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Three pitchers, Joe Niekro, Vern Ruhle and Mark Lemongello, combined to carry the Astros to a 3-0 whitewash of the Giants. Cesar Cedeno batted in one run with an infield out in the first inning and provided another with a homer in the third. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 0Game Played on Sunday, October 1, 1978 (Day game) at AstrodomeGiants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
Astros 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 6 1
Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Whitfield lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .289 Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .295
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .246 Ruhle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056
Dwyer 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .223 Cannon lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222
Clark rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .306 Sexton ss,3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .206
Tamargo c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Cedeno cf 3 1 1 2 0 1 .281
Cruz cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .227 Howe 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .293
Heintzelman 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Leonard rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .385
Andrews 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Walling rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .251
Nastu p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alou lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .324
Evans ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Lemongello p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .172
Plank p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .233
Ivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Bochy c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .266
Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Niekro p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .138
Watson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .289
Fischlin ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .116
Totals 33 0 5 0 1 6 Totals 29 3 6 3 0 5
Time of Game: 1:41 Attendance: 7,077
Left on Base: Giants 7, Astros 2
DP: Giants 0, Astros 0
Errors: Howe
Doubles: Cruz (13), Leonard (2)
Triples: Sexton (2)
Home Runs: Cedeno (7)
Stolen Bases: Gonzalez (6)
Caught Stealing: Sexton (2)
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Nastu L(0-1) 4 4 3 3 0 3 1 16 5.63
Plank 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 4.05
Curtis 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.71
Totals 8 6 3 3 0 5 1 29
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Niekro W(14-14) 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 18 3.86
Ruhle 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 9 2.12
Lemongello SV(1) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 3.94
Totals 9 5 0 0 1 6 0 34
Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Jerry Crawford
GIANTS 1ST: Whitfield flied out to left; Metzger struck out;
Dwyer made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0,
Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Sexton
tripled; Cedeno grounded out (second to first) [Sexton scored];
Howe grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Astros 1.
GIANTS 2ND: Clark flied out to center; Tamargo grounded out
(first unassisted); Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Giants 0, Astros 1.
ASTROS 2ND: Leonard doubled; Alou grounded out (first
unassisted) [Leonard to third]; Gonzalez singled [Leonard
scored]; Gonzalez stole second; Bochy struck out; Niekro flied
out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 2.
GIANTS 3RD: Heintzelman grounded out (shortstop to first);
Andrews flied out to center; Nastu popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 2.
ASTROS 3RD: Cabell grounded out (third to first); Sexton struck
out; Cedeno homered; Howe struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Astros 3.
GIANTS 4TH: Whitfield singled; Metzger singled [Whitfield to
second]; Dwyer made an out to pitcher; Clark struck out; Tamargo
flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.
ASTROS 4TH: Leonard grounded out (third to first); Alou grounded
out (third to first); Gonzalez flied to right in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.
GIANTS 5TH: Cruz doubled; Heintzelman grounded out (third to
first); Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); EVANS BATTED
FOR NASTU; Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.
ASTROS 5TH: PLANK REPLACED EVANS (PITCHING); Bochy grounded out
(second to first); WATSON BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Watson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cabell grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.
GIANTS 6TH: FISCHLIN REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING SS); RUHLE
REPLACED CABELL (PITCHING); SEXTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); Whitfield struck out; Metzger struck out; Dwyer flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.
ASTROS 6TH: Sexton singled; Sexton was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Cedeno struck out; Howe grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.
GIANTS 7TH: WALLING REPLACED LEONARD (PLAYING RF); Clark made an
out to shortstop; Tamargo reached on an error by Howe [Tamargo
to first]; Cruz singled [Tamargo to second]; Heintzelman singled
[Tamargo to third, Cruz to second]; Andrews flied out to right;
IVIE BATTED FOR PLANK; Ivie struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Giants 0, Astros 3.
ASTROS 7TH: CURTIS REPLACED IVIE (PITCHING); Walling grounded
out (second to first); Alou grounded out (second to first);
Gonzalez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 0, Astros 3.
GIANTS 8TH: LEMONGELLO REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); CANNON REPLACED
RUHLE (PLAYING LF); Whitfield struck out; Metzger flied out to
center; Dwyer walked; Clark flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.
ASTROS 8TH: Bochy flied out to right; Fischlin struck out;
Cannon singled; Sexton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.
GIANTS 9TH: Tamargo flied out to center; Cruz flied out to left;
Heintzelman popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.
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