The Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7 to 5, on August 25, 1978.

1978 Houston Astros

Final

PIT

Pirates

63-63

5

HOU

Astros

60-68

7

PIT

HOU

1

0

2

2

0

0

3

3

0

4

0

1

5

0

3

6

1

1

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

1

R

5

7

H

11

10

E

2

0

Bottom 1st

PIT

HOU

Astros

Single by Jesus Alou; Error by Omar Moreno; Enos Cabell scored.

0

1

Astros

Single by Jose Cruz; Art Howe scored.

0

2

Top 3rd

PIT

HOU

Pirates

Double by Dave Parker; Frank Taveras and Omar Moreno scored.

2

2

Pirates

Passed ball; Dave Parker scored.

3

2

Bottom 4th

PIT

HOU

Astros

Home run by Jimmy Sexton.

3

3

Bottom 5th

PIT

HOU

Astros

Triple by Enos Cabell; Terry Puhl and Julio Gonzalez scored.

3

5

Astros

Sacrifice fly by Art Howe; Enos Cabell scored.

3

6

Top 6th

PIT

HOU

Pirates

Double by John Milner; Ed Ott scored.

4

6

Bottom 6th

PIT

HOU

Astros

Single by Julio Gonzalez; Wilbur Howard scored.

4

7

Top 9th

PIT

HOU

Pirates

Single by Dale Berra; Phil Garner scored.

5

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Frank Taveras SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Omar Moreno CF 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1
Dave Parker RF 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 3
Willie Stargell 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Ed Ott C 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4
John Milner LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Phil Garner 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Dale Berra 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Jim Rooker P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Manny Sanguillen PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Whitson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Robinson PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 4 0 3 13 0 1 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Rooker (L) 5.0 7 6 4 2 2 1
Ed Whitson 3.0 3 1 1 2 3 0
Totals 8.0 10 7 5 4 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl CF 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1
Julio Gonzalez 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Enos Cabell 1B 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
Art Howe 3B 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jesus Alou LF 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Denny Walling LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2
Jimmy Sexton SS 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 4
Luis Pujols C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Niekro P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Wilbur Howard PH 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Sambito P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joaquin Andujar P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 10 7 1 4 5 2 1 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Joe Niekro (W) 6.0 9 4 4 1 7 0
Joe Sambito 2.0 2 1 1 1 5 0
Joaquin Andujar (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 11 5 5 3 13 0

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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

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.374

Betts

Mookie Betts

.365

Contreras

William Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

Hit Leaders

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40

Betts

Mookie Betts

39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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27

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.477

Betts

Mookie Betts

.446

Contreras

William Contreras

.430

Soto

Juan Soto

SLG Leaders

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.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.649

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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462.9

Betts

Mookie Betts

436.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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351

Betts

Mookie Betts

331

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

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