The Houston Astros managed to stay ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies, 2 to 1, on July 17, 1978.

1978 Houston Astros

Final

HOU

Astros

39-49

2

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

1

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

1

0

9

0

0

10

0

0

11

0

1

R

1

2

H

5

7

E

2

1

Bottom 5th

PHI

HOU

Astros

Single by Terry Puhl; Joe Niekro scored.

0

1

Top 8th

PHI

HOU

Phillies

Single by Bake McBride; Bud Harrelson scored.

1

1

Bottom 11th

PHI

HOU

Astros

Home run by Jose Cruz.

1

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bake McBride RF 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Larry Bowa SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Garry Maddox CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Greg Luzinski LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Jerry Martin PR,LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Hebner 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jose Cardenal 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Barry Foote C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ted Sizemore 2B 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bud Harrelson PR,2B 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Larry Christenson P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tim McCarver PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tug McGraw P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Schmidt PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rawly Eastwick P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 1 5 1 0 3 8 3 0 6

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry Christenson 7.0 5 1 1 3 3 0
Tug McGraw 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Rawly Eastwick (L) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1
Totals 10.0 7 2 2 3 4 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rafael Landestoy SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Terry Puhl CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Enos Cabell 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz RF 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Bob Watson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Art Howe 2B 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Dave Bergman LF 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Luis Pujols C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Niekro P 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 36 2 7 2 1 3 4 0 0 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Joe Niekro (W) 11.0 5 1 1 3 8 0
Totals 11.0 5 1 1 3 8 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Altuve

Jose Altuve

RBI

17

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

AVG

.346

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

K

22

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

ERA

1.33

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

Team Rankings

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HR

26

13th

R

102

20th

SO

209

20th

ERA

5.07

28th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
13 12 .520
Rangers Rangers
13 13 .500 0.5
Angels Angels
10 15 .400 3.0
Athletics Athletics
10 16 .385 3.5
Astros Astros
7 19 .269 6.5

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

Last Game

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CHC Cubs

16-9

3

Final

1

HOU Astros

7-19

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
8-0
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM