The Houston Astros were decisively beaten by the Philadelphia Phillies, 8 to 5, on May 18, 1978.

1978 Houston Astros

Final

HOU

Astros

16-17

5

1

4

0

2

0

0

3

1

3

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

0

1

9

3

0

R

8

5

H

16

9

E

1

0

Top 1st

PHI

HOU

Phillies

Double by Mike Schmidt; Bake McBride and Larry Bowa scored.

2

0

Phillies

Single by Jay Johnstone; Mike Schmidt scored.

3

0

Phillies

Single by Bob Boone; Jay Johnstone scored.

4

0

Top 3rd

PHI

HOU

Phillies

Single by Bob Boone; Jay Johnstone scored.

5

0

Bottom 3rd

PHI

HOU

Astros

Single by Cesar Cedeno; Roger Metzger scored.

5

1

Astros

Single by Jose Cruz; Ken Forsch and Terry Puhl scored.

5

3

Bottom 6th

PHI

HOU

Astros

Single by Bob Watson; Cesar Cedeno scored.

5

4

Bottom 8th

PHI

HOU

Astros

Single by Bob Watson; Enos Cabell scored.

5

5

Top 9th

PHI

HOU

Phillies

Home run by Jerry Martin; Larry Bowa and Jose Cardenal scored.

8

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bake McBride RF 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Larry Bowa SS 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Mike Schmidt 3B 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 4
Jay Johnstone LF 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Jose Cardenal PH,1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richie Hebner 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Martin PH,LF 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
Garry Maddox CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Bob Boone C 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jim Morrison 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Luzinski PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bud Harrelson 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Christenson P 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Gene Garber P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 16 8 1 0 8 1 0 22

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Christenson 5.1 7 4 4 0 2 0
Gene Garber (W) 3.2 2 1 1 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 5 5 0 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Enos Cabell 3B 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cesar Cedeno CF 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Jose Cruz RF 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bob Watson 1B 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Art Howe 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Herrmann C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Roger Metzger SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Joe Niekro P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Forsch P 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wilbur Howard PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denny Walling PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5 0 0 3 1 0 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Joe Niekro 0.0 4 4 4 0 0 0
Ken Forsch 7.0 9 1 1 0 4 0
Joe Sambito (L) 2.0 3 3 3 0 4 1
Totals 9.0 16 8 8 0 8 1

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0 0
Angels Angels
0 0
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0 0
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0 0
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
4:10 PM
Fri
3/29
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Sat
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@
HOU HOU
7:15 PM
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3/31
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@
HOU HOU
2:10 PM
Mon
4/1
TOR TOR
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM

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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
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1
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2
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2
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AL West W L PCT GB
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90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
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AL Central W L PCT GB
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Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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3/20
SDP SDP
@
LAD LAD
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Tue
3/19
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3:05 PM
Thu
3/28
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
STL STL
@
LAD LAD
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
TOR TOR
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TBR TBR
4:10 PM