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August 8,1978

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (51-60)

Home Team

San Francisco Giants (67-46)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Candlestick Park

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

31,904

Time of Game

2:25

Umpires

[HP]: Andy Olsen [1B]: Jerry Dale [2B]: John McSherry [3B]: Paul Runge

Houston Astros 2 San Francisco Giants 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	51-60		1	0	0		0	0	0		1	0	0			2	11	0		6	10	20	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
San Francisco Giants	SFN	67-46		1	0	2		0	0	0		0	0	x			3	7	0		1	1	2	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	22.031	L	4	1	4	1		1	0	.292		103	163
2	Julio Gonzalez	2b	25.226	R	5	0	1	0		0	1	.250		38	148
3	Enos Cabell	3b	28.304	R	5	0	1	0		0	1	.286		111	637
4	Jose Cruz	rf	31.000	L	4	0	3	1		0	0	.299		105	959
5	Bob Watson	1b	32.120	R	3	0	1	0		1	1	.298		108	1293
6	Dave Bergman	lf	25.063	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.237		72	84
	Wilbur Howard	ph-lf	29.212	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.239		61	443
7	Bruce Bochy	c	23.114	R	2	1	0	0		1	2	.229		13	13
	Jesus Alou	ph	36.137	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.343		53	1309
8	Jimmy Sexton	ss	26.236	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.170		56	70
9	Tom Dixon	p	23.107	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.129		23	32
	Denny Walling	ph	24.113	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.227		77	92
	Rafael Landestoy	ph	25.072	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.250		24	39
Totals

2B: Terry Puhl (18), Jose Cruz (20)

RBI: Terry Puhl (23), Jose Cruz (59)

GDP: Julio Gonzalez 2 (4)

SB: Jose Cruz (19)

San Francisco Giants - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Madlock	2b	27.208	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.309		85	646
2	Terry Whitfield	lf	25.208	L	3	1	1	0		0	0	.311		107	252
3	Jack Clark	rf	22.271	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.302		109	279
4	Willie McCovey	1b	40.210	L	2	0	0	0		2	0	.222		91	2401
5	Darrell Evans	3b	31.074	L	4	0	2	2		0	0	.262		110	1098
6	Larry Herndon	cf	24.278	R	3	0	0	0		1	2	.284		110	286
7	Roger Metzger	ss	30.302	B	3	0	0	0		0	0	.264		85	1055
8	John Tamargo	c	26.274	B	3	0	1	0		0	0	.303		17	31
9	John Montefusco	p	28.075	R	1	0	0	0		1	0	.073		26	131
	Rob Andrews	ph-2b	25.240	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.246		51	390
Totals

HR: Bill Madlock (10)

RBI: Bill Madlock (31), Darrell Evans 2 (51)

SH: Terry Whitfield (14)

GDP: Roger Metzger (12)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tom Dixon	R	L 5-9	6.0	5	3	3	4	1	1		3.86	1.31		23	32
2	Joe Sambito	L		2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0		2.89	1.32		45	119
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tom Dixon (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0)

San Francisco Giants - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	John Montefusco	R	W 9-4	7.0	7	2	2	4	6	0		3.72	1.26		26	131
2	Gary Lavelle	L		1.2	4	0	0	0	1	0		3.14	1.48		49	262
3	Randy Moffitt	R	SV 9	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0		3.20	1.31		53	391
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: John Montefusco (0-0-0), Gary Lavelle (0-0-0), Randy Moffitt (0-0-0)