The Houston Astros eked out a victory over the San Diego Padres, 3 to 2, on May 18, 1979.

Final

Padres

15-24

2

Astros

21-18

3

SDP

HOU

1

0

2

0

3

1

4

0

5

0

1

6

0

7

0

8

1

9

0

R

2

3

H

4

10

E

1

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 3rd

SDP

HOU

Broderick Perkins grounded out; Gene Richards scored.

1

0

Bottom 3rd

SDP

HOU

Single by Jeffrey Leonard; Joe Niekro scored.

1

Bottom 5th

SDP

HOU

Home run by Alan Ashby.

1

2

Top 8th

SDP

HOU

Home run by Gene Richards.

2

Bottom 8th

SDP

HOU

Single by Jose Cruz; Craig Reynolds scored.

2

3

Padres

Astros

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Gene Richards CF	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	7
Broderick Perkins 1B	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
Rollie Fingers P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Turner LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Winfield RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Kurt Bevacqua 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Barry Evans PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Tenace C	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Almon 2B,SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Ozzie Smith SS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dan Briggs PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Fernando Gonzalez 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Owchinko P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Hargrove PH,1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	30	2	4	2	1	5	4	1	9

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Bob Owchinko	7.0	7	2	1	1	2	1
Rollie Fingers (L)	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	0
Totals	8.0	10	3	2	1	3	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Terry Puhl RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Craig Reynolds SS	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	3
Jeffrey Leonard CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Watson 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Rafael Landestoy 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Enos Cabell 3B,1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Cruz LF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Art Howe 2B,3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alan Ashby C	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	5
Joe Niekro P	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	31	3	10	3	1	1	3	1	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Joe Niekro (W)	9.0	4	2	2	5	4	1
Totals	9.0	4	2	2	5	4	1

Explore

More Astros Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Altuve

RBI

13

Tucker

AVG

.403

Altuve

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Blanco

K

18

Javier

ERA

0.86

Blanco

Team Rankings

HR

21

5th

R

81

13th

SO

132

23rd

ERA

5.35

29th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	9	8	.529
Angels	8	8	.500	0.5
Athletics	7	10	.412	2.0
Mariners	7	10	.412	2.0
Astros	6	12	.333	3.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 4/16	ATL	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 4/17	ATL	@	HOU	2:10 PM
Fri 4/19	HOU	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 4/20	HOU	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sun 4/21	HOU	@	WSH	1:35 PM

Last Game

Astros

6-12

1

Final

6

Braves

10-5

Mon 15 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

7

Trout

7

Ozuna

7

O'Neill

RBI Leaders

22

Ozuna

19

Ward

18

Steer

Batting Average Leaders

.403

Altuve

.390

Contreras

.373

Volpe

Hit Leaders

29

Altuve

26

Kwan

26

Ohtani

Run Leaders

20

Betts

17

Jr.

16

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.483

Winker

.479

Contreras

.476

Altuve

SLG Leaders

.750

O'Neill

.746

Ozuna

.731

Busch

SB Leaders

8

Turang

7

Jr.

7

Thomas

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

3

Peguero

3

Bradford

3

Detmers

Strikeout Leaders

34

Glasnow

31

Crochet

30

Wheeler

ERA Leaders

0.42

Crawford

0.86

Blanco

0.98

Singer

WHIP Leaders

0.62

Bradford

0.68

Peralta

0.71

Suárez

K/9 Leaders

13.50

Detmers

13.25

Peralta

12.94

Gore

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Peralta

12.50

Jones

12.00

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Jones

2

Bradford

2

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

333

Betts

272

Ohtani

268.2

Ozuna

DraftKings Points Leaders

250

Betts

210

Ohtani

205

Altuve

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