Astros 7, Reds 8 Box Score, Jul 3, 1978

July 3, 1978 · 7:05 PM EDT

Houston AstrosHOU · 74-88HOU74-887

Final

Cincinnati RedsCIN · 92-69CIN92-69

W: Doug BairL: Joe Sambito

Top performers

TPTerry PuhlCF1-5H-ABHR · 2 RBI · 1 RTop hitterGFGeorge FosterLF2-4H-ABHR · 2B · 3 RBI · 2 R
Winning pitcherDBDoug BairP2.0IP0 ER · 0 K · W
JSJoe SambitoP2.2IP1 ER · 2 K · LLosing pitcher

Game flow

CIN100%50%100%HOU

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Biggest lead HOU by 2 · CIN by 2 · 3 lead changes

Key plays

B1 +22% CINGeorge Foster hits a home run (18). Pete Rose scores. Dave Concepcion scores.HOU 2 · CIN 3
T3 +17% HOUBob Watson doubles (14) on a to left fielder George Foster. Wilbur Howard scores. Enos Cabell to 3rd.HOU 3 · CIN 3
B3 +22% CINDan Driessen hits a home run (10). George Foster scores.HOU 5 · CIN 5
T9 +22% HOUTerry Puhl hit by pitch. Jimmy Sexton scores. Denny Walling to 3rd. Dave Bergman to 2nd.HOU 6 · CIN 7
B11 +36% CINJunior Kennedy singles. Rick Auerbach scores.HOU 7 · CIN 8

Team stats

HOU

CIN

10Hits15
7Runs8
1Home runs2
5Walks4
5Strikeouts8
1Errors0

0Stolen bases4
.256Batting average.319
.356On-base %.385
.385Slugging.511
5.91ERA5.73
12Left on base23

1978 NL West Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB
1LADodgers	95	67	.586	—
2CIReds	92	69	.571	2.5
3SFGiants	89	73	.549	6.0
4SDPadres	84	78	.519	11.0
5HOAstros	74	88	.457	21.0
6ATBraves	69	93	.426	26.0

Game info

Venue: Cinergy Field


TPTerry PuhlCF	5	1	1	2	1	0	0
WHWilbur HowardRF	5	1	1	1	0	0	2
ECEnos Cabell3B	3	2	0	0	0	2	1
BWBob Watson1B	5	0	2	1	0	0	0
AHArt Howe2B	3	1	1	1	0	2	0
JAJesus AlouLF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0
LPLuis PujolsC	4	0	2	1	0	0	0
MFMike FischlinSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
FBFloyd BannisterP	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
JSJoe SambitoP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JSJimmy SextonSS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
DWDenny WallingPH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
RBReggie BaldwinC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
BMBo McLaughlinP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
DBDave Bergman1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	39	7	10	7	1	5	5


FBFloyd Bannister	4.0	6	5	1	5	2	32
JSJoe SambitoL	2.2	4	1	0	2	0	15
BMBo McLaughlin	4.0	5	1	3	1	0	33
Totals	10.2	15	7	4	8	2	80


PRPete Rose3B	5	1	3	1	0	1	0
KGKen Griffey Sr.RF	6	0	2	1	0	0	1
DCDave ConcepcionSS	6	1	1	0	0	0	0
GFGeorge FosterLF	4	2	2	3	1	1	0
JBJohnny BenchC	5	0	1	0	0	1	2
DDDan Driessen1B	6	1	2	2	1	0	1
JKJunior Kennedy2B	6	1	3	1	0	0	0
CGCesar GeronimoCF	4	0	1	0	0	0	2
FNFred NormanP	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
RARick AuerbachPR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
KHKen HendersonCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
DCDave CollinsPH	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
MSManny SarmientoP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
DTDave TomlinP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JMJoe MorganPH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
DBDoug BairP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	47	8	15	8	2	4	8

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1978 NL West Standings

Game info

Astros

Batting

Pitching

Reds

Batting

Pitching

1 · HOU 2–3 CIN · CIN leads 3–2

Reds outlast Astros 8-7 as Foster goes 2-for-4

Players mentioned


FNFred Norman	6.0	8	5	3	4	1	44
MSManny Sarmiento	2.0	2	2	1	1	0	14
DTDave Tomlin	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	4
DBDoug BairW	2.0	0	0	1	0	0	10
Totals	11.0	10	7	5	5	1	72

Houston Astros at Cincinnati Reds

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1978 NL West Standings

Game info

Astros

Batting

Pitching

Reds

Batting

Pitching

1 · HOU 2–3 CIN · CIN leads 3–2

Reds outlast Astros 8-7 as Foster goes 2-for-4

Players mentioned