The Houston Astros were decisively beaten by the San Francisco Giants, 8 to 4, on May 16, 1979.

1979 Houston Astros

Final

SFG

Giants

18-18

8

HOU

Astros

20-17

4

SFG

HOU

1

0

0

2

1

2

3

0

1

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

2

1

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

0

0

10

4

0

R

8

4

H

11

10

E

0

1

Top 2nd

SFG

HOU

Giants

Double by Roger Metzger; Darrell Evans scored.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

SFG

HOU

Astros

Single by Craig Reynolds; Bruce Bochy and Rick Williams scored.

1

2

Bottom 3rd

SFG

HOU

Astros

Home run by Bob Watson.

1

3

Top 6th

SFG

HOU

Giants

Single by Darrell Evans; Terry Whitfield scored.

2

3

Giants

Roger Metzger walked; Willie McCovey scored.

3

3

Bottom 6th

SFG

HOU

Astros

Home run by Bruce Bochy.

3

4

Top 8th

SFG

HOU

Giants

Sacrifice fly by Rob Andrews; Johnnie LeMaster scored.

4

4

Top 10th

SFG

HOU

Giants

Single by Bill Madlock; Larry Herndon and Rob Andrews scored.

6

4

Giants

Single by Terry Whitfield; Bill North scored.

7

4

Giants

Single by Jack Clark; Bill Madlock scored.

8

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bill Madlock 2B,1B 6 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Terry Whitfield LF 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jack Clark RF 6 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Willie McCovey 1B 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Johnnie LeMaster PR,SS 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Darrell Evans 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Larry Herndon CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Marc Hill C 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Roger Metzger SS 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 2
Rob Andrews PH,2B 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Knepper P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Tamargo PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tom Griffin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hector Cruz PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Lavelle P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill North PH 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Randy Moffitt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 11 8 0 7 3 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Knepper 5.0 6 3 3 3 1 1
Tom Griffin 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1
Gary Lavelle (W) 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0
Randy Moffitt 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 10.0 10 4 4 5 3 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl RF 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0
Craig Reynolds SS 4 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 3
Cesar Cedeno CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Bob Watson 1B 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Enos Cabell 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jose Cruz LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeffrey Leonard LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Art Howe 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Rafael Landestoy PR,2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Bochy C 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Rick Williams P 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Joaquin Andujar P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jesus Alou PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bo McLaughlin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4 2 5 3 1 1 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Williams 5.1 6 3 3 1 0 0
Joaquin Andujar 1.2 0 1 1 4 2 0
Joe Sambito 2.0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Bo McLaughlin (L) 1.0 4 4 0 1 1 0
Totals 10.0 11 8 4 7 3 0

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Blanco

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K

22

Blanco

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ERA

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R

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20th

SO

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14 12 .538
Rangers Rangers
14 13 .519 0.5
Athletics Athletics
11 16 .407 3.5
Angels Angels
10 16 .385 4.0
Astros Astros
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Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
HOU HOU
@
COL COL
6:05 PM
Sun
4/28
HOU HOU
@
COL COL
4:05 PM
Tue
4/30
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Wed
5/1
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Thu
5/2
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM

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HOU Astros

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8

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Perez

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Hit Leaders

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Soto

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.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

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Ozuna

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.645

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13

Turang

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Jr.

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Imanaga

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Suárez

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Minter

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Wheeler

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44

Glasnow

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42

Castillo

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0.72

López

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0.98

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1.23

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Suárez

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12.13

Crochet

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Jones

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12.07

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Jones

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Ryan

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9.33

Imanaga

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Walk Leaders

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Jones

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4

Ryan

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Fantasy 2024

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Betts

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Cruz

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Betts

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337

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MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
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MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
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CHC CHC
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BOS BOS
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
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TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
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