Two wild pitches by Bobby Castillo enabled the Astros to score the go-ahead run in a 7-4 victory over the Dodgers. Trailing, 3-2, the Astros began the seventh inning with the tying tally on a pass to Joe Morgan and singles by Jose Cruz and Enos Cabell.

Castillo relieved Dave Goltz and uncorked his wild pitches, one allowing Cruz to take third and the other permitting him to cross the plate. The Astros clinched the decision with three more runs in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 4
Game Played on Friday, April     18, 1980 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium
Astros       0  1  0    0  1  0    2  3  0  -   7 11  1
Dodgers      1  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   4 14  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Puhl rf               4   1   2   0     2   1   .310      Lopes 2b              5   0   2   0     0   1   .231
Reynolds ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Law cf                5   2   3   0     0   0   .308
Cedeno cf             4   1   0   0     1   2   .276      Smith rf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .474
Morgan 2b             3   2   1   1     2   0   .208      Garvey 1b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .175
Cruz lf               3   2   2   2     1   0   .444      Baker lf              5   1   1   0     0   1   .405
Cabell 3b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .419      Cey 3b                4   0   1   0     0   2   .294
Walling 1b            4   0   2   1     1   1   .375      Thomas c              4   1   3   1     0   0   .348
Pujols c              5   0   0   0     0   1   .250      Russell ss            3   0   1   1     0   0   .138
Forsch p              3   1   1   0     0   2   .333      Goltz p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Leonard ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .267        Castillo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Andujar p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Monday ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Howe p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Hough p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   7  11   5     7   7             Totals               40   4  14   3     0   7

Time of Game: 3:20   Attendance: 41,112
Left on Base: Astros 12, Dodgers 10
DP: Astros 0, Dodgers 0
Errors: Cabell, Cey
Doubles: Walling (1)
Home Runs: Thomas (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Reynolds (1), Andujar (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Cruz (2), Russell (1)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch W(2-0)           6     9   3   3   0   3   1  26   3.29
Andujar SV(1)           3     5   1   1   0   4   0  15   1.80
Totals                  9    14   4   4   0   7   1  41

Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz L(0-2)            6.1   9   4   4   5   6   0  33   5.40
Castillo                0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.05
Howe                    1     2   3   2   1   0   0   6   4.05
Hough                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.29
Totals                  9    11   7   6   7   7   0  46

Passed Balls: Pujols (1), Thomas 2 (3)
Wild Pitches: Andujar (1), Goltz (1), Castillo 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Lanny Harris


ASTROS 1ST: Puhl struck out; Reynolds grounded out (pitcher to
first); Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0,
Dodgers 0.

DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (third to first); Law singled to
first; Smith flied out to left; Garvey singled to center [Law
scored, Garvey out at second (center to second to catcher to
shortstop)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Dodgers 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Morgan grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
singled to center; Cabell singled to right [Cruz to second];
Walling singled to center [Cabell to third, Cruz scored]; Pujols
struck out; Forsch was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers 1.

DODGERS 2ND: Baker grounded out (third to first); Cey struck
out; Thomas homered; Russell grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Puhl walked; Reynolds singled to center [Puhl to
second]; Cedeno grounded out (second to first) [Reynolds to
second, Puhl to third]; Morgan reached on a fielder's choice
[Puhl out at home (pitcher to catcher), Reynolds to third]; Cruz
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
1, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 3RD: Goltz struck out; Lopes popped to catcher in foul
territory; Law singled to shortstop; Smith singled to right [Law
to third]; Garvey flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 1, Dodgers 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Cabell grounded out (third to first); Walling
grounded out (second to first); Pujols grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers 2.

DODGERS 4TH: Baker singled to left; Cey flied out to left;
Thomas singled to right [Baker to third]; Russell hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Baker scored]; Goltz forced Thomas
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Dodgers
3.

ASTROS 5TH: Forsch singled to left; Puhl singled to center
[Forsch to second]; Reynolds flied out to center; Cedeno struck
out; Morgan walked [Puhl to second, Forsch to third]; Cruz
walked [Morgan to second, Puhl to third, Forsch scored]; Cabell
forced Cruz (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros
2, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 5TH: Lopes singled to third; Law forced Lopes (second
unassisted); Smith flied out to center; Garvey singled to right
[Law to third]; Baker grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2, Dodgers 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Walling doubled to left; Goltz threw a wild pitch
[Walling to third]; Pujols grounded out (shortstop to first);
Forsch was called out on strikes; Puhl walked; Reynolds grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2, Dodgers
3.

DODGERS 6TH: Cey was called out on strikes; Thomas flied out to
left; Russell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 2, Dodgers 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Cedeno flied out to left; Morgan walked; Cruz
singled to right [Morgan to third]; Cabell singled to right
[Cruz to second, Morgan scored]; CASTILLO REPLACED GOLTZ
(PITCHING); Castillo threw a wild pitch [Cabell to second, Cruz
to third]; Walling was walked intentionally while Cruz advanced
to home and Cabell advanced to third and Walling advanced to
second on a wild pitch [Walling to second]; Pujols reached on a
fielder's choice [Cabell out at home (pitcher to third)];
LEONARD BATTED FOR FORSCH; Leonard forced Walling (third
unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 7TH: ANDUJAR REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); MONDAY BATTED
FOR CASTILLO; Monday was called out on strikes; Lopes singled to
center; Law forced Lopes (second to shortstop); Smith struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Dodgers 3.

ASTROS 8TH: HOWE REPLACED MONDAY (PITCHING); Puhl singled to
center; Reynolds out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Puhl to second]; Cedeno was walked intentionally; Morgan
singled to right [Puhl scored, Cedeno to third, Morgan to
second]; Thomas allowed a passed ball [Cedeno scored, Morgan to
third]; Cruz hit a sacrifice fly to right [Morgan scored
(unearned)]; Cabell flied out to right; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 7, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 8TH: Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker
struck out; Cey singled to left; Thomas singled to left [Cey to
second]; Russell singled to shortstop [Cey to third, Thomas to
second]; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR HOWE; Johnstone popped to second;
0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 7, Dodgers 3.

ASTROS 9TH: HOUGH REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Walling struck
out (catcher to first); Pujols reached on an error by Cey;
Andujar out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Pujols to
second]; Thomas allowed a passed ball [Pujols to third]; Puhl
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 7, Dodgers 3.

DODGERS 9TH: Lopes struck out; Law singled to center; Pujols
allowed a passed ball [Law to second]; Smith grounded out
(second to first) [Law to third]; Andujar threw a wild pitch
[Law scored]; Garvey reached on an error by Cabell; Baker lined
to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 7, Dodgers 4.