New York Mets 5, Houston Astros 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Thursday, July 20, 1978 (Day game) at Shea Stadium

Astros       0  0  0    2  0  1    1  0  0    0  0  -   4  6  1
Mets         0  0  0    2  0  1    0  1  0    0  1  -   5 18  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mets                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Landestoy ss          5   0   0   0     0   3   .265      Randle 3b             6   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Puhl cf               4   0   0   0     1   2   .292      Valentine 2b          2   0   1   0     1   0   .273
Cabell 3b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .286        Kranepool ph        1   0   0   1     0   0   .241
Cruz rf               4   0   2   0     1   0   .280        Foli ss             2   1   1   0     0   0   .239
Watson 1b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Mazzilli cf           5   0   2   0     1   1   .268
xHowe 2b              4   2   2   2     0   0   .000      Montanez 1b           6   1   2   1     0   0   .266
Bergman lf            5   0   0   0     0   2   .237      S. Henderson lf       5   1   2   0     0   0   .262
Bochy c               3   1   1   1     1   1   .500        Murray p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ruhle p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Youngblood ph       1   0   1   1     0   0   .252
  McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hodges c              5   0   3   0     0   0   .253
  Walling ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .228      Boisclair rf,lf       5   1   2   1     0   2   .247
  Forsch p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Flynn ss,2b           4   0   1   1     1   0   .252
  Howard ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Bernard p             1   0   0   0     1   1   .000
  Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kobel p             1   1   1   0     0   0   .222
                                                            Maddox ph,rf        2   0   1   0     0   0   .276

Totals               37   4   6   3     5   9             Totals               46   5  18   5     4   4

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 13,341
Left on Base: Astros 6, Mets 14
DP: Astros 2, Mets 1
Errors: Bochy, Hodges
Doubles: Cabell (17), Valentine (3), Randle (13), S. Henderson (17), Boisclair (4), Flynn (7), Youngblood (5)
Home Runs: Howe 2 (6), Bochy (1)
Stolen Bases: Randle (10)
Caught Stealing: Puhl (9)
GIDP: Watson (10), Flynn (11)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle                   3.1   7   2   2   2   1   0  18   5.40
McLaughlin              0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.05
Forsch                  5     7   2   1   1   2   0  23   2.88
Sambito L(3-6)          1.1   3   1   1   0   1   0   6   3.24
Totals                 10.1  18   5   4   4   4   0  50

Mets                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bernard                 4     3   2   2   5   4   1  18   3.09
Kobel                   4     2   2   2   0   2   2  14   2.27
Murray W(5-4)           3     1   0   0   0   3   0  11   4.41
Totals                 11     6   4   4   5   9   3  43

Balks: Ruhle (1)

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


ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy struck out; Puhl struck out; Cabell
doubled to right; Cruz walked; Watson flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Mets 0.

METS 1ST: Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Valentine
doubled to right; Ruhle balked [Valentine to third]; Mazzilli
grounded out (first to second); Montanez flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Mets 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Howe flied out to right; Bergman struck out; Bochy
made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Mets 0.

METS 2ND: S. Henderson flied out to center; Hodges singled to
center; Boisclair singled to left [Hodges to second]; Flynn
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Boisclair out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Mets
0.

ASTROS 3RD: Ruhle struck out; Landestoy flied out to center;
Puhl walked; Puhl was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Mets 0.

METS 3RD: Bernard struck out; Randle doubled to left; Valentine
made an out to shortstop; Mazzilli walked; Montanez popped to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Mets 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Cabell walked; Cruz singled to right [Cabell to
third]; Watson grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Cabell scored (no RBI), Cruz out at second]; Howe
homered; Bergman grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 2, Mets 0.

METS 4TH: S. Henderson doubled to center; Hodges flied out to
right [S. Henderson to third]; Boisclair doubled to right [S.
Henderson scored]; Flynn doubled to left [Boisclair scored];
Bernard walked; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING); Randle
forced Bernard (first to shortstop) [Flynn to third]; Randle
stole second; Valentine walked; Mazzilli was credited with a
single when a runner was hit by the batted ball [Valentine out
at second (second unassisted)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 2,
Mets 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Bochy walked; WALLING BATTED FOR MCLAUGHLIN; Walling
walked [Bochy to second]; KOBEL REPLACED BERNARD (PITCHING);
Landestoy flied out to left; Puhl forced Walling (shortstop to
second) [Bochy to third]; Cabell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2, Mets 2.

METS 5TH: FORSCH REPLACED WALLING (PITCHING); Montanez grounded
out (second to first); S. Henderson flied out to right; Hodges
singled to center; Boisclair grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Mets 2.

ASTROS 6TH: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Watson flied out
to center; Howe homered; Bergman grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Mets 2.

METS 6TH: Flynn walked; Kobel singled to second [Flynn to
second]; Randle reached on an error by Bochy [Flynn out at home
(first to third to catcher), Kobel to third, Randle to second];
KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR VALENTINE; Kranepool grounded out (second
to first) [Kobel scored (unearned), Randle to third]; Mazzilli
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 3, Mets 3.

ASTROS 7TH: FOLI REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PLAYING SS); FLYNN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Bochy homered; Forsch grounded out
(shortstop to first); Landestoy struck out; Puhl struck out; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Mets 3.

METS 7TH: Montanez popped to third; S. Henderson singled to
left; Hodges singled to right [S. Henderson to second];
Boisclair struck out; Flynn flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 4, Mets 3.

ASTROS 8TH: Cabell grounded out (third to first); Cruz flied out
to right; Watson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Astros 4, Mets 3.

METS 8TH: MADDOX BATTED FOR KOBEL; Maddox flied out to right;
Randle grounded out (pitcher to first); Foli singled to left;
Mazzilli singled to center [Foli to third]; Montanez singled to
right [Foli scored, Mazzilli to third]; S. Henderson forced
Montanez (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4,
Mets 4.

ASTROS 9TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BOISCLAIR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MURRAY REPLACED S. HENDERSON
(PITCHING); Howe lined to shortstop; Bergman grounded out
(second to first); Bochy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 4, Mets 4.

METS 9TH: Hodges grounded out (first unassisted); Boisclair
struck out; Flynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 4, Mets 4.

ASTROS 10TH: HOWARD BATTED FOR FORSCH; Howard grounded out
(first unassisted); Landestoy struck out; Puhl grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Mets 4.

METS 10TH: SAMBITO REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Maddox singled to
center; Randle popped to pitcher; Foli lined into a double play
(third to first) [Maddox out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 4, Mets 4.

ASTROS 11TH: Cabell flied out to center; Cruz singled to right;
Watson flied out to center; Howe reached on catcher's
interference by Hodges [Cruz to second]; Bergman struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4, Mets 4.

METS 11TH: Mazzilli was called out on strikes; Montanez singled
to right; YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR MURRAY; Youngblood doubled to
center [Montanez scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Mets
5.