), Denny Walling (18)

SB: Jose Cruz (25), Jimmy Sexton (7)

CS: Enos Cabell (12)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Frank Taveras	ss	28.239	R	5	2	4	1		0	0	.279		118	674
2	Omar Moreno	cf	25.300	L	2	0	1	1		0	0	.233		115	319
3	Dave Parker	rf	27.072	L	4	2	2	1		0	1	.306		108	680
4	Willie Stargell	1b	38.167	L	4	1	3	3		0	0	.287		88	1977
5	Ed Ott	lf-c	27.040	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.245		81	224
6	Phil Garner	2b	29.112	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.262		114	625
7	Manny Sanguillen	c	34.152	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.250		74	1328
	Steve Brye	lf	29.197	R	2	1	2	0		0	0	.229		58	689
8	Dale Berra	3b	21.250	R	4	1	2	1		0	1	.151		17	34
9	Jim Rooker	p	35.331	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.191		25	294
	Kent Tekulve	p	31.168	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.118		69	247
Totals

Errors: Ed Ott 2, Kent Tekulve

2B: Frank Taveras (27), Dave Parker (21)

HR: Willie Stargell (17), Dale Berra (1)

RBI: Frank Taveras (32), Omar Moreno (22), Dave Parker (81), Willie Stargell 3 (59), Dale Berra (3)

SH: Omar Moreno (10)

SF: Omar Moreno (2)

GDP: Ed Ott (5)

SB: Frank Taveras (32), Dave Parker (14)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tom Dixon	R	L 6-10	3.2	9	6	6	0	2	2		3.90	1.31		25	34
2	Rick Williams	R		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.45	1.52		15	15
3	Joaquin Andujar	R		2.0	4	1	1	0	2	0		2.99	1.22		22	76
4	Ken Forsch	R		2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		3.16	1.50		44	353
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tom Dixon (0-0-0), Rick Williams (0-0-0), Joaquin Andujar (0-0-0), Ken Forsch (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Rooker	L	W 8-8	5.2	8	2	2	4	2	0		4.39	1.40		23	291
2	Kent Tekulve	R	SV 23	3.1	3	1	1	0	2	0		1.97	1.25		69	247
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Rooker (0-0-0), Kent Tekulve (0-0-0)