Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
June 25, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1978 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 4, San Diego Padres 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 5 1 2 0
Walling lf 5 0 2 1
Cabell 3b 5 1 2 0
Cruz rf 5 0 2 2
Bergman 1b 3 0 0 0
Howe 2b 3 1 2 0
  Sexton pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss,2b 4 1 2 1
Baldwin c 2 0 1 0
  Ferguson c 2 0 0 0
McLaughlin p 2 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 13 4
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf,cf 4 1 1 0
Smith ss 5 1 1 0
Gonzalez 2b 5 1 2 0
Winfield cf,rf 4 3 1 1
Gamble rf 1 0 1 1
  Reynolds ph,lf 2 0 1 1
Ashford 1b 4 0 1 2
Almon 3b 5 1 2 0
Roberts c 2 0 0 0
Rasmussen p 2 0 2 0
  D'Acquisto p 2 0 1 1
Totals 36 7 13 6
Houston 010 100 1014136
San Diego 011 011 12x7131
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
McLaughlin  L (0-1) 5.1 9 4 3 3 1
  Forsch   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Sambito   1.0 1 1 0 1 2
  Williams   1.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
13
7
5
5
5
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Rasmussen  W (4-7) 5.2 6 2 2 2 2
  D'Acquisto  SV (4) 3.1 7 2 2 1 4
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
3
6

  E–Walling (1), Cruz (4), Gonzalez (3), Baldwin 2 (4), Sambito (2), Gonzalez (3).  DP–San Diego 2.  2B–San Diego Gonzalez (2,off Williams).  IBB–Howe (2,by Rasmussen); Gamble (6,by McLaughlin); Roberts (3,by Sambito); Winfield (4,by Williams).  SH–Roberts (1,off McLaughlin).  SF–Ashford (1,off McLaughlin).  SB–Cruz (12,2nd base off Rasmussen/Roberts); Cabell (13,2nd base off Rasmussen/Roberts); Winfield (9,2nd base off McLaughlin/Baldwin); Smith (17,2nd base off McLaughlin/Baldwin); Gamble (1,2nd base off McLaughlin/Baldwin).  CS–Gonzalez (1,2nd base by Rasmussen/Roberts).  WP–McLaughlin (1).  BK–Rasmussen (3).  IBB–McLaughlin (1,Gamble); Sambito (3,Roberts); Williams (2,Winfield); Rasmussen (5,Howe).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:57.  A–20,342.
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