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Joe Sambito allowed only one hit in four innings of relief and saved the victory for Joe Niekro as the Astros defeated the Mets, 7-4. Niekro was tagged for 10 hits before being lifted after Joel Youngblood doubled and scored on a single by Doug Flynn with none out in the sixth. Houston Astros 7, New York Mets 4Game Played on Saturday, May 13, 1978 (Day game) at Shea StadiumAstros 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 13 1
Mets 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 11 4
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Puhl lf 5 2 3 1 0 1 .296 Randle 3b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .183
Cabell 3b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .250 Maddox rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .277 Metzger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cruz rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Valentine ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
Watson 1b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .272 Mazzilli cf 4 1 2 0 1 2 .306
Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Montanez 1b 5 1 2 1 0 2 .209
Howe 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .269 S. Henderson lf 2 0 1 1 0 1 .232
Ferguson c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .226 Cornejo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Metzger ss 3 1 2 0 1 0 .243 Kranepool ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .185
Niekro p 3 1 1 1 0 0 .273 Siebert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grieve lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .250
Stearns c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .240
Youngblood 2b 4 1 3 0 0 0 .321
Flynn ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .244
Bruhert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Boisclair ph,lf,rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .197
Totals 37 7 13 7 2 3 Totals 36 4 11 4 5 9
Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 19,838
Left on Base: Astros 7, Mets 10
DP: Astros 2, Mets 2
Errors: Metzger, Montanez, Youngblood, Bruhert 2
Doubles: Cedeno (7), Metzger (3), Cabell (3), Ferguson (3), Youngblood (3)
Triples: Youngblood (1)
Stolen Bases: Cabell (4), Randle (5)
Caught Stealing: Cedeno (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Cabell (1), Sambito (1)
GIDP: Howe (2), Flynn (5)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Niekro W(2-4) 5 10 4 4 3 4 0 26 6.94
Sambito SV(2) 4 1 0 0 2 5 0 15 1.29
Totals 9 11 4 4 5 9 0 41
Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Bruhert L(1-3) 3 10 7 6 0 1 0 18 3.31
Cornejo 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 4.09
Siebert 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 1.42
Metzger 2.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 7.64
Totals 9 13 7 6 2 3 0 41
Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Charlie Williams, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Paul Pryor
ASTROS 1ST: Puhl singled to left; Puhl was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Bruhert [Puhl to third]; Cabell singled
to right [Puhl scored]; Cabell stole second; Cedeno doubled to
left [Cabell scored]; Cruz reached on an error by Youngblood
[Cedeno to third, Cruz to first]; Watson struck out; Cedeno was
caught stealing home (catcher to second to catcher) [Cruz out at
third (catcher to shortstop)]; 2 R, 3 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2,
Mets 0.
METS 1ST: Randle singled to second; Randle stole second; Maddox
struck out; Mazzilli walked; Montanez lined into a double play
(first unassisted) [Mazzilli out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Astros 2, Mets 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Howe grounded out (second to first); Ferguson
singled to center; Metzger doubled to right [Ferguson to third];
Niekro singled to center [Ferguson scored, Metzger to third];
Puhl singled to left [Metzger scored, Niekro to second]; Cabell
doubled to right [Niekro scored, Puhl scored, Cabell out at
third (right to shortstop to third to shortstop)]; Cedeno
grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros
6, Mets 0.
METS 2ND: S. Henderson struck out; Stearns flied out to right;
Youngblood tripled to center; Flynn flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Cruz flied out to center; Watson grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); Howe reached on an error by
Bruhert [Howe to second]; Ferguson doubled to right [Howe scored
(unearned)]; Metzger singled to second [Ferguson stayed at
second]; Niekro forced Metzger (second to shortstop); 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 7, Mets 0.
METS 3RD: BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR BRUHERT; Boisclair walked; Randle
was called out on strikes; Maddox flied out to left; Mazzilli
singled to right [Boisclair to third]; Montanez singled to
center [Boisclair scored, Mazzilli to third]; S. Henderson
singled to right [Mazzilli scored, Montanez to second]; Stearns
singled to left [Montanez scored, S. Henderson to second]; S.
Henderson was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); 3 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Mets 3.
ASTROS 4TH: BOISCLAIR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CORNEJO
REPLACED S. HENDERSON (PITCHING); Puhl grounded out (shortstop
to first); Cabell grounded out (third to first); Cedeno struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Mets 3.
METS 4TH: Youngblood singled to left; Flynn grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Youngblood out at
second]; Boisclair flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 7, Mets 3.
ASTROS 5TH: Cruz flied out to left; Watson singled to center;
Howe grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Watson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Mets 3.
METS 5TH: Randle reached on an error by Metzger [Randle to
first]; Maddox popped to first in foul territory; Mazzilli
singled to left [Randle to second]; Montanez struck out;
KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR CORNEJO; Kranepool walked [Randle to third,
Mazzilli to second]; Stearns popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Astros 7, Mets 3.
ASTROS 6TH: SIEBERT REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PITCHING); Ferguson
grounded out (third to first); Metzger popped to second in foul
territory; Niekro flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 7, Mets 3.
METS 6TH: Youngblood doubled to center; Flynn singled to center
[Youngblood scored]; SAMBITO REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING);
Boisclair struck out; Randle struck out; Maddox popped to first
in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Mets 4.
ASTROS 7TH: Puhl singled to right; Cabell out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Puhl to second]; Cedeno walked; Cruz
reached on an error by Montanez [Puhl to third, Cedeno to
second, Cruz to first]; METZGER REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING);
GRIEVE REPLACED SIEBERT (PLAYING LF); BOISCLAIR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Watson popped to first in foul
territory; Howe forced Puhl (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3
LOB. Astros 7, Mets 4.
METS 7TH: Mazzilli struck out; Montanez was called out on
strikes; Grieve walked; Stearns grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Mets 4.
ASTROS 8TH: Ferguson flied out to right; Metzger walked; Sambito
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Metzger to second];
Puhl was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 7,
Mets 4.
METS 8TH: Youngblood flied out to center; Flynn flied out to
center; Boisclair popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Mets 4.
ASTROS 9TH: Cabell flied out to right; Cedeno flied out to
right; Cruz singled to center; Watson flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Mets 4.
METS 9TH: BERGMAN REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING 1B); Randle grounded
out (pitcher to first); VALENTINE BATTED FOR METZGER; Valentine
walked; Mazzilli struck out; Montanez singled to left [Valentine
to second]; Grieve flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 7, Mets 4.
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