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July 30, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 3 11 2
Astros 3 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Mets 3 11 2
Astros 4 9 1

Wilbur Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .247
OBP .000 .288
At Bats 0 97
Hits 0 24
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 9

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Astrodome - July 30, 1978
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Single
Skip Lockwood
John Stearns
Willie Montanez
Doug Flynn
Lenny Randle
Sergio Ferrer
Steve Henderson
Lee Mazzilli
Elliott Maddox
Wilbur Howard
Jimmy Sexton

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Mets 3 11 2 7
Houston Astros 4 9 1 8
Winning Pitcher Joaquin Andujar
Losing Pitcher Dwight Bernard
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Wilbur Howard
Attendance 17,502
Time of Game 2 hours 33 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Wilbur Howard pinch hits for Rafael Landestoy. Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sexton scores. That run is unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jimmy Sexton pinch runs for Bruce Bochy. Skip Lockwood now pitching. Gonzalez hits a popup towards third. Randle settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bochy hits a line drive to right field. That will be extra bases. Maddox chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards the plate. Stearns fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Stearns. Bergman goes all the way around to score. Bochy moves to third.
Bottom 9 Bergman takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Maddox strikes out. Bochy drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Maddox out.
Top 9 Bernard strikes out.
Top 9 There goes Flynn. The throw from Bochy and he is safe. Flynn steals second.
Top 9 Flynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Joaquin Andujar now pitching. Randle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Denny Walling pinch hits for Ken Forsch. Walling hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Ferrer misplays the ball. That's an error on Ferrer. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Cruz hits a line drive towards short. Ferrer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sergio Ferrer now playing shortstop. Dwight Bernard now pitching. Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mazzilli hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ken Forsch now pitching. Julio Gonzalez now playing second base. Stearns hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson scores. Montanez moves to second.
Top 8 Joe Sambito now pitching. Montanez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ferrer scores. Henderson moves to third.
Top 8 Sergio Ferrer pinch runs for Tim Foli. Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ferrer moves to third.
Top 8 Foli hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Bergman. Foli reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Bruce Boisclair pinch hits for Craig Swan. Boisclair bunts towards third. Cabell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Puhl strikes out.
Bottom 7 Landestoy hits a line drive towards third. Randle reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lemongello strikes out.
Top 7 Flynn strikes out.
Top 7 Randle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz. Randle reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Mazzilli hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stearns 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 6 Bochy hits a fly ball into center field. Mazzilli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bergman hits a fly ball into left field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Cruz scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maddox who is chasing the ball. Cruz reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Montanez strikes out.
Top 6 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemongello fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Foli hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cabell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Puhl hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maddox. Puhl reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Landestoy strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lemongello is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Maddox hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Swan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bochy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Bergman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Flynn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Watson. The throw from Stearns and he is out, Flynn applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cruz scores.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Henderson. Cruz reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Randle hits a popup towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mazzilli hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Montanez tags and scores.
Top 4 Stearns hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Montanez moves to third.
Top 4 Montanez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemongello fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemongello fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Cabell hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Swan spins and fires to second, with Foli covering, and Puhl is picked off.
Bottom 3 There goes Puhl. The throw from Stearns and he is safe. Puhl steals second.
Bottom 3 Puhl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Landestoy is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Foli hits a fly ball into left field. Bergman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Maddox. The throw from Bochy and he is out, Howe applying the tag.
Top 3 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe misplays the ball. That's an error on Howe.
Top 3 Swan hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lemongello hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bochy is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Bergman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maddox. Bergman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Howe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Flynn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Watson strikes out.
Top 2 Flynn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemongello fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Randle strikes out.
Top 2 Mazzilli hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Howe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Stearns fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Randle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Stearns hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Montanez strikes out.
Top 1 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 1 Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Foli moves to second.
Top 1 Foli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 There goes Maddox. The throw from Bochy and he is out, Howe applying the tag.
Top 1 Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.