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Unleashing a 17-hit barrage, the Giants coasted to an 8-1 victory over the Astros. Ed Halicki helped his own cause by delivering a two-out bases-loaded single to break a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning. Jack Clark had two hits to stretch his hitting streak to 19 games. The fourth, fifth and sixth spots in the Giants' batting order accounted for nine hits in nine at-bats. [The Sporting News] San Francisco Giants 8, Houston Astros 1Game Played on Monday, May 29, 1978 (Night game) at AstrodomeGiants 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 - 8 17 0
Astros 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0
Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Madlock 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .287 Puhl lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .325
Evans 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .266 Cabell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .281
Clark rf 5 1 2 1 0 1 .335 Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .277
McCovey 1b 3 1 3 0 0 0 .223 Cruz rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .296
Whitfield lf 2 2 2 0 0 0 .298 Watson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271
Ivie lf,1b 4 1 4 2 1 0 .391 Howe 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .279
Herndon cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .265 Ferguson c 2 0 1 0 0 1 .224
LeMaster ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Herrmann c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .097
Sadek c 4 0 0 0 1 0 .250 Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Halicki p 4 1 2 2 0 2 .167 Bannister p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .111
Walling ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226
Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Baldwin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Totals 42 8 17 8 2 6 Totals 34 1 7 1 0 3
Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 10,012
Left on Base: Giants 9, Astros 6
DP: Giants 0, Astros 0
Doubles: Evans (8), Whitfield (8), Cabell (5)
Triples: Ivie (1)
Home Runs: Madlock (5)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno (19)
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Halicki W(2-0) 9 7 1 1 0 3 0 34 1.74
Totals 9 7 1 1 0 3 0 34
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Bannister L(1-3) 5 9 4 4 2 4 1 25 2.68
Niekro 2 4 2 2 0 1 0 9 8.10
Forsch 2 4 2 2 0 1 0 10 3.48
Totals 9 17 8 8 2 6 1 44
Wild Pitches: Niekro (1)
Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming
GIANTS 1ST: Madlock homered; Evans flied out to right; Clark
struck out; McCovey singled to center; Ivie singled to center
[McCovey to second]; Herndon struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Puhl made an out to first; Cabell doubled to center;
Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Cruz singled to right
[Cabell scored]; Watson flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 1.
GIANTS 2ND: LeMaster made an out to first; Sadek flied out to
left; Halicki struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1,
Astros 1.
ASTROS 2ND: Howe struck out; Ferguson struck out; Metzger made
an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 1.
GIANTS 3RD: Madlock flied out to center; Evans flied out to
center; Clark made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 1.
ASTROS 3RD: Bannister singled; Puhl flied out to right; Cabell
forced Bannister (shortstop to second); Cedeno singled [Cabell
to third]; Cruz grounded out (first to second to pitcher); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 1.
GIANTS 4TH: McCovey singled to center; Ivie singled [McCovey to
second]; Herndon popped to first in foul territory; LeMaster
struck out; Sadek walked [McCovey to third, Ivie to second];
Halicki singled [McCovey scored, Ivie scored, Sadek to second];
Madlock forced Halicki (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Giants 3, Astros 1.
ASTROS 4TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Howe
grounded out (catcher to first); Ferguson singled; Metzger
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 3,
Astros 1.
GIANTS 5TH: Evans doubled to right; Clark singled to center
[Evans scored]; Joe Ferguson slight sprain on collision at
HP; Clark was out trying to advance to second (catcher to
shortstop); McCovey singled; Ivie walked [McCovey to second];
Herndon forced Ivie (shortstop to second) [McCovey to third];
LeMaster flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 4,
Astros 1.
ASTROS 5TH: WALLING BATTED FOR BANNISTER; Walling flied out to
center; Puhl grounded out (third to first); Cabell grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 1.
GIANTS 6TH: NIEKRO REPLACED WALLING (PITCHING); HERRMANN
REPLACED FERGUSON (PLAYING C ); Sadek flied out to left; Halicki
singled; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Halicki to second]; Madlock
struck out; Evans singled to center [Halicki scored, Evans out
at second (center to first to shortstop)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 5, Astros 1.
ASTROS 6TH: WHITFIELD REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING LF); IVIE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Cedeno singled to center; Cedeno
stole second; Cruz made an out to third; Watson grounded out
(second to first) [Cedeno to third]; Howe made an out to first;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 5, Astros 1.
GIANTS 7TH: Clark flied out to left; Whitfield doubled; Ivie
tripled [Whitfield scored]; Herndon grounded out (pitcher to
first); LeMaster made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Giants 6, Astros 1.
ASTROS 7TH: Herrmann flied out to right; Metzger flied out to
center; BALDWIN BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Baldwin grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 6, Astros 1.
GIANTS 8TH: FORSCH REPLACED BALDWIN (PITCHING); Sadek grounded
out (first to pitcher); Halicki struck out; Madlock grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 6, Astros 1.
ASTROS 8TH: Puhl singled to right; Cabell flied out to right;
Cedeno struck out; Cruz forced Puhl (shortstop unassisted); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 6, Astros 1.
GIANTS 9TH: Evans grounded out (second to first); Clark singled
to center; Whitfield singled to center [Clark to second]; Ivie
singled to right [Clark scored, Whitfield to third]; Herndon
singled to center [Whitfield scored, Ivie to second]; LeMaster
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Ivie to third,
Herndon to second]; Sadek grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 8, Astros 1.
ASTROS 9TH: Watson flied out to right; Howe grounded out (third
to first); Herrmann grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Giants 8, Astros 1.
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