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Snapping an eight-game Houston winning streak, the Giants prevailed over the Astros, 4-2, as John Montefusco scattered seven hits en route to his eighth victory of the season. The score was 1-1 in the fourth when Darrell Evans drew a walk, Willie McCovey singled and Terry Whitfield smashed the ball over the wall in right-center. [The Sporting News] San Francisco Giants 4, Houston Astros 2Game Played on Wednesday, August 2, 1978 (Night game) at AstrodomeGiants 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 11 0
Astros 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0
Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Madlock 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .302 Landestoy ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Dwyer rf,1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .215 Puhl cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .290
Evans 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .258 Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291
McCovey 1b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .226 Cruz rf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .296
Herndon cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Watson 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .290
Whitfield lf 4 1 2 3 0 2 .309 Bergman lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .231
Cruz cf,rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Gonzalez 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .273
Metzger ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .269 Bochy c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .280
Tamargo c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .333 Dixon p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .103
Montefusco p 3 0 1 0 0 0 .074 Walling ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .226
Bannister p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130
Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243
Andujar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130
Alou ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .344
Fischlin pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .137
Totals 33 4 11 4 2 5 Totals 33 2 7 2 4 3
Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 14,754
Left on Base: Giants 5, Astros 8
DP: Giants 1, Astros 3
Doubles: Madlock (19), Watson (22)
Home Runs: Whitfield (8)
Stolen Bases: Dwyer (3), Puhl (18)
Sacrifice Hits: Montefusco (6)
GIDP: Herndon (9), Montefusco (2), Watson (12)
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Montefusco W(8-4) 9 7 2 2 4 3 0 37 3.77
Totals 9 7 2 2 4 3 0 37
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Dixon L(5-8) 5 6 4 4 1 3 1 20 3.82
Bannister 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4.33
Andujar 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 13 2.93
Totals 9 11 4 4 2 5 1 36
Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Eric Gregg, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello
GIANTS 1ST: Madlock doubled to center; Dwyer singled to center
[Madlock scored]; Dwyer stole second; Evans struck out; McCovey
grounded out (second to first) [Dwyer to third]; Dwyer was
picked off third (pitcher to third); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy grounded out (second to first); On a bunt
Puhl singled; Puhl stole second; Cabell grounded out (second to
first) [Puhl to third]; Cruz singled [Puhl scored]; Watson flied
out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 1.
GIANTS 2ND: Whitfield struck out (catcher to first); Cruz made
an out to third; Metzger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 1.
ASTROS 2ND: Bergman was called out on strikes; Gonzalez singled;
Bochy flied out to center; Dixon flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 1.
GIANTS 3RD: Tamargo singled to right; Montefusco forced Tamargo
(pitcher to shortstop); Madlock made an out to third; Dwyer made
an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 1.
ASTROS 3RD: Landestoy flied out to right; Puhl popped to catcher
in foul territory; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 1.
GIANTS 4TH: Evans walked; McCovey singled [Evans to third];
Whitfield homered [Evans scored, McCovey scored]; Cruz struck
out; Metzger grounded out (first to pitcher); Tamargo made an
out to shortstop; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 1.
ASTROS 4TH: Cruz singled; Watson doubled [Cruz scored]; Bergman
grounded out (third to first); Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop
to first); Bochy struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4,
Astros 2.
GIANTS 5TH: Montefusco singled; Madlock made an out to first;
Dwyer hit into a double play (second to first) [Montefusco out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 2.
ASTROS 5TH: WALLING BATTED FOR DIXON; Walling walked; Landestoy
made an out to second; Puhl grounded out (second to first)
[Walling to second]; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 2.
GIANTS 6TH: BANNISTER REPLACED WALLING (PITCHING); Evans made an
out to third; McCovey struck out (catcher to first); Whitfield
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 2.
ASTROS 6TH: DWYER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); CRUZ CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HERNDON REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING CF);
Cruz grounded out (third to first); Watson walked; Bergman flied
out to center; Gonzalez singled to right [Watson to second];
Bochy walked [Watson to third, Gonzalez to second]; HOWARD
BATTED FOR BANNISTER; Howard flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. Giants 4, Astros 2.
GIANTS 7TH: ANDUJAR REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Cruz grounded
out (third to first); Metzger singled to right; Tamargo singled
to right [Metzger to second]; Montefusco out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Metzger to third, Tamargo to second];
Madlock was walked intentionally; Dwyer grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 2.
ASTROS 7TH: Landestoy made an out to third; Puhl grounded out
(second to first); Cabell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 2.
GIANTS 8TH: Evans singled to right; Herndon grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Evans out at
second]; Whitfield singled to center; Cruz flied out to right; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 2.
ASTROS 8TH: Cruz singled to right; Watson grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Cruz out at second];
Bergman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 4,
Astros 2.
GIANTS 9TH: Metzger singled; Tamargo flied out to center; On a
bunt Montefusco grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to second) [Metzger out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Giants 4, Astros 2.
ASTROS 9TH: Gonzalez flied out to right; Bochy struck out; ALOU
BATTED FOR ANDUJAR; Alou walked; FISCHLIN RAN FOR ALOU;
Landestoy made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants
4, Astros 2.
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