The Houston Astros pulled it off against the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6 to 5, on June 12, 1978.

1978 Houston Astros

Final

PIT

Pirates

26-30

5

HOU

Astros

25-30

6

1

1

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

2

0

6

1

0

7

0

0

8

1

6

9

0

R

5

6

H

12

11

E

1

7

Top 1st

PIT

HOU

Pirates

Single by Dave Parker; Omar Moreno scored.

1

0

Top 5th

PIT

HOU

Pirates

Sacrifice fly by Omar Moreno; Frank Taveras scored.

2

0

Pirates

Dave Parker stole second; Errors by Reggie Baldwin and Art Howe; Dave Parker scored.

3

0

Top 6th

PIT

HOU

Pirates

John Candelaria ground ball; Error by Enos Cabell; Phil Garner scored.

4

0

Top 8th

PIT

HOU

Pirates

Double by Ed Ott; Errors by Jose Cruz and Art Howe; Ed Ott scored.

5

0

Bottom 8th

PIT

HOU

Astros

Single by Jose Cruz; Jesus Alou scored.

5

1

Astros

Dave Bergman walked; Jose Cruz scored.

5

2

Astros

Single by Enos Cabell; Wilbur Howard scored.

5

3

Astros

Single by Cesar Cedeno; Joe Ferguson, Dave Bergman, and Enos Cabell scored.

5

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Frank Taveras SS 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Omar Moreno CF 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Dave Parker RF 3 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 2
Bill Robinson LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Willie Stargell 1B 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
Manny Sanguillen PR,1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rennie Stennett 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mario Mendoza 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Brye PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Ott C 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Phil Garner 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
John Candelaria P 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Kent Tekulve P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Hamilton P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Whitson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 2 0 3 9 5 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
John Candelaria 7.2 9 2 2 2 3 0
Kent Tekulve 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Dave Hamilton 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 0
Ed Whitson (L) 0.1 2 2 2 1 0 0
Totals 8.0 11 6 6 5 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jimmy Sexton SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Bergman PH,LF 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Enos Cabell 3B,SS 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Cesar Cedeno CF 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Watson 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jesus Alou LF 4 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Joe Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Howe 2B,3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jose Cruz RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Reggie Baldwin C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilbur Howard C,2B 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Tom Dixon P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roger Metzger PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Niekro P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julio Gonzalez PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rick Williams P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denny Walling PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Ferguson PH,C 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6 0 5 3 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Dixon 5.0 8 3 2 2 6 0
Joe Niekro 2.0 2 1 0 0 0 0
Rick Williams (W) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Joe Sambito (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Totals 9.0 12 5 3 3 9 0

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0 0
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0 0
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Thu
3/28
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
4:10 PM
Fri
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NYY NYY
@
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8:10 PM
Sat
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@
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2:10 PM
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TOR TOR
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8:10 PM

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Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
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90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
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101 61 .623
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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
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TOR TOR
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TBR TBR
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