San Francisco Giants vs Houston Astros
October 1, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 1978 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 0, Houston Astros 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Whitfield lf 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Dwyer 1b 3 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 0 0
Tamargo c 4 0 0 0
Cruz cf 4 0 2 0
Heintzelman 3b 4 0 1 0
Andrews 2b 3 0 0 0
Nastu p 1 0 0 0
  Evans ph 1 0 0 0
  Plank p 0 0 0 0
  Ivie ph 1 0 0 0
  Curtis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 5 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Cannon lf 1 0 1 0
Sexton ss,3b 4 1 2 0
Cedeno cf 3 1 1 2
Howe 1b 3 0 0 0
Leonard rf 2 1 1 0
  Walling rf 1 0 0 0
Alou lf 3 0 0 0
  Lemongello p 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 1 1
Bochy c 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
  Fischlin ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 3
San Francisco 000 000 000050
Houston 111 000 00x361
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Nastu  L (0-1) 4.0 4 3 3 0 3
  Plank   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Curtis   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
0
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (14-14) 5.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Ruhle   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Lemongello  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
1
6

  E–Howe (13).  2B–San Francisco Cruz (13,off Niekro), Houston Leonard (2,off Nastu).  3B–Houston Sexton (2,off Nastu).  HR–Houston Cedeno (7,3rd inning off Nastu 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Gonzalez (6,2nd base off Nastu/Tamargo).  CS–Sexton (2,2nd base by Plank/Tamargo).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–1:41.  A–7,077.
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