Terry Puhl and Enos Cabell each drove in three runs, leading the Astros to a 10-4 victory over the Padres, Cabell accounted for his RBIs with a double and single, while Puhl sent runs across the plate with a sacrifice fly, an infield out and a double. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 10, San Diego Padres 4
Game Played on Saturday, September 9, 1978 (Night game) at Astrodome
Padres       0  1  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   4  8  3
Astros       2  0  3    0  1  3    1  0  x  -  10 16  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           4   2   2   0     0   0   .297      Landestoy ss          4   2   2   0     1   0   .284
Smith ss              4   0   2   1     0   0   .265      Gonzalez 2b           5   2   3   0     0   0   .237
Evans 3b              3   0   0   1     0   0   .333      Puhl cf               4   2   2   3     0   0   .299
Winfield rf,cf        4   1   2   1     0   1   .298      Cruz rf               5   2   3   1     0   0   .313
Turner cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Cabell 3b             4   1   2   3     0   0   .291
  D'Acquisto p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .214        Bergman 1b          0   0   0   0     1   0   .234
  Gamble ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .277      Watson 1b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .297
  Lolich p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sexton 3b           1   0   1   0     0   0   .188
Tenace c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .221      Walling lf            3   1   1   0     2   0   .258
Perkins 1b            4   0   1   1     0   1   .228      Pujols c              4   0   1   1     1   1   .125
Gonzalez 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Niekro p              5   0   0   0     0   0   .158
  Baker 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Mura p                1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Beswick ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Eichelberger p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reynolds rf         1   1   1   0     0   0   .259

Totals               33   4   8   4     1   3             Totals               39  10  16   9     5   2

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance:  8,240
Left on Base: Padres 4, Astros 11
DP: Padres 1, Astros 1
Errors: Richards, Mura 2, Watson
Doubles: Winfield (27), Perkins (11), Richards (25), Cabell (25), Puhl (23)
Triples: Pujols (1)
Stolen Bases: Gonzalez (4), Cruz 2 (31), Puhl (29)
Sacrifice Flies: Evans (1), Puhl (7)
GIDP: Richards (8), Niekro (2)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mura L(0-1)             2.1   6   5   5   1   1   0  14  16.20
Lee                     1.2   3   0   0   0   0   0   8   3.05
Eichelberger            1.1   3   4   4   1   0   0   9  15.43
D'Acquisto              1.2   3   1   1   1   1   0   9   2.48
Lolich                  1     1   0   0   2   0   0   5   1.42
Totals                  8    16  10  10   5   2   0  45

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro W(12-12)         9     8   4   4   1   3   0  35   4.33
Totals                  9     8   4   4   1   3   0  35

Wild Pitches: Mura (1)
Balks: Eichelberger (1)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello


PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (first unassisted); Smith
grounded out (second to first); Evans flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy walked; Gonzalez singled [Landestoy to
third]; Gonzalez stole second; Puhl hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Landestoy scored]; Cruz singled [Gonzalez stayed at second];
Cabell forced Cruz (third to second) [Gonzalez to third]; Mura
threw a wild pitch [Gonzalez scored]; Watson struck out; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 2.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield doubled; Turner flied out to left; Tenace
grounded out (third to first); Perkins doubled [Winfield
scored]; Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Walling singled; Walling was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Mura [Walling to second]; Pujols reached
on a fielder's choice [Walling out at third (shortstop to second
to third), Pujols to second]; Niekro flied out to left;
Landestoy flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1,
Astros 2.

PADRES 3RD: Mura reached on an error by Watson [Mura to first];
Richards grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Mura out at second]; Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Gonzalez made an out to shortstop; Puhl singled;
Puhl was picked off first but was safe on an error by Mura [Puhl
to second]; Cruz singled [Puhl scored]; Cruz stole second;
Cabell doubled [Cruz scored]; LEE REPLACED MURA (PITCHING);
Watson singled [Cabell scored]; Walling made an out to second;
Pujols grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 1, Astros 5.

PADRES 4TH: Evans grounded out (third to first); Winfield
grounded out (second to first); Turner flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 5.

ASTROS 4TH: Niekro grounded out (third to first); Landestoy
singled; Gonzalez singled to left [Landestoy to third, Gonzalez
to second (error by Richards)]; Puhl reached on a fielder's
choice [Landestoy out at home (second to catcher), Gonzalez to
third]; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 5.

PADRES 5TH: Tenace walked; Perkins forced Tenace (second to
shortstop); Gonzalez flied out to right; BESWICK BATTED FOR LEE;
Beswick flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1,
Astros 5.

ASTROS 5TH: EICHELBERGER REPLACED BESWICK (PITCHING); Cabell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson made an out to first;
Walling walked; Pujols tripled [Walling scored]; Niekro grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 6.

PADRES 6TH: Richards singled; Smith singled [Richards to
second]; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first) [Richards to
third, Smith to second]; Winfield singled [Richards scored,
Smith out at home (shortstop to catcher), Winfield to second (on
throw to home)]; Turner grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Astros 6.

ASTROS 6TH: Landestoy singled; Eichelberger balked [Landestoy to
second]; Gonzalez grounded out (first to pitcher) [Landestoy to
third]; Puhl reached on a fielder's choice [Landestoy scored];
Puhl stole second; Cruz singled [Puhl to third]; D'ACQUISTO
REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); REYNOLDS REPLACED EICHELBERGER
(PLAYING RF); WINFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Cruz
stole second; Cabell singled [Puhl scored, Cruz scored, Cabell
to second (on throw to home)]; Watson popped to catcher in foul
territory; Walling was walked intentionally; Pujols struck out;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Astros 9.

PADRES 7TH: BERGMAN REPLACED CABELL (PLAYING 1B); SEXTON
REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING 3B); Tenace grounded out (third to
first); Perkins flied out to left; Gonzalez flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Astros 9.

ASTROS 7TH: Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first); Landestoy
grounded out (third to first); Gonzalez singled; Puhl doubled
[Gonzalez scored]; Cruz flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 2, Astros 10.

PADRES 8TH: Reynolds singled; Richards doubled [Reynolds to
third]; Smith singled [Reynolds scored, Richards to third];
Evans hit a sacrifice fly to center [Richards scored]; Winfield
struck out; GAMBLE BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Gamble struck out; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Astros 10.

ASTROS 8TH: LOLICH REPLACED GAMBLE (PITCHING); BAKER REPLACED
GONZALEZ (PLAYING 2B); Bergman walked; Sexton singled [Bergman
to second]; Walling grounded out (second to first) [Bergman to
third, Sexton to second]; Pujols was walked intentionally;
Niekro grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Pujols out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 4, Astros
10.

PADRES 9TH: Tenace grounded out (third to first); Perkins struck
out (catcher to first); Baker grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 4, Astros 10.