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The Pirates snapped a five-game Houston winning streak by beating the Astros, 8-5. The Bucs scored three runs in their first turn at bat on a single by Omar Moreno, a stolen base, single by Dave Parker and two-run homer by Willie Stargell. They added two in the second on a walk to Ed Ott, singles by Phil Garner and Frank Taveras and a sacrifice fly by Moreno. Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Houston Astros 5Game Played on Sunday, August 27, 1978 (Day game) at AstrodomePirates 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 8 9 0
Astros 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 - 5 11 1
Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Taveras ss 5 0 1 1 0 0 .277 Puhl cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .292
Moreno cf 3 2 1 1 0 0 .232 Bergman 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .255
Parker rf 4 2 2 1 1 0 .311 Cabell 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .290
Stargell 1b 4 2 2 3 0 2 .282 Cruz rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .300
B. Robinson 3b,lf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .241 Howe 2b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .291
Milner lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .288 Walling lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .232
Berra pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .149 Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .233
Ott c 2 1 0 0 2 1 .264 Bochy c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .267
Garner 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .266 Sexton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .181
D. Robinson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Pujols c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .120
Jackson p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Lemongello p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .148
Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Bannister p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .179
Baldwin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .336
Andujar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130
Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Dixon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Totals 32 8 9 8 4 6 Totals 38 5 11 5 2 3
Time of Game: 2:59 Attendance: 10,947
Left on Base: Pirates 4, Astros 8
DP: Pirates 0, Astros 2
Errors: Bochy
Doubles: Milner (16)
Triples: Cabell (6)
Home Runs: Stargell (19)
Stolen Bases: Moreno 2 (56), Taveras (33), Cruz (28)
Caught Stealing: Garner (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Moreno (3), B. Robinson (8)
GIDP: Garner (14)
Hit by Pitch: Moreno (2,by Andujar)
Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
D. Robinson 4.2 6 4 4 1 1 0 21 3.38
Jackson W(6-3) 3 4 1 1 1 2 0 14 2.58
Tekulve SV(26) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.86
Totals 9 11 5 5 2 3 0 40
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Lemongello L(9-12) 1.1 5 5 5 1 2 1 10 4.09
Bannister 3.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 12 4.62
Ruhle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.95
Andujar 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 5 3.11
Sambito 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 6 2.68
Dixon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.87
Totals 9 9 8 8 4 6 1 39
Hit by Pitch: Andujar (3)
Wild Pitches: D. Robinson 2 (7)
Balks: D. Robinson (2)
Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Satch Davidson
PIRATES 1ST: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Moreno
singled to right; Moreno stole second; Parker singled to right
[Moreno scored]; Stargell homered [Parker scored]; B. Robinson
struck out; Milner struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Puhl flied out to center; Bergman flied out to left;
Cabell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3,
Astros 0.
PIRATES 2ND: Ott walked; Garner singled to left [Ott to third];
D. Robinson popped to second; Taveras singled to left [Ott
scored, Garner to third]; BANNISTER REPLACED LEMONGELLO
(PITCHING); Moreno hit a sacrifice fly to left [Garner scored];
Taveras stole second [Taveras to third (error by Bochy)]; Parker
flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Howe flied out
to center; Walling walked; Gonzalez flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 0.
PIRATES 3RD: Stargell struck out; B. Robinson popped to first in
foul territory; Milner made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Bochy popped to shortstop; Bannister singled to
third; Puhl singled to second [Bannister to second]; Bergman
singled to center [Bannister to third, Puhl to second]; Cabell
forced Puhl (third unassisted) [Bannister scored, Bergman to
second]; D. Robinson threw a wild pitch [Bergman to third,
Cabell to second]; Cruz struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 5, Astros 1.
PIRATES 4TH: Ott walked; Garner grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Ott out at second]; D. Robinson
lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 1.
ASTROS 4TH: Howe grounded out (third to first); Walling flied
out to center; Gonzalez popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 1.
PIRATES 5TH: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Moreno
grounded out (second to first); Parker singled to right;
Stargell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 1.
ASTROS 5TH: Bochy grounded out (first unassisted); BALDWIN
BATTED FOR BANNISTER; Baldwin flied out to left; Puhl singled to
right; D. Robinson balked [Puhl to second]; D. Robinson threw a
wild pitch [Puhl to third]; Bergman singled to shortstop [Puhl
scored]; Cabell tripled to right [Bergman scored]; JACKSON
REPLACED D. ROBINSON (PITCHING); Cruz singled to center [Cabell
scored]; Cruz stole second; Howe struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 4.
PIRATES 6TH: RUHLE REPLACED BALDWIN (PITCHING); B. Robinson
grounded out (second to first); Milner made an out to second;
Ott grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 5, Astros 4.
ASTROS 6TH: Walling grounded out (second to first); Gonzalez
singled to center; Bochy flied out to left; ALOU BATTED FOR
RUHLE; Alou struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros
4.
PIRATES 7TH: ANDUJAR REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Garner singled to
pitcher; Jackson struck out while Garner was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Taveras flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 4.
ASTROS 7TH: Puhl popped to first in foul territory; Bergman
grounded out (second to first); Cabell popped to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 4.
PIRATES 8TH: Moreno was hit by a pitch; Moreno stole second;
Jim Rooker ejected by 2B umpire Terry Tata arguing that Joaquin
Andujar balked; Rooker told Tata: 'You stink'; Parker
walked; SAMBITO REPLACED ANDUJAR (PITCHING); Stargell singled to
right [Moreno scored, Parker to third]; B. Robinson hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Parker scored]; Milner doubled to left
[Stargell scored]; BERRA RAN FOR MILNER; Ott struck out; Garner
was walked intentionally; Jackson popped to second; 3 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Pirates 8, Astros 4.
ASTROS 8TH: BERRA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); B. ROBINSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Cruz popped to first in foul
territory; Howe walked; Walling singled to right [Howe to
third]; Gonzalez lined to shortstop; Bochy singled to left [Howe
scored, Walling to second]; SEXTON RAN FOR BOCHY; HOWARD BATTED
FOR SAMBITO; TEKULVE REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Howard flied
out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 8, Astros 5.
PIRATES 9TH: PUJOLS REPLACED SEXTON (PLAYING C ); DIXON REPLACED
HOWARD (PITCHING); Taveras flied out to center; Moreno grounded
out (first unassisted); Parker flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Pirates 8, Astros 5.
ASTROS 9TH: Puhl grounded out (shortstop to first); Bergman
grounded out (second to first); Cabell singled to third; Cruz
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 8, Astros 5.
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