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A grand-slam homer by Steve Garvey climaxed a five-run rally in the eighth inning and brought the Dodgers a 6-5 victory over the Astros, who were eliminated from the West division race, giving the championship to the Reds. The Dodgers had a homer by Steve Yeager in the third inning, but the Astros tied the score in the seventh and forged ahead with four runs in the eighth. Dave Bergman, pinch-hitting for Ken Forsch, drove in one run with a single and Cesar Cedeno followed with a three-run homer. Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Houston Astros 5Game Played on Friday, September 28, 1979 (Night game) at Dodger StadiumAstros 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 - 5 8 0 Dodgers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 x - 6 8 0 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Puhl cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .287 Lopes 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Reynolds ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .264 Joshua ph,rf 2 1 1 1 0 0 .296 Cedeno 1b 4 1 1 3 0 1 .262 Thomas cf,ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .257 Cruz lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .289 Garvey 1b 4 1 1 4 0 0 .316 Cabell 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .272 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .281 Leonard rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .289 Baker lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .275 Bochy c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .217 Thomasson rf,cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Sexton pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .162 Martinez ss,2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .286 Pujols c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Yeager c 3 1 1 1 0 0 .218 Walling ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .326 Hough p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Landestoy 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Davalillo ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .240 Forsch p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Castillo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bergman ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .500 Ruhle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .053 LaCorte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 5 8 5 2 4 Totals 32 6 8 6 1 3 Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 27,719 Left on Base: Astros 2, Dodgers 3 DP: Astros 0, Dodgers 1 Doubles: Martinez (5) Triples: Cabell (5) Home Runs: Cedeno (6), Yeager (13), Garvey (28) Stolen Bases: Puhl (30), Baker (11) Caught Stealing: Reynolds (6), Cabell (18) Sacrifice Hits: Landestoy (3) GIDP: Cedeno (15) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Forsch 7 3 1 1 0 2 1 24 3.04 Ruhle L(2-6) 0.1 5 5 5 0 0 1 6 4.07 LaCorte 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 5.60 Totals 8 8 6 6 1 3 2 33 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hough W(7-5) 8 8 5 5 1 3 1 31 4.76 Castillo SV(7) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1.11 Totals 9 8 5 5 2 4 1 34 Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Steve Fields, 3B - Bob Engel ASTROS 1ST: Puhl grounded out (second to first); Reynolds singled to left; Cedeno grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Reynolds out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (pitcher to first); Thomas flied out to center; Garvey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz flied out to right; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Leonard singled to center; Bochy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey flied out to right; Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomasson singled to center; Martinez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. ASTROS 3RD: Landestoy popped to third in foul territory; Forsch flied out to left; Puhl struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 3RD: Yeager homered; Hough popped to first; Lopes popped to first; Thomas struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 1. ASTROS 4TH: Reynolds popped to catcher in foul territory; Cedeno popped to third; Cruz popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 4TH: Garvey flied out to right; Cey grounded out (third to first); Baker grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 1. ASTROS 5TH: Cabell flied out to center; Leonard flied out to center; Bochy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 5TH: Thomasson flied out to left; Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); Yeager flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 1. ASTROS 6TH: Landestoy popped to catcher in foul territory; Forsch grounded out (third to first); Puhl flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 6TH: Hough grounded out (shortstop to first); JOSHUA BATTED FOR LOPES; Joshua flied out to left; Thomas singled to right; Garvey popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 1. ASTROS 7TH: JOSHUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); THOMASSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); MARTINEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Reynolds singled to left; Reynolds was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Cedeno struck out; Cruz singled to right; Cabell tripled to right [Cruz scored]; Leonard lined to pitcher; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 7TH: Cey flied out to left; Baker struck out; Thomasson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Dodgers 1. ASTROS 8TH: Bochy walked; SEXTON RAN FOR BOCHY; Landestoy out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Sexton to second]; BERGMAN BATTED FOR FORSCH; Bergman singled to center [Sexton scored]; Puhl singled to right [Bergman to third]; Puhl stole second; Reynolds struck out; Cedeno homered [Bergman scored, Puhl scored]; Cruz flied out to left; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 8TH: PUJOLS REPLACED SEXTON (PLAYING C ); RUHLE REPLACED BERGMAN (PITCHING); Martinez doubled to left; Yeager flied out to center; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR HOUGH; Davalillo singled to left [Martinez to third]; Joshua singled to right [Martinez scored, Davalillo to second]; On a bunt Thomas singled to third [Davalillo to third, Joshua to second]; Garvey homered [Davalillo scored, Joshua scored, Thomas scored]; LACORTE REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING); Cey struck out; Baker walked; Baker stole second; Thomasson flied out to left; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Dodgers 6. ASTROS 9TH: CASTILLO REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Cabell walked; Cabell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Leonard struck out; WALLING BATTED FOR PUJOLS; Walling grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Dodgers 6. |
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