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July 31, 1978

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Top 8 R H E
Giants 0 2 0
Astros 3 6 0
Top 8 R H E
Giants 0 2 0
Astros 3 6 0

Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .226
OBP .000 .300
At Bats 0 279
Hits 0 63
• Singles 0 35
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 0 55

Joe Niekro Season Stats

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7 8 0
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Astrodome - July 31, 1978
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Out
Joe Niekro
Luis Pujols
Bob Watson
Julio Gonzalez
Enos Cabell
Rafael Landestoy
Dave Bergman
Terry Puhl
Jose Cruz
Willie McCovey
Marc Hill
Roger Metzger
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Willie McCovey pinch hits for Ed Halicki. McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Metzger moves to third.

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Top 8 Hill takes first base on ball four. Metzger moves to second.
Top 8 Metzger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Landestoy hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Herndon hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ivie hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Niekro covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Pujols strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bergman is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 The umpire calls a balk on Halicki Cruz moves to third. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Watson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 There goes Cruz. The throw from Hill and he is safe. Cruz steals second.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cabell scores.
Bottom 6 Cabell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Herndon. Cabell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Puhl hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Dwyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Madlock scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Niekro hits a fly ball into left field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pujols strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bergman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Watson scores. Gonzalez scores. Bergman moves to second.
Bottom 5 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Halicki hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Niekro covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Halicki fields it and throws to first for the out. Landestoy moves to second.
Bottom 4 Landestoy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Ivie hits a popup towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Evans hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Clark strikes out.
Bottom 3 Niekro hits a fly ball into left field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pujols hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bergman hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dwyer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pujols settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Madlock hits a fly ball into left field. Bergman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Halicki bunts in front of the plate. Pujols fields it and throws to first for the out. Hill moves to second.
Top 3 Hill takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gonzalez for the out.
Bottom 2 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ivie hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a fly ball into left field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a fly ball into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jim Dwyer now playing left field. Landestoy hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Evans hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Julio Gonzalez now playing second base. Jim Dwyer pinch runs for Terry Whitfield. Clark hits a fly ball into left field. Bergman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 The ball gets by Pujols for a passed ball. Whitfield moves to second.
Top 1 Whitfield is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.