Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
September 17, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 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 1, San Diego Padres 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss 4 0 0 0
Sexton 2b 4 0 2 0
Leonard rf 4 0 1 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 2 0
Alou lf 4 0 1 1
Puhl cf 3 0 0 0
Pujols c 3 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
Lemongello p 2 0 1 0
  Baldwin ph 1 0 0 0
  Riccelli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Richards lf 4 1 1 0
  Fingers p 0 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 1 0 0
Perkins 1b 3 0 2 1
Winfield cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Turner rf,lf 4 1 1 0
  Wilhelm lf 0 0 0 0
Tenace c 4 0 0 0
Evans 3b 4 0 3 1
Champion 2b 4 0 0 0
Jones p 3 0 1 0
  Thomas cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 2
Houston 000 000 100183
San Diego 002 001 00x391
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemongello  L (9-14) 6.0 8 3 1 0 3
  Riccelli   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
3
1
0
4
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (12-14) 7.0 6 1 1 1 3
  Fingers  SV (34) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
3

  E–Sexton (5), Watson (9), Cabell (15), Richards (17).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–Houston Sexton (2,off Jones); Cabell (29,off Jones); Alou (5,off Jones), San Diego Perkins (13,off Lemongello).  SF–Perkins (3,off Lemongello).  SB–Sexton (14,2nd base off Jones/Tenace); Smith (39,2nd base off Lemongello/Pujols).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–1:58.  A–10,004.
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