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April 12, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 10 14 0
Astros 10 15 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 10 14 0
Astros 11 15 0

Jesus Alou Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 1.000
OBP .000 1.000
At Bats 0 2
Hits 0 2
• Singles 0 2
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Bobby Castillo Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 1
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Astrodome - April 12, 1978
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Fielder's Choice
Bobby Castillo
Jerry Grote
Steve Garvey
Davey Lopes
Ron Cey
Bill Russell
Dusty Baker
Rick Monday
Reggie Smith
Jesus Alou
Jimmy Sexton

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Los Angeles Dodgers 10 14 0 10
Houston Astros 11 15 0 9
Winning Pitcher Joe Sambito
Losing Pitcher Bobby Castillo
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jesus Alou
Attendance 11,824
Time of Game 2 hours 44 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Jesus Alou pinch hits for Joe Sambito. Alou hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Sexton scores. Score that a fielder's choice.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jimmy Sexton pinch runs for Art Howe. Wilbur Howard pinch hits for Roger Metzger. Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Sexton moves to third.
Bottom 9 Howe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Baker. Howe reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Lopes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Puhl. Lopes reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Castillo hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Grote strikes out.
Bottom 8 Ferguson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Monday hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Garvey hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Joe Sambito now pitching. Cey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Sambito covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cabell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Puhl takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Bobby Castillo now pitching. Denny Walling pinch hits for Ken Forsch. Walling hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Smith strikes out.
Top 7 Russell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lacy scores. Lopes moves to second.
Top 7 Lopes hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grote scores. Lacy moves to second.
Top 7 Lee Lacy pinch hits for Mike Garman. Ken Forsch now pitching. Lacy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Baker scores. Monday scores. Grote moves to second.
Top 7 Grote takes first base on ball four. Baker moves to third. Monday moves to second.
Top 7 Monday takes first base on ball four. Baker moves to second.
Top 7 Baker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Pentz covering, for the out.
Top 7 Cey hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops it up and throws to first, with Garman covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ferguson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lopes hits a line drive towards short. Metzger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 The umpire calls a balk on Garman Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cedeno scores.
Bottom 5 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Baker. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Puhl scores. There goes Cabell trying to get to third. Baker throws the ball in to Russell, who relays the ball to Cey who tags Cabell for the out. Cedeno moves to third.
Bottom 5 Cabell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Puhl moves to third.
Bottom 5 Puhl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mike Garman now pitching. Pentz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pentz for the out.
Top 5 Vic Davalillo pinch hits for Charlie Hough. Davalillo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Davalillo for the out.
Top 5 Grote hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Monday moves to third.
Top 5 Monday hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Monday reaches second base with a double. Garvey scores.
Top 5 Gene Pentz now pitching. Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cey tags and scores. Garvey tags and moves to third.
Top 5 Garvey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Puhl. Garvey reaches second base with a double. Smith scores. Cey moves to third.
Top 5 Cey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.
Top 5 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Metzger hits a line drive into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Howe hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 4 Ferguson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Watson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Baker. Watson reaches second base with a double. Cedeno scores. Cruz goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Grote and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Bottom 4 Cedeno takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Cabell hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Puhl for the out.
Top 4 Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lopes takes first base on ball four. Hough moves to second.
Top 4 Hough hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Grote hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Metzger takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Charlie Hough now pitching. Howe hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ferguson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Baker. Ferguson reaches second base with a double. Watson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cedeno scores.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out. Cedeno moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Grote and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cabell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Garvey. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Garvey steals second.
Top 3 Garvey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cey hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Puhl strikes out.
Bottom 2 Niekro bunts in front of the plate. Grote fields it and throws to first for the out. Howe moves to third. Metzger moves to second.
Bottom 2 Metzger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howe moves to second.
Bottom 2 Howe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ferguson strikes out.
Top 2 Russell hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lopes hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sutton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Grote takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Monday hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Watson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Baker. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Cabell moves to third.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Garvey hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopes scores. Smith scores. Cey moves to second.
Top 1 Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Puhl. Smith reaches second base with a double. Lopes moves to third.
Top 1 Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lopes takes first base on ball four.