The Pittsburgh Pirates eked out a victory over the Houston Astros, 7 to 6, on August 20, 1978.

1978 Pittsburgh Pirates

Final

HOU

Astros

56-67

6

PIT

Pirates

59-62

7

HOU

PIT

1

0

2

2

0

0

3

0

3

4

2

1

5

2

0

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

2

0

9

0

R

6

7

H

11

14

E

1

3

Bottom 1st

HOU

PIT

Pirates

Double by Dave Parker; Frank Taveras scored.

0

1

Pirates

Single by Willie Stargell; Dave Parker scored.

0

2

Bottom 3rd

HOU

PIT

Pirates

Sacrifice fly by Omar Moreno; Frank Taveras scored.

0

3

Pirates

Home run by Willie Stargell; Dave Parker scored.

0

5

Top 4th

HOU

PIT

Astros

Double by Jose Cruz; Art Howe scored.

1

5

Astros

Single by Bruce Bochy; Jesus Alou scored.

2

5

Bottom 4th

HOU

PIT

Pirates

Home run by Dale Berra.

2

6

Top 5th

HOU

PIT

Astros

Enos Cabell grounded out; Rafael Landestoy scored.

3

6

Astros

Single by Art Howe; Julio Gonzalez scored.

4

6

Bottom 6th

HOU

PIT

Pirates

Single by Frank Taveras; Steve Brye scored.

4

7

Top 8th

HOU

PIT

Astros

Jimmy Sexton stole second; Error by Ed Ott; Jose Cruz scored.

5

7

Astros

Denny Walling grounded out; Jimmy Sexton scored.

6

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Julio Gonzalez 2B 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Enos Cabell 1B 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 2
Art Howe 3B 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Jesus Alou LF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joaquin Andujar P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wilbur Howard PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Forsch P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Baldwin PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 3
Bruce Bochy C 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jimmy Sexton SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
Tom Dixon P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Williams P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rafael Landestoy PH 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Denny Walling LF 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 5 0 4 4 2 2 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Tom Dixon (L) 3.2 9 6 6 0 2 2
Rick Williams 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joaquin Andujar 2.0 4 1 1 0 2 0
Ken Forsch 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 14 7 7 0 4 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Frank Taveras SS 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Omar Moreno CF 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Parker RF 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 3
Willie Stargell 1B 4 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 6
Ed Ott LF,C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Phil Garner 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Manny Sanguillen C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Brye LF 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Dale Berra 3B 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
Jim Rooker P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kent Tekulve P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 14 7 2 0 4 2 0 22

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Rooker (W) 5.2 8 4 2 4 2 0
Kent Tekulve (S) 3.1 3 2 1 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 11 6 3 4 4 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

3

Cruz

Oneil Cruz

RBI

13

Reynolds

Bryan Reynolds

AVG

.298

Taylor

Michael A. Taylor

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Keller

Mitch Keller

K

32

Jones

Jared Jones

ERA

2.55

Pérez

Martín Pérez

Team Rankings

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HR

16

23rd

R

92

11th

SO

161

19th

ERA

3.94

13th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
11 6 .647
Cubs Cubs
11 7 .611 0.5
Pirates Pirates
11 8 .579 1.0
Reds Reds
9 9 .500 2.5
Cardinals Cardinals
9 10 .474 3.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Sat
4/20
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
4:05 PM
Sun
4/21
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
1:35 PM
Mon
4/22
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Tue
4/23
MIL MIL
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM

Last Game

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NYM Mets

10-8

9

Final

1

PIT Pirates

11-8

Wed 17 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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8

Trout

Mike Trout

8

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

7

O'Neill

Tyler O'Neill

RBI Leaders

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23

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

21

Ward

Taylor Ward

20

Jr.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

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.388

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.377

Arcia

Orlando Arcia

.369

Betts

Mookie Betts

Hit Leaders

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31

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

31

Betts

Mookie Betts

31

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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22

Betts

Mookie Betts

20

Marte

Ketel Marte

18

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.485

Winker

Jesse Winker

.478

Soto

Juan Soto

.470

Betts

Mookie Betts

SLG Leaders

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.732

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.675

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.667

Busch

Michael Busch

SB Leaders

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9

Turang

Brice Turang

8

Carroll

Corbin Carroll

8

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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3

Peguero

Elvis Peguero

3

Bradford

Cody Bradford

3

Miller

Bryce Miller

Strikeout Leaders

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34

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

32

Jones

Jared Jones

31

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

ERA Leaders

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0.42

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.50

López

Reynaldo López

0.86

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

WHIP Leaders

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0.68

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

0.71

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

0.77

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

K/9 Leaders

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13.25

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

13.06

Greene

Hunter Greene

12.52

Jones

Jared Jones

K/BB Leaders

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16.00

Jones

Jared Jones

14.00

Houck

Tanner Houck

13.00

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

Walk Leaders

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2

Jones

Jared Jones

2

Kirby

George Kirby

2

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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367.4

Betts

Mookie Betts

296.1

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

293

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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277

Betts

Mookie Betts

230

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

221

Trout

Mike Trout

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
Wed
4/17
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
0-6
Wed
4/17
LAA LAA
@
TBR TBR
1-2
Wed
4/17
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
5-4
Wed
4/17
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
9-7
Tue
4/16
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
1-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/19
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
4/19
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
CWS CWS
@
PHI PHI
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Fri
4/19
HOU HOU
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM