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Ken Forsch

Game Log for 1978
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Apr 09 L, 3-9 at Reds Finish 1.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 HOU Apr 10 L, 2-5 vs Dodgers Finish 1.0 2 7 2 2 0 1 1 0 9.00 HOU Apr 12 W, 11-10 vs Dodgers Middle 0.1 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 11.57 HOU Apr 14 L, 4-8 vs Reds Middle 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.12 HOU Apr 20 L, 1-5 at Dodgers Finish 2.0 4 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 7.71 HOU Apr 21 W, 8-6 at Dodgers Finish 2.2 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.91 W (1-0) HOU Apr 23 L, 3-7 at Dodgers Middle 4.0 4 20 1 1 0 4 0 1 3.97 HOU Apr 30 L, 1-2 vs Expos Finish 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.65 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU May 03 L, 3-10 at Expos Middle 2.0 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.14 HOU May 06 L, 1-2 at Braves Finish 0.0 2 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 3.77 L (1-1) HOU May 12 W, 5-4 at Mets Middle 3.0 3 13 2 2 0 2 1 0 4.15 HOU May 18 L, 5-8 vs Phillies Middle 7.0 9 30 1 1 0 0 0 4 3.33 HOU May 21 L, 4-6 vs Braves Middle 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.20 HOU May 24 L, 0-2 at Giants Middle 2.0 1 9 2 0 0 0 1 1 2.96 L (1-2) HOU May 26 W, 5-4 vs Mets Finish 1 2.2 4 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.00 HOU May 27 L, 7-9 vs Mets Finish 1.2 3 9 1 1 0 0 1 1 3.13 HOU May 29 L, 1-8 vs Giants Finish 2.0 4 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 3.48 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jun 03 (1) W, 5-2 vs Cardinals Finish 2 2.2 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.22 HOU Jun 09 W, 11-7 at Cardinals Finish 3 1.2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.08 HOU Jun 11 L, 3-5 at Cardinals Finish 1.1 2 7 1 1 0 1 0 1 3.20 HOU Jun 13 W, 2-1 vs Pirates Middle 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.05 W (2-2) HOU Jun 16 L, 6-7 vs Cubs Middle 1.0 3 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.19 HOU Jun 21 L, 4-5 at Dodgers Middle 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.12 HOU Jun 24 L, 5-6 at Padres Finish 1.1 4 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.22 L (2-3) HOU Jun 25 (2) L, 4-7 at Padres Middle 0.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.18 HOU Jun 30 L, 2-5 vs Padres Finish 2.0 2 9 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.04 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Jul 01 (2) L, 3-9 vs Padres Finish 2.0 4 12 3 3 0 0 2 1 3.47 HOU Jul 07 L, 4-7 vs Dodgers Finish 1.0 2 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 3.58 HOU Jul 08 (1) L, 1-7 vs Dodgers Middle 2.0 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.44 HOU Jul 08 (2) L, 5-7 vs Dodgers Finish 3.0 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.25 HOU Jul 13 L, 0-6 at Expos Middle 1.1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.18 HOU Jul 14 (1) W, 4-3 at Expos Finish 2.0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.07 W (3-3) HOU Jul 14 (2) W, 5-4 at Expos Middle 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.97 W (4-3) HOU Jul 20 (2) L, 4-5 at Mets Middle 5.0 7 23 2 1 0 1 0 2 2.88 HOU Jul 22 L, 2-3 at Phillies Finish 0.1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3.00 L (4-4) HOU Jul 24 W, 6-5 vs Expos Finish 1.0 2 7 1 1 0 0 1 1 3.09 W (5-4) HOU Jul 25 W, 3-2 vs Expos Finish 5.0 4 22 1 1 0 1 2 1 3.00 W (6-4) HOU Jul 30 W, 4-3 vs Mets Middle 0.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.99 Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Aug 04 L, 2-7 at Braves Finish 2.0 3 11 1 1 0 2 0 2 3.03 HOU Aug 05 (1) W, 5-3 at Braves Finish 4 2.1 1 9 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.93 HOU Aug 09 W, 6-5 at Giants Finish 5 1.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.90 HOU Aug 15 L, 5-11 at Cardinals Middle 1.0 6 9 4 4 0 0 0 1 3.32 HOU Aug 17 (2) L, 2-3 at Pirates Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.24 HOU Aug 20 (1) L, 6-7 at Pirates Finish 2.0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.16 HOU Aug 23 W, 3-0 vs Cubs Start 7.0 4 26 0 0 0 2 0 5 2.91 W (7-4) HOU Aug 29 W, 6-3 vs Cardinals Start 1 9.0 9 36 3 3 1 1 0 7 2.92 W (8-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record HOU Sep 03 (1) L, 2-3 at Cubs Start 6.1 9 29 3 2 0 1 0 1 2.91 L (8-5) HOU Sep 08 W, 5-0 vs Dodgers Start 2 1 9.0 2 29 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.68 W (9-5) HOU Sep 13 L, 0-6 at Dodgers Start 3 8.0 12 37 6 6 1 0 1 4 2.95 L (9-6) HOU Sep 21 W, 2-0 vs Braves Start 4 2 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.75 W (10-6) HOU Sep 26 W, 2-0 at Braves Finish 6 1.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.73 HOU Sep 28 W, 4-3 at Braves Finish 7 1.1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.70

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter       4   2   2.05    6   6   4   0   0   2   48.1   41   189   12   11   2    6   1   32    4-2   3.00 runs/start
Middle relief    2   1   2.75   18   0   0   0   0   0   36.0   42   159   14   11   0    8   3   15    5-13
As closer        4   3   3.31   28   0   0  28   7   0   49.0   53   215   18   18   0   10   9   24   11-17

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              193   22   55   64   4   1   1   22   5   2   10   7   0   24   1  .285  .332  .340  .671
vs RHB              315   37   81   96   6   3   1   37   3   1   14   6   1   47   7  .257  .305  .300  .605

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             7   0   2.22   24   4   3  12   2   2   73.0   65   297   18   18   1    9   8   48   11-13  4.00 runs/start
Road             3   6   3.28   28   2   1  16   5   0   60.1   71   266   26   22   1   15   5   23    9-19  1.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              0   2   1.85   10   1   0   4   0   0   24.1   25   106    9    5   0    7   1    7    0-10  2.00 runs/start
Night           10   4   2.89   42   5   4  24   7   2  109.0  111   457   35   35   2   17  12   64   20-22  3.20 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            1   0   3.65    8   0   0   5   0   0   12.1   18    58    5    5   0    5   1    4    2-6 
May              0   2   3.38    9   0   0   4   1   0   21.1   27    97   10    8   0    5   3    9    2-7 
June             1   1   1.98    9   0   0   5   2   0   13.2   11    54    3    3   0    2   0    7    3-6 
July             4   1   2.88   12   0   0   7   0   0   25.0   26   112    9    8   0    3   8   12    5-7 
August           2   0   2.73    8   2   1   5   2   0   26.1   25   108    8    8   1    6   0   19    4-4   4.50 runs/start
September        2   2   2.08    6   4   3   2   2   2   34.2   29   134    9    8   1    3   1   20    4-2   2.25 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Braves           1   1   1.08    7   1   1   5   3   1   16.2   12    66    2    2   0    6   0   16    4-3   2.00 runs/start
Cardinals        1   0   4.60    5   1   1   3   2   0   15.2   17    65    8    8   1    2   0   11    3-2   6.00 runs/start
Cubs             1   1   1.88    3   2   0   0   0   0   14.1   16    61    4    3   0    3   0    6    1-2   2.50 runs/start
Dodgers          2   1   3.18   11   2   2   5   0   1   34.0   35   144   12   12   1    7   3   17    3-8   2.50 runs/start
Expos            4   0   1.26    7   0   0   4   0   0   14.1    9    58    2    2   0    2   4    6    4-3 
Giants           0   1   3.60    3   0   0   2   1   0    5.0    5    22    4    2   0    0   1    2    1-2 
Mets             0   0   3.55    5   0   0   2   1   0   12.2   18    58    6    5   0    3   2    3    3-2 
Padres           0   1   6.00    4   0   0   3   0   0    6.0   10    31    4    4   0    1   2    3    0-4 
Phillies         0   1   2.45    2   0   0   1   0   0    7.1   11    34    2    2   0    0   1    4    0-2 
Pirates          1   0   0.00    3   0   0   2   0   0    6.0    2    20    0    0   0    0   0    3    1-2 
Reds             0   0   0.00    2   0   0   1   0   0    1.1    1     4    0    0   0    0   0    0    0-2 

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