The Houston Astros lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7 to 5, on July 8, 1978.

1978 Houston Astros

Final

LAD

Dodgers

50-35

7

HOU

Astros

35-46

5

1

1

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

1

5

3

4

6

3

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

7

5

H

7

11

E

2

2

Top 1st

LAD

HOU

Dodgers

Sacrifice fly by Steve Garvey; Davey Lopes scored.

1

0

Bottom 4th

LAD

HOU

Astros

Single by Art Howe; Jose Cruz scored.

1

1

Top 5th

LAD

HOU

Dodgers

Single by Bill North; Dusty Baker scored.

2

1

Dodgers

Bob Welch ground ball; Error by Bob Watson; Bill North scored.

3

1

Dodgers

Single by Davey Lopes; Johnny Oates scored.

4

1

Bottom 5th

LAD

HOU

Astros

Single by Terry Puhl; Error by Bob Welch; Luis Pujols and Rafael Landestoy scored.

4

3

Astros

Triple by Bob Watson; Terry Puhl and Jose Cruz scored.

4

5

Top 6th

LAD

HOU

Dodgers

Single by Johnny Oates; Dusty Baker and Rick Monday scored.

6

5

Dodgers

Sacrifice fly by Joe Ferguson; Bill North scored.

7

5

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Davey Lopes 2B 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Bill Russell SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Garvey 1B 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Smith RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Cey 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Ted Martinez 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dusty Baker LF 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick Monday RF,1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill North CF 3 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
Johnny Oates C 3 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
Tommy John P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Welch P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lance Rautzhan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Ferguson PH,C 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 7 6 0 2 7 0 0 8

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bob Welch 4.2 8 5 5 0 0 0
Lance Rautzhan 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy John (W) 4.0 2 0 0 0 4 0
Totals 9.0 11 5 5 0 4 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rafael Landestoy SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Terry Puhl CF 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Enos Cabell 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz RF 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Watson 1B 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Art Howe 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wilbur Howard LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Luis Pujols C 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Tom Dixon P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Niekro P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Baldwin PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Forsch P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jesus Alou PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jimmy Sexton PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 4 0 0 4 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Dixon (L) 5.1 7 7 4 1 4 0
Joe Niekro 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Forsch 3.0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Totals 9.0 7 7 4 2 7 0

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More Astros Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Altuve

Jose Altuve

RBI

17

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

AVG

.350

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

10th

R

101

20th

SO

199

21st

ERA

5.14

28th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Rangers Rangers
13 12 .520
Mariners Mariners
12 12 .500 0.5
Angels Angels
10 15 .400 3.0
Athletics Athletics
9 16 .360 4.0
Astros Astros
7 18 .280 6.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
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

Last Game

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CHC Cubs

15-9

4

Final

3

HOU Astros

7-18

Wed 24 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
Tue
4/23
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
8-2
Tue
4/23
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
11-2
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
3-2
Tue
4/23
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Tue
4/23
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
12:35 PM
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM