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

Final

Phillies

18-14

8

Astros

16-17

5

PHI

HOU

1

4

0

2

0

3

1

3

4

0

5

0

6

0

1

7

0

8

0

1

9

3

0

R

8

5

H

16

9

E

1

0

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

PHI

HOU

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

2

0

Single by Jay Johnstone; Mike Schmidt scored.

3

0

Single by Bob Boone; Jay Johnstone scored.

4

0

Top 3rd

PHI

HOU

Single by Bob Boone; Jay Johnstone scored.

5

0

Bottom 3rd

PHI

HOU

Single by Cesar Cedeno; Roger Metzger scored.

5

1

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

5

3

Bottom 6th

PHI

HOU

Single by Bob Watson; Cesar Cedeno scored.

5

4

Bottom 8th

PHI

HOU

Single by Bob Watson; Enos Cabell scored.

5

Top 9th

PHI

HOU

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

8

5

Phillies

Astros

Batters

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

Pitchers

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

Batters

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

Pitchers

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

Explore

More Astros Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Alvarez

RBI

20

Tucker

AVG

.342

Altuve

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Blanco

K

30

Blanco

ERA

1.54

Javier

Team Rankings

HR

32

7th

R

122

17th

SO

234

19th

ERA

4.92

26th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	15	13	.536
Rangers	15	14	.517	0.5
Athletics	12	17	.414	3.5
Angels	10	18	.357	5.0
Astros	9	19	.321	6.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 4/30	CLE	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 5/1	CLE	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Thu 5/2	CLE	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Fri 5/3	SEA	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Sat 5/4	SEA	@	HOU	7:15 PM

Last Game

Rockies

7-21

2

Final

8

Astros

9-19

Sun 28 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.387

Betts

.367

Smith

.365

Bohm

Hit Leaders

46

Betts

41

Ohtani

41

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

26

Contreras

26

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.482

Betts

.441

Bohm

.434

Soto

SLG Leaders

.670

Ozuna

.655

Betts

.639

Ohtani

SB Leaders

18

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Minter

5

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

44

Gilbert

ERA Leaders

1.23

Berríos

1.32

Suárez

1.35

Crawford

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Gilbert

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.07

Peralta

11.93

Ryan

K/BB Leaders

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

9.00

Flaherty

Walk Leaders

4

Kirby

4

Ryan

4

Flaherty

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

521.3

Betts

470

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

398

Betts

357

Cruz

342

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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