The Pittsburgh Pirates managed to stay ahead of the Houston Astros, 7 to 6, on August 20, 1978.

Final

Astros

56-67

6

Pirates

59-62

7

HOU

PIT

1

0

2

0

3

0

3

4

2

1

5

2

0

6

0

1

7

0

8

2

0

9

0

R

6

7

H

11

14

E

1

3

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

HOU

PIT

Double by Dave Parker; Frank Taveras scored.

0

1

Single by Willie Stargell; Dave Parker scored.

0

2

Bottom 3rd

HOU

PIT

Sacrifice fly by Omar Moreno; Frank Taveras scored.

0

3

Home run by Willie Stargell; Dave Parker scored.

0

5

Top 4th

HOU

PIT

Double by Jose Cruz; Art Howe scored.

1

5

Single by Bruce Bochy; Jesus Alou scored.

2

5

Bottom 4th

HOU

PIT

Home run by Dale Berra.

2

6

Top 5th

HOU

PIT

Enos Cabell grounded out; Rafael Landestoy scored.

3

6

Single by Art Howe; Julio Gonzalez scored.

4

6

Bottom 6th

HOU

PIT

Single by Frank Taveras; Steve Brye scored.

4

7

Top 8th

HOU

PIT

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

5

7

Denny Walling grounded out; Jimmy Sexton scored.

6

7

Astros

Pirates

Batters

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

Pitchers

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

Batters

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

Pitchers

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

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More Pirates Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

4

Reynolds

RBI

17

Reynolds

AVG

.283

Hayes

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Jones

K

42

Jones

ERA

2.65

Gonzales

Team Rankings

HR

23

25th

R

115

21st

SO

250

12th

ERA

3.70

11th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	17	10	.630
Cubs	17	11	.607	0.5
Reds	15	13	.536	2.5
Pirates	14	15	.483	4.0
Cardinals	13	15	.464	4.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 4/29	PIT	@	OAK	9:40 PM
Tue 4/30	PIT	@	OAK	9:40 PM
Wed 5/1	PIT	@	OAK	3:37 PM
Fri 5/3	COL	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Sat 5/4	COL	@	PIT	4:05 PM

Last Game

Giants

14-15

3

Final

2

Pirates

14-15

Sun 28 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.387

Betts

.367

Smith

.365

Bohm

Hit Leaders

46

Betts

41

Ohtani

41

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

26

Contreras

26

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.482

Betts

.441

Bohm

.434

Soto

SLG Leaders

.670

Ozuna

.655

Betts

.639

Ohtani

SB Leaders

18

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Minter

5

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

44

Gilbert

ERA Leaders

1.23

Berríos

1.32

Suárez

1.35

Crawford

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Gilbert

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.07

Peralta

11.93

Ryan

K/BB Leaders

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

9.00

Flaherty

Walk Leaders

4

Kirby

4

Ryan

4

Flaherty

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

521.3

Betts

470

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

398

Betts

357

Cruz

342

Ohtani

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