While Vern Ruhle pitched a four-hitter, Rafael Landestoy led the Astros' attack in a 7-0 victory over the Giants. Landestoy singled and scored in the third inning, doubled to drive in a run and scored himself in the fourth and got another run home with a grounder in the sixth.

Tom Wiedenbauer, an outfielder from Columbus (Southern), batted for the first time in the major leagues in the ninth and drove in the Astros' last two runs with a double. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 7, San Francisco Giants 0
Game Played on Friday, September 14, 1979 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Astros       0  0  1    3  0  1    0  0  2  -   7  8  1
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  3


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cedeno 1b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .272      North cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .261
Reynolds ss           5   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Andrews 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .274
Puhl cf,lf            4   0   1   1     1   0   .281      Ivie lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .301
Cruz lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .290      McCovey 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .263
  Wiedenbauer cf      1   0   1   2     0   0  1.000      Evans 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Cabell 3b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Venable rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Leonard rf            3   2   2   0     1   1   .294      LeMaster ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Pujols c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Littlejohn c          3   0   1   0     0   1   .201
Landestoy 2b          4   2   2   2     0   0   .261      Halicki p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .219
Ruhle p               4   1   0   0     0   3   .059        Johnston ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .197
                                                            Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Whitfield ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .289
                                                            Plank p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   7   8   5     3   4             Totals               30   0   4   0     1   2

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  7,817
Left on Base: Astros 7, Giants 4
DP: Astros 2, Giants 0
Errors: Landestoy, Evans, Venable, Plank
Doubles: Leonard (14), Landestoy (7), Wiedenbauer (1), Littlejohn (6), Evans (21)
Stolen Bases: Landestoy 2 (9), Leonard (17)
GIDP: Andrews (5), North (4)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle W(2-3)            9     4   0   0   1   2   0  31   2.56
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   2   0  31

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Halicki L(5-6)          6     6   5   3   2   3   0  28   4.23
Borbon                  2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   4.11
Plank                   1     2   2   0   1   0   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9     8   7   3   3   4   0  41

Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Terry Tata


ASTROS 1ST: Cedeno popped to catcher in foul territory; Reynolds
grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: North singled; Andrews grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [North out at second]; Ivie grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Cabell lined to
shortstop; Leonard walked; Pujols made an out to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: McCovey struck out; Evans flied out to center;
Venable made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0,
Giants 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Landestoy singled to right; Ruhle struck out;
Landestoy stole second; Cedeno walked; Reynolds popped to third
in foul territory; Puhl singled to right [Landestoy scored,
Cedeno to third (error by Venable)]; Cruz flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: LeMaster grounded out (third to first); Littlejohn
doubled to left; Halicki grounded out (third to first); North
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1,
Giants 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Cabell grounded out (third to first); Leonard
doubled to left; Pujols singled to shortstop [Leonard stayed at
second]; Landestoy doubled to right [Leonard scored, Pujols to
third]; Ruhle struck out; Cedeno reached on an error by Evans
[Pujols scored (unearned) (no RBI), Landestoy scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Cedeno to second]; Reynolds grounded out (second to
first); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Andrews flied out to center; Ivie flied out to left;
McCovey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Astros 4, Giants 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Puhl lined to second; Cruz grounded out (first
unassisted); Cabell made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Evans doubled to right; Venable flied out to right;
LeMaster grounded out (shortstop to first); Littlejohn grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Giants 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Leonard singled to left; Leonard stole second;
Pujols grounded out (second to first) [Leonard to third];
Landestoy reached on a fielder's choice [Leonard scored]; Ruhle
struck out while Landestoy stole second; Cedeno flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: JOHNSTON BATTED FOR HALICKI; Johnston singled to
right; North grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Johnston out at second]; Andrews flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Giants 0.

ASTROS 7TH: BORBON REPLACED JOHNSTON (PITCHING); Reynolds
grounded out (second to first); Puhl grounded out (shortstop to
first); Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 5, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: WIEDENBAUER REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING CF); PUHL CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Ivie walked; Debut game for Tom
Wiedenbauer; McCovey flied out to left; Evans made an out to
shortstop; Venable reached on an error by Landestoy [Ivie to
second, Venable to first]; LeMaster made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 5, Giants 0.

ASTROS 8TH: Cabell lined to third; Leonard struck out; Pujols
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: Littlejohn struck out; WHITFIELD BATTED FOR BORBON;
Whitfield grounded out (second to first); North grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Giants 0.

ASTROS 9TH: PLANK REPLACED WHITFIELD (PITCHING); Landestoy
reached on an error by Plank (assist by McCovey) [Landestoy to
first]; Ruhle forced Landestoy (catcher to shortstop); Cedeno
singled to center [Ruhle to second]; Reynolds grounded out
(first unassisted) [Ruhle to third, Cedeno to second]; Puhl was
walked intentionally; Wiedenbauer doubled to left [Ruhle scored
(unearned), Cedeno scored (unearned), Puhl to third]; Cabell
grounded out (third to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 7, Giants 0.

GIANTS 9TH: Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); Ivie
popped to third in foul territory; McCovey grounded out (catcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 7, Giants 0.