Pirates @ Astros
August 27, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 9 0
Astros 5 11 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 9 0
Astros 5 11 1

Jose Cruz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .301
OBP .250 .357
At Bats 4 462
Hits 1 139
• Singles 1 100
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 0 42
RBI’s 1 71

Kent Tekulve Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 6 25
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Astrodome - August 27, 1978
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Out
Kent Tekulve
Ed Ott
Willie Stargell
Phil Garner
Dale Berra
Frank Taveras
Bill Robinson
Omar Moreno
Dave Parker
Jose Cruz
Enos Cabell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 8 9 0 4
Houston Astros 5 11 1 8
Winning Pitcher Grant Jackson
Losing Pitcher Mark Lemongello
Save Kent Tekulve
Game Winning RBI Dave Parker
Attendance 10,947
Time of Game 2 hours 59 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berra fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Bergman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Parker hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out.
Top 9 Luis Pujols now catching. Tom Dixon now pitching. Taveras hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jimmy Sexton pinch runs for Bruce Bochy. Wilbur Howard pinch hits for Joe Sambito. Kent Tekulve now pitching. Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bochy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howe scores. Walling moves to second.
Bottom 8 Gonzalez hits a line drive towards short. Taveras reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Walling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howe moves to third.
Bottom 8 Howe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Dale Berra now playing third base. Bill Robinson now playing left field. Cruz hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stargell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jackson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Garner is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Dale Berra pinch runs for John Milner. Ott strikes out.
Top 8 Milner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walling. Milner reaches second base with a double. Stargell goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Parker tags and scores.
Top 8 Joe Sambito now pitching. Stargell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moreno scores. Parker moves to third.
Top 8 Parker takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 There goes Moreno. The throw from Bochy and he is safe. Moreno steals second.
Top 8 Moreno is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Cabell hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bergman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Puhl hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stargell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Taveras hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jackson strikes out. There goes Garner. The throw from Bochy to Gonzalez, and Garner is out.
Top 7 Joaquin Andujar now pitching. Garner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andujar fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Jesus Alou pinch hits for Vern Ruhle. Alou strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bochy hits a fly ball into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first, with Ruhle covering, for the out.
Top 6 Milner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Vern Ruhle now pitching. Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Howe strikes out.
Bottom 5 There goes Cruz. The throw from Ott and he is safe. Cruz steals second.
Bottom 5 Grant Jackson now pitching. Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cabell scores.
Bottom 5 Cabell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parker who is chasing the ball. Cabell reaches third base with a triple. Bergman goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Bergman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Puhl scores.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Puhl moves to third.
Bottom 5 The umpire calls a balk on Robinson Puhl moves to second.
Bottom 5 Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Reggie Baldwin pinch hits for Floyd Bannister. Baldwin hits a fly ball into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bochy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stargell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bochy for the out.
Top 5 Stargell strikes out.
Top 5 Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Walling hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a line drive towards short. Gonzalez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Ott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Bergman moves to third. Cabell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Bannister scores. Bergman moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bergman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bannister moves to third. Puhl moves to second.
Bottom 3 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bannister moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Bochy hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Milner hits a popup towards short. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bergman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stargell strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Walling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Howe hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Parker hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Taveras. The throw from Bochy and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 2 Floyd Bannister now pitching. Moreno hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Garner tags and scores.
Top 2 Taveras hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ott scores. Garner moves to third.
Top 2 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Garner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ott moves to third.
Top 2 Ott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a fly ball into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bergman hits a fly ball into left field. Milner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Milner strikes out.
Top 1 Robinson strikes out.
Top 1 Stargell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moreno scores.
Top 1 There goes Moreno. The throw from Bochy and he is safe. Moreno steals second.
Top 1 Moreno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.