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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

21,851

Time of Game

2:27

Umpires

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

Houston Astros 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 3

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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	1		0	0	0		0	0	0			1	9	1		6	10	20	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	60-62		0	0	0		2	0	1		0	0	x			3	9	1		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	1	0	0		0	1	.294		116	176
2	Julio Gonzalez	2b	25.238	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.239		51	161
3	Enos Cabell	1b	28.316	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.290		124	650
4	Art Howe	3b	31.248	R	4	0	2	1		0	0	.290		109	347
5	Jesus Alou	lf	36.149	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.336		59	1315
6	Jose Cruz	rf	31.012	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.295		118	972
7	Jimmy Sexton	ss	26.248	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.170		65	79
8	Luis Pujols	c	22.275	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.127		39	45
9	Joe Niekro	p	33.286	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.191		25	379
	Rafael Landestoy	ph	25.084	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.247		30	45
Totals

Errors: Luis Pujols

RBI: Art Howe (50)

GDP: Enos Cabell (10)

SB: Jimmy Sexton (8)

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	4	0	0	0		0	1	.276		119	675
2	Omar Moreno	cf	25.300	L	3	0	0	0		1	1	.231		116	320
3	Dave Parker	rf	27.072	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.305		109	681
4	John Milner	1b	28.235	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.290		82	823
5	Ed Ott	lf	27.040	L	4	2	3	2		0	1	.253		82	225
6	Phil Garner	2b	29.112	R	3	1	2	0		1	0	.265		115	626
7	Dale Berra	3b	21.250	R	3	0	1	0		1	2	.161		18	35
8	Duffy Dyer	c	33.005	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.222		49	635
9	Jerry Reuss	p	29.062	L	4	0	1	0		0	2	.176		16	271
Totals

Errors: Frank Taveras

2B: John Milner (14), Ed Ott (10)

HR: Ed Ott 2 (8)

RBI: Ed Ott 2 (27)

SB: Omar Moreno (51), Phil Garner 2 (20), Dale Berra (2), Duffy Dyer (2)

CS: Dave Parker (6)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R	L 10-10	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	2		4.20	1.34		27	391
2	Joe Sambito	L		2.0	2	0	0	2	5	0		2.66	1.30		49	123
Totals				0.0

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

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jerry Reuss	L	W 1-2	9.0	9	0	0	0	4	0		5.84	1.70		18	279
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jerry Reuss (0-0-0)