A pinch-hit single by Steve Yeager in the 11th inning gave the Dodgers a 5-4 victory over the Astros. Bill North opened the stanza with a two-base hit and moved to third on a sacrifice by Jerry Grote before Yeager delivered his game-winning blow. Rookie Bob Welch pitched the final two frames for his first major league win.

The Dodgers led, 4-2, going into the eighth, but an error by second baseman Davey Lopes helped the Astros to a pair of unearned runs. The tying tally came in when reliever Charlie Hough walked Jesus Alou with the bases loaded. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Houston Astros 4

Game Played on Wednesday, June 21, 1978 (Night game) at Dodger Stadium

Astros 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 7 0 Dodgers 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 14 0 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Puhl cf 6 1 2 0 0 1 .316 Lopes 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .314 Walling lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .253 Russell ss 4 1 1 0 1 1 .276 Cabell 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Garvey 1b 5 1 3 1 0 0 .292 Cruz rf 4 1 0 1 1 1 .272 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .274 Watson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Baker lf 5 2 3 2 0 0 .278 Howe 2b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .283 Lacy rf 5 0 2 1 0 2 .311 Ferguson c 2 1 1 2 1 1 .224 North cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .248 Sexton pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164 Grote c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .319 Alou ph 0 0 0 1 1 0 .375 Rhoden p 3 0 1 0 0 2 .161 Sambito p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .444 Fischlin ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bergman ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .121 Mota ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .313 Baldwin c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Welch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lemongello p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Yeager ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .200 Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .245 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Gonzalez ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Totals 40 4 7 4 5 8 Totals 41 5 14 5 3 8 Time of Game: 3:23 Attendance: 34,975 Left on Base: Astros 9, Dodgers 9 DP: Astros 0, Dodgers 0 Doubles: Russell (14), Lopes (11), North (6) Home Runs: Ferguson (6), Baker (4) Stolen Bases: Cruz (11), Puhl 2 (10), Walling (4) Caught Stealing: Cey (3), Baker (1), Lacy (3) Sacrifice Hits: Grote (1) Hit by Pitch: Watson (2,by Hough) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemongello 6 9 4 4 2 5 1 28 3.83 Forsch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.12 Sambito L(3-4) 3.1 5 1 1 1 3 0 14 3.32 Totals 10.1 14 5 5 3 8 1 45 Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Rhoden 7 5 4 4 3 4 1 29 4.01 Hough 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 2.63 Rautzhan 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.51 Welch W(1-0) 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 7 0.00 Totals 11 7 4 4 5 8 1 46 Hit by Pitch: Hough (2) Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Joe West, 3B - John Kibler ASTROS 1ST: Puhl struck out; Walling grounded out (third to first); Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 0. DODGERS 1ST: Lopes flied out to left; Russell doubled to left; Garvey singled to right [Russell scored]; Cey walked [Garvey to second]; Baker grounded out (third to first) [Garvey to third, Cey to second]; Lacy was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Dodgers 1. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz walked; Cruz stole second; Watson grounded out (third to first); Howe grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cruz to third]; Ferguson homered [Cruz scored]; Fischlin grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 2ND: North grounded out (second to first); Grote walked; Rhoden struck out; Lopes forced Grote (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 1. ASTROS 3RD: Lemongello was called out on strikes; Puhl singled to center; Puhl stole second; Walling popped to shortstop; Cabell popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 3RD: Russell struck out; Garvey singled to left; Cey forced Garvey (pitcher to second); Cey was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 1. ASTROS 4TH: Cruz popped to first in foul territory; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Howe singled to center; Ferguson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 1. DODGERS 4TH: Baker homered; Lacy flied out to right; On a bunt North grounded out (third to first); Grote singled to right; Rhoden singled to right [Grote to third]; Lopes grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 2. ASTROS 5TH: Fischlin grounded out (second to first); Lemongello grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 2. DODGERS 5TH: Russell grounded out (second to first); Garvey singled to shortstop; Cey flied out to right; Baker singled to right [Garvey scored, Baker to second (on throw to home)]; Lacy singled to left [Baker scored, Lacy to second (on throw to home)]; North grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 4. ASTROS 6TH: Walling grounded out (second to first); Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 6TH: Grote popped to catcher; Rhoden struck out; Lopes was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 4. ASTROS 7TH: Watson flied out to right; Howe flied out to right; Ferguson walked; SEXTON RAN FOR FERGUSON; BERGMAN BATTED FOR FISCHLIN; Bergman walked [Sexton to second]; HOWARD BATTED FOR LEMONGELLO; Howard was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 7TH: BALDWIN REPLACED BERGMAN (PLAYING C ); SEXTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); FORSCH REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Garvey lined to third; Cey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Dodgers 4. ASTROS 8TH: Puhl singled to right; Walling singled to second [Puhl to third]; HOUGH REPLACED RHODEN (PITCHING); Walling stole second; Cabell popped to second; Cruz grounded out (second to first) [Puhl scored, Walling to third]; Watson was hit by a pitch; Howe walked [Watson to second]; ALOU BATTED FOR SEXTON; Alou walked [Walling scored, Watson to third, Howe to second]; RAUTZHAN REPLACED HOUGH (PITCHING); Baldwin grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 4, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 8TH: SAMBITO REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); GONZALEZ REPLACED FORSCH (PLAYING SS); Baker singled to right; Baker was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Lacy struck out; North struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Dodgers 4. ASTROS 9TH: Gonzalez singled to left; Puhl forced Gonzalez (shortstop to second); Puhl stole second; Walling grounded out (second to first) [Puhl to third]; Cabell lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 9TH: Grote flied out to right; MOTA BATTED FOR RAUTZHAN; Mota struck out; Lopes doubled to left; Russell walked; Garvey forced Lopes (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Dodgers 4. ASTROS 10TH: WELCH REPLACED MOTA (PITCHING); Cruz was called out on strikes; Watson struck out; Howe was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 10TH: Cey grounded out (third to first); Baker flied out to right; Lacy singled to center; Lacy was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Dodgers 4. ASTROS 11TH: Sambito struck out; Baldwin singled to left; Gonzalez flied out to center; Puhl flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Dodgers 4. DODGERS 11TH: North doubled to left; Grote out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [North to third]; YEAGER BATTED FOR WELCH; Yeager singled to left [North scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Dodgers 5.

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