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After being blanked for eight innings, the Giants erupted for three runs in the ninth to capture a 3-2 decision from the Astros. The rally began when Jack Clark and Larry Herndon drew one-out walks and a single by Marc Hill scored Clark. San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 2Game Played on Tuesday, May 23, 1978 (Night game) at Candlestick ParkAstros 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0
Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 8 0
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Puhl lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .326 Madlock 2b 5 0 1 1 0 0 .309
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .273 Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .289
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .285 Evans 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .256
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .290 McCovey 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .207
Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clark rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .315
Ferguson c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .231 Herndon cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .271
Cruz rf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .285 Hill c 2 0 2 1 2 0 .208
Gonzalez 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .313 Sadek pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .278
Metzger ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .242 LeMaster ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Dixon p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Harris ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .030
Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blue p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .227
Ivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .351
Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Heintzelman ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .222
Totals 31 2 6 2 2 7 Totals 32 3 8 3 4 5
Time of Game: 2:12 Attendance: 11,120
Left on Base: Astros 6, Giants 8
DP: Astros 1, Giants 0
Doubles: Cabell (4), Clark (12), McCovey (6), Hill (4)
Stolen Bases: Puhl (7), Cedeno 2 (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Dixon (1), Metzger (2), LeMaster (6)
GIDP: LeMaster (1)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Dixon 7 5 0 0 2 4 0 27 1.90
Sambito L(2-2) 1.2 3 3 3 2 1 0 10 3.04
Totals 8.2 8 3 3 4 5 0 37
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blue 7 6 2 2 2 5 0 29 2.86
Moffitt W(3-1) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 2.74
Totals 9 6 2 2 2 7 0 35
Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer
ASTROS 1ST: Puhl was called out on strikes; Cabell struck out;
Cedeno grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Giants 0.
GIANTS 1ST: Madlock grounded out (second to first); Whitfield
flied out to left; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Watson flied out to right; Ferguson walked; Cruz
struck out; Gonzalez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 0, Giants 0.
GIANTS 2ND: McCovey singled; Clark doubled to right [McCovey to
third]; Herndon grounded out (first unassisted); Hill walked;
LeMaster grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Hill out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0,
Giants 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Metzger flied out to right; Dixon grounded out
(first to pitcher); Puhl singled to left; Puhl stole second;
Cabell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 0, Giants 0.
GIANTS 3RD: Blue struck out; Madlock made an out to shortstop;
Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Giants 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno singled to right; Cedeno stole second; Watson
walked; Cedeno stole third; Ferguson struck out; Cruz forced
Watson (third to second) [Cedeno scored]; Gonzalez grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 4TH: Evans flied to right in foul territory; McCovey
struck out; Clark singled to center; Herndon forced Clark
(second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Metzger singled; Dixon out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Metzger to second]; Puhl flied out to left;
Cabell doubled [Metzger scored]; Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 5TH: Hill walked; LeMaster out on a sacrifice bunt (third
to first) [Hill to second]; Blue struck out; Madlock flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Watson flied out to right; Ferguson grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cruz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 6TH: Whitfield struck out; Evans flied out to right;
McCovey doubled to center; Clark flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
ASTROS 7TH: HARRIS REPLACED LEMASTER (PLAYING SS); Gonzalez
singled to right; Metzger out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Gonzalez to second]; Dixon reached on a fielder's
choice [Gonzalez out at third (pitcher to shortstop to third)];
Puhl singled to second [Dixon to second]; Cabell was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 7TH: Herndon flied out to right; Hill doubled to center;
Harris flied out to right [Hill to third]; IVIE BATTED FOR BLUE;
Ivie flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2,
Giants 0.
ASTROS 8TH: MOFFITT REPLACED IVIE (PITCHING); Cedeno flied out
to center; Watson was called out on strikes; Ferguson struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 8TH: SAMBITO REPLACED WATSON (PITCHING); BERGMAN REPLACED
DIXON (PLAYING 1B); Madlock grounded out (second to first);
Whitfield grounded out (second to first); Evans was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
ASTROS 9TH: Cruz flied out to left; Gonzalez flied out to left;
Metzger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 9TH: McCovey flied out to left; Clark walked; Herndon
walked [Clark to second]; Hill singled to center [Clark scored,
Herndon to second]; SADEK RAN FOR HILL; Harris popped to catcher
in foul territory; HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR MOFFITT; Heintzelman
singled to left [Herndon scored, Sadek to second]; Madlock
singled to center [Sadek scored, Heintzelman to second]; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 3.
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