Philadelphia Phillies 8, Houston Astros 5

Game Played on Thursday, May 18, 1978 (Night game) at Astrodome

Phillies     4  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   8 16  1
Astros       0  0  3    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   5  9  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            5   1   2   0     0   1   .284      Puhl lf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .310
Bowa ss               5   2   2   0     0   0   .287      Cabell 3b             3   1   0   0     0   0   .243
Schmidt 3b            5   1   2   2     0   2   .296      Cedeno cf             3   1   2   1     0   0   .288
Johnstone lf          4   2   4   1     0   0   .267      Cruz rf               4   0   1   2     0   1   .269
  Cardenal ph,1b      1   1   1   0     0   0   .381      Watson 1b             4   0   2   2     0   0   .291
Hebner 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Howe 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .274
  Martin ph,lf        1   1   1   3     0   0   .250      Herrmann c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .125
Maddox cf             5   0   1   0     0   2   .275      Metzger ss            4   1   1   0     0   1   .247
Boone c               5   0   3   2     0   0   .266      Niekro p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Morrison 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .174        Forsch p            2   1   1   0     0   0   .200
  Luzinski ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .271        Howard ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
  Harrelson 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .278        Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Christenson p         3   0   0   0     0   2   .176        Walling ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Garber p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               43   8  16   8     0   8             Totals               34   5   9   5     0   3

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 10,828
Left on Base: Phillies 8, Astros 4
DP: Phillies 0, Astros 0
Errors: Boone
Doubles: Schmidt 2 (8), Johnstone (2)
Home Runs: Martin (2)
Stolen Bases: McBride (5), Cedeno (15)
Sacrifice Hits: Cedeno (2)
Hit by Pitch: Cabell (1,by Garber)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson             5.1   7   4   4   0   2   0  23   4.96
Garber W(2-0)           3.2   2   1   1   0   1   0  13   1.31
Totals                  9     9   5   5   0   3   0  36

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro                  0     4   4   4   0   0   0   4   7.97
Forsch                  7     9   1   1   0   4   0  30   3.33
Sambito L(2-1)          2     3   3   3   0   4   1   9   2.25
Totals                  9    16   8   8   0   8   1  43

Hit by Pitch: Garber (2)

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - Bill Williams


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride singled to right; Bowa singled to center
[McBride to third]; Schmidt doubled to right [McBride scored,
Bowa scored]; Johnstone singled to center [Schmidt scored];
FORSCH REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Hebner flied out to left;
Maddox singled to left [Johnstone to second]; Boone singled to
left [Johnstone scored, Maddox to second]; Morrison forced Boone
(shortstop to second) [Maddox to third]; Christenson forced
Morrison (second unassisted); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Puhl flied out to left; Cabell flied out to center;
Cedeno popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Astros 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: McBride grounded out (third to first); Bowa
grounded out (first unassisted); Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz made an out to second; Watson flied out to
left; Howe flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
4, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Johnstone doubled to left; Hebner flied out to
center [Johnstone to third]; Maddox popped to shortstop; Boone
singled to left [Johnstone scored]; Morrison grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Herrmann singled to left; Metzger forced Herrmann
(first to shortstop); Forsch singled to center [Metzger to
second]; Puhl singled to center [Metzger to third, Forsch to
second]; Cabell popped to first in foul territory; Cedeno
singled to pitcher [Metzger scored, Forsch to third, Puhl to
second]; Cruz singled to center [Forsch scored, Puhl scored,
Cedeno to third]; Watson forced Cruz (second to shortstop); 3 R,
5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Christenson was called out on strikes; McBride
singled to left; McBride stole second; Bowa made an out to
first; Schmidt made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 5, Astros 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Howe made an out to second; Herrmann struck out;
Metzger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5,
Astros 3.

PHILLIES 5TH: Johnstone singled to center; Hebner flied out to
right; Maddox struck out; Boone singled to left [Johnstone to
second]; Morrison made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 5, Astros 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Forsch grounded out (third to first); Puhl grounded
out (third to first); Cabell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 3.

PHILLIES 6TH: Christenson struck out; McBride grounded out
(second to first); Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno singled to left; Cedeno stole second [Cedeno
to third (error by Boone)]; Cruz struck out; Watson singled to
left [Cedeno scored]; GARBER REPLACED CHRISTENSON (PITCHING);
Howe flied out to right; Herrmann grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt doubled to left; Johnstone singled to
right [Schmidt to third]; Hebner popped to shortstop; Maddox
popped to catcher in foul territory; Phillies manager Danny
Ozark protested game because the umpires returned Jay Johnstone
to 1B; Boone popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 5, Astros 4.

ASTROS 7TH: Metzger singled to pitcher; HOWARD BATTED FOR
FORSCH; Metzger was picked off first (catcher to first); Howard
grounded out (pitcher to first); Puhl grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: SAMBITO REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); LUZINSKI
BATTED FOR MORRISON; Luzinski flied out to right; Garber struck
out; McBride struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5,
Astros 4.

ASTROS 8TH: HARRELSON REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING 2B); Cabell was
hit by a pitch; Cedeno out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
unassisted) [Cabell to second]; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to
first); Watson singled to right [Cabell scored]; Howe forced
Watson (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5,
Astros 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: Bowa singled to left; Schmidt struck out; CARDENAL
BATTED FOR JOHNSTONE; Cardenal singled to left [Bowa to second];
MARTIN BATTED FOR HEBNER; Martin homered [Bowa scored, Cardenal
scored]; Maddox struck out; Boone flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 8, Astros 5.

ASTROS 9TH: MARTIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CARDENAL STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Herrmann grounded out (shortstop to
first); Metzger struck out; WALLING BATTED FOR SAMBITO; Walling
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
8, Astros 5.