Triples by Jeff Leonard and Denny Walling keyed a four-run fourth inning that enabled the Astros to prevail over the Giants, 5-4. Leonard led off the fourth with a triple and scored on a single by Enos Cabell. After Art Howe walked, Walling drilled a three-base hit to right center and registered a run on a single by Ken Forsch. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 5, San Francisco Giants 4
Game Played on Wednesday, August    1, 1979 (Night game) at Astrodome
Giants       2  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   4  9  0
Astros       1  0  0    4  0  0    0  0  x  -   5  8  1


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
North cf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .271      Cedeno 1b             3   1   0   0     2   2   .267
  Griffin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Reynolds ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Strain 2b             5   2   2   0     0   0   .298      Puhl cf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .282
Clark rf              5   2   4   1     0   0   .271      Leonard rf            3   1   2   1     1   0   .289
McCovey 1b            3   0   1   0     2   0   .269      Cabell 3b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .269
Evans 3b              4   0   2   3     0   0   .252      Howe 2b               2   1   0   0     2   1   .250
Ivie lf               2   0   0   0     2   1   .306        Landestoy pr,2b     0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Metzger ss            3   0   0   0     1   2   .224      Walling lf            4   1   2   2     0   1   .304
Littlejohn c          2   0   0   0     1   0   .192      Ashby c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .215
  Whitfield ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Forsch p              2   0   1   1     0   1   .178
  Sadek c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .237        Williams p          1   0   1   0     0   0   .190
Blue p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .130        Niemann p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .133
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Roberge p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Johnston ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Nastu p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .043
  Herndon ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .272

Totals               34   4   9   4     6   4             Totals               31   5   8   5     6   7

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 21,207
Left on Base: Giants 10, Astros 8
DP: Giants 0, Astros 1
Errors: Ashby
Doubles: Clark 2 (21), Evans 2 (15)
Triples: Leonard (3), Walling (4)
Stolen Bases: Cabell 2 (26)
Caught Stealing: Puhl (16)
Sacrifice Flies: Evans (4)
GIDP: McCovey (7)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(8-9)             3.1   6   5   5   3   3   0  18   5.58
Borbon                  1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.97
Nastu                   2     2   0   0   3   2   0  11   3.90
Griffin                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.63
Totals                  8     8   5   5   6   7   0  37

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(8-6)           5     7   3   3   4   4   0  25   3.18
Williams                1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   3.21
Niemann                 0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   3.95
Roberge SV(4)           2.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   9   1.07
Totals                  9     9   4   4   6   4   0  41

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Charlie Williams, 3B - John Kibler


GIANTS 1ST: North flied out to left; Strain singled to left;
Clark doubled to center [Strain scored]; Clark was picked off
second but was safe on an error by Ashby [Clark to third];
McCovey walked; Evans doubled to center [Clark scored, McCovey
to third]; Ivie was walked intentionally; Metzger struck out;
Littlejohn forced Ivie (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Cedeno walked; Reynolds grounded out (second to
first) [Cedeno to second]; Puhl singled to center [Cedeno to
third]; Leonard singled to center [Cedeno scored, Puhl to
second]; Cabell grounded out (pitcher to first) [Puhl to third,
Leonard to second]; Howe made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

GIANTS 2ND: Blue popped to first in foul territory; North struck
out; Strain grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Walling was called out on strikes; Ashby made an out
to second; Forsch struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2,
Astros 1.

GIANTS 3RD: Clark singled to right; McCovey grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Clark out at
second]; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Cedeno was called out on strikes; Reynolds popped to
third in foul territory; Puhl walked; Puhl was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2,
Astros 1.

GIANTS 4TH: Ivie was called out on strikes; Metzger struck out;
Littlejohn walked; Blue grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Leonard tripled to center; Cabell singled to right
[Leonard scored]; Cabell stole second; Howe walked while Cabell
stole third; Walling tripled to center [Cabell scored, Howe
scored]; Ashby popped to third in foul territory; Forsch singled
to center [Walling scored]; BORBON REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING);
Cedeno flied out to right; Reynolds forced Forsch (shortstop to
second); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 5.

GIANTS 5TH: North grounded out (second to first); Strain popped
to third in foul territory; Clark doubled to left; McCovey
singled to right [Clark to third]; Evans doubled to right [Clark
scored, McCovey to third]; Ivie walked; Metzger grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 5.

ASTROS 5TH: Puhl grounded out (shortstop to first); Leonard
grounded out (first unassisted); Cabell grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 5.

GIANTS 6TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Littlejohn
grounded out (third to first); JOHNSTON BATTED FOR BORBON;
Johnston flied to right in foul territory; North flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 5.

ASTROS 6TH: NASTU REPLACED JOHNSTON (PITCHING); Howe was called
out on strikes; Walling singled to right; Ashby was called out
on strikes; Williams singled to right [Walling to third]; Cedeno
walked [Williams to second]; Reynolds made an out to second; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 3, Astros 5.

GIANTS 7TH: Strain singled to left; Clark singled to center
[Strain to second]; NIEMANN REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING);
McCovey walked [Strain to third, Clark to second]; Evans hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Strain scored]; ROBERGE REPLACED NIEMANN
(PITCHING); Ivie flied out to left; Metzger walked [Clark to
third, McCovey to second]; WHITFIELD BATTED FOR LITTLEJOHN;
Whitfield grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
 Giants 4, Astros 5.

ASTROS 7TH: SADEK REPLACED WHITFIELD (PLAYING C ); Puhl grounded
out (second to first); Leonard walked; Cabell grounded out
(third to first) [Leonard to second]; Howe was walked
intentionally; LANDESTOY RAN FOR HOWE; Walling made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 4, Astros 5.

GIANTS 8TH: LANDESTOY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HERNDON
BATTED FOR NASTU; Herndon flied out to right; North grounded out
(second to first); Strain grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Astros 5.

ASTROS 8TH: GRIFFIN REPLACED NORTH (PITCHING); HERNDON STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); Ashby grounded out (first to pitcher);
Roberge struck out; Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 4, Astros 5.

GIANTS 9TH: Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); McCovey
grounded out (first to pitcher); Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 4, Astros 5.