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Saturday July 8, 1978
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Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Houston Astros 5 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, July 8, 1978 (Night game) at Astrodome

Dodgers      1  0  0    0  3  3    0  0  0  -   7  7  2
Astros       0  0  0    1  4  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  2


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   1   2   1     1   0   .304      Landestoy ss          5   1   1   0     0   2   .250
Russell ss            5   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Puhl cf               5   1   1   1     0   0   .304
Garvey 1b             1   0   0   1     0   0   .297      Cabell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .297
  Smith rf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .305      Cruz rf               4   2   2   0     0   0   .282
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   2   .266      Watson 1b             4   0   2   2     0   0   .295
  Martinez 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .238      Howe 2b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .275
Baker lf              4   2   1   0     0   0   .281      Howard lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Monday rf,1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Pujols c              4   1   2   0     0   2   .211
North cf              3   2   1   1     1   2   .264      Dixon p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Oates c               3   1   2   2     0   1   .400        Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  John p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .118        Baldwin ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Welch p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .500        Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Rautzhan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Alou ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .320
  Ferguson ph,c       1   0   0   1     0   1   .226        Sexton pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .164

Totals               33   7   7   6     2   7             Totals               37   5  11   4     0   4

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 37,073
Left on Base: Dodgers 4, Astros 6
DP: Dodgers 1, Astros 0
Errors: Cey, Welch, Landestoy, Watson
Doubles: Lopes (15), Pujols (3)
Triples: Watson (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Welch (2), Dixon (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Garvey (4), Ferguson (3)
GIDP: Howard (2)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Welch                   4.2   8   5   5   0   0   0  22   2.65
Rautzhan                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   1.35
John W(10-6)            4     2   0   0   0   4   0  14   3.80
Totals                  9    11   5   5   0   4   0  38

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dixon L(4-5)            5.1   7   7   4   1   4   0  26   2.67
Niekro                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.64
Forsch                  3     0   0   0   1   3   0  10   3.25
Totals                  9     7   7   4   2   7   0  38

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Charlie Williams


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to left; Russell grounded out (second
to first) [Lopes to third]; Garvey hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Lopes scored]; Cey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy flied out to center; Puhl grounded out
(third to first); Cabell grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday
grounded out (second to first); North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); Watson reached
on an error by Cey [Watson to first]; Howe flied out to right;
Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Oates struck out; Welch struck out; Lopes flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Pujols doubled to center; Dixon out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Pujols to third]; Landestoy flied out
to left; Puhl made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Russell made an out to shortstop; Garvey grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cey lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Cabell flied out to right; Cruz singled to
center; Steve Garvey hit in mouth with pick-off throw;
SMITH REPLACED GARVEY (PLAYING RF); MONDAY CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 1B); Watson singled to left [Cruz to second]; Howe
singled to left [Cruz scored, Watson to second]; Howard grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [Howe out at second]; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Baker reached on an error by Landestoy [Baker to
second]; Monday flied out to left; North singled to center
[Baker scored (unearned)]; Oates singled to right [North to
second]; Welch reached on an error by Watson on a sacrifice bunt
[North scored (unearned) (no RBI), Oates to third, Welch to
first]; Lopes singled to center [Oates scored (unearned), Welch
to second]; Russell made an out to second; Smith grounded out
(second to first); 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 4,
Astros 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Pujols singled to third; Dixon flied out to center;
Landestoy singled to right [Pujols to second]; Puhl singled to
right [Pujols scored, Landestoy scored (error by Welch) (no
RBI)]; Cabell lined to shortstop; Cruz singled to right [Puhl to
third]; RAUTZHAN REPLACED WELCH (PITCHING); Watson tripled to
left [Puhl scored, Cruz scored]; Howe grounded out (third to
first); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 4, Astros 5.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey flied out to right; Baker singled to center;
Monday singled to right [Baker to second]; North walked [Baker
to third, Monday to second]; Oates singled to right [Baker
scored, Monday scored, North to third]; FERGUSON BATTED FOR
RAUTZHAN; NIEKRO REPLACED DIXON (PITCHING); Ferguson hit a
sacrifice fly to right [North scored]; Lopes flied out to right;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 5.

ASTROS 6TH: FERGUSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); JOHN REPLACED
OATES (PITCHING); Howard grounded out (second to first); Pujols
struck out; BALDWIN BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Baldwin flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 5.

DODGERS 7TH: FORSCH REPLACED BALDWIN (PITCHING); Russell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith flied out to center;
Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 5.

ASTROS 7TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED CEY (PLAYING 3B); Landestoy struck
out; Puhl grounded out (pitcher to first); Cabell flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 5.

DODGERS 8TH: Baker flied out to right; Monday grounded out
(second to first); North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 7, Astros 5.

ASTROS 8TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson flied
out to center; Howe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 5.

DODGERS 9TH: John grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first);
Ferguson struck out; Lopes walked; Russell forced Lopes
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros
5.

ASTROS 9TH: Howard singled to left; Pujols struck out; ALOU
BATTED FOR FORSCH; Alou singled to right [Howard to second];
SEXTON RAN FOR ALOU; Landestoy struck out; Puhl grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 7, Astros 5.



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