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Houston Astros 4 St. Louis Cardinals 2

August 16,1978

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (56-62)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (49-71)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

10,829

Time of Game

2:24

Umpires

[HP]: Jim Quick [1B]: Jerry Crawford [2B]: Doug Harvey [3B]: Andy Olsen

Houston Astros 4 St. Louis Cardinals 2

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3rd inning: S7.2-H;BX2(754) **Bob Watson pulled hamstring**
3rd inning: S7.2-H;BX2(754) **and removed on a stretcher**
8th inning: W **Catcher Simmons ejected by HP umpire Quick for arguing**
8th inning: W **ball 4 to Walling**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	56-62		0	0	3		0	0	0		0	1	0			4	9	0		5	8	17	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	49-71		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	2	0			2	6	1		6	12	23	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	22.039	L	4	1	2	0		1	0	.299		110	170
2	Julio Gonzalez	ss	25.234	R	5	0	1	0		0	1	.241		45	155
3	Enos Cabell	3b	28.312	R	4	0	0	1		1	0	.285		118	644
4	Jose Cruz	rf	31.008	L	4	2	2	0		0	1	.300		112	966
5	Bob Watson	1b	32.128	R	2	1	1	1		0	0	.296		115	1300
	Denny Walling	lf	24.121	L	1	0	1	0		1	0	.231		83	98
6	Art Howe	2b	31.244	R	4	0	2	2		0	0	.288		103	341
7	Dave Bergman	lf-1b	25.071	L	2	0	0	0		2	0	.245		79	91
8	Luis Pujols	c	22.271	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.130		35	41
9	Joe Niekro	p	33.282	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.200		24	378
Totals

2B: Terry Puhl (21), Bob Watson (25), Denny Walling (5)

RBI: Enos Cabell (52), Bob Watson (74), Art Howe 2 (48)

GDP: Bob Watson (14), Joe Niekro (1)

SB: Terry Puhl (22), Jose Cruz 3 (24)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Lou Brock	lf	39.059	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.218		76	2477
2	Garry Templeton	ss	22.145	B	4	0	1	0		0	2	.282		117	323
3	George Hendrick	cf	28.302	R	3	1	1	2		1	1	.274		101	899
4	Ted Simmons	c	29.007	B	3	0	0	0		0	0	.286		113	1257
	Steve Swisher	c	27.007	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.296		33	399
5	Keith Hernandez	1b	24.300	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.255		119	487
6	Jerry Mumphrey	rf	25.341	B	4	0	1	0		0	0	.240		88	361
7	Ken Reitz	3b	27.053	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.233		115	910
8	Mike Phillips	2b	27.362	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.272		50	512
9	Silvio Martinez	p	22.362	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.152		15	25
	Tony Scott	ph	26.332	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.236		68	284
	Mike Tyson	2b	28.215	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.244		99	743
Totals

Errors: Silvio Martinez

HR: George Hendrick (14)

RBI: George Hendrick 2 (48)

SB: Jerry Mumphrey (11)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R	W 10-9	9.0	6	2	2	1	5	1		4.18	1.34		26	390
Totals				0.0

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

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Silvio Martinez	R	L 6-6	5.0	6	3	3	3	3	0		3.07	1.31		16	26
2	Tom Bruno	R		2.1	3	1	1	2	0	0		1.20	1.13		5	29
3	Buddy Schultz	L		1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0		3.59	1.17		45	120
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Silvio Martinez (0-0-0), Tom Bruno (0-0-0), Buddy Schultz (0-0-0)