Scoring on a single by Tucker Ashford in the 10th inning, the Padres defeated the Astros, 6-5. Jerry Turner led off the stanza with a single and stopped at second on a single by Bill Almon. Rollie Fingers, trying to sacrifice, forced Turner at third before Ashford rapped his winning hit. Astro catcher Joe Ferguson drew five walks, tying the league record. Three of the passes were intentional. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 6, Houston Astros 5

Game Played on Saturday, June 24, 1978 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium

Astros 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 13 0 Padres 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 6 11 5 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Puhl cf 5 1 3 0 1 0 .328 Richards lf 3 1 1 1 2 1 .293 Cruz rf 6 1 1 0 0 0 .267 Smith ss 4 0 1 0 1 1 .259 Cabell 3b 6 2 3 1 0 0 .295 Gonzalez 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .230 Watson 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .274 Winfield cf,rf,cf 3 1 1 2 1 1 .290 Bergman 1b 1 0 1 0 1 0 .143 Gamble rf 4 2 2 0 0 1 .249 Alou lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Sweet c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Sexton ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .162 Thomas 1b,cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Howe 2b 5 0 2 1 0 1 .286 Turner rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Ferguson c 0 0 0 0 5 0 .226 Almon 3b 3 2 2 1 2 0 .286 Fischlin ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .158 Roberts c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Walling ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Reynolds ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .216 Bannister p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Fingers p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jones p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .128 Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Tenace ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .224 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Kinney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ashford ph,1b 1 0 1 2 0 0 .218 Totals 42 5 13 3 7 3 Totals 32 6 11 6 8 6 Time of Game: 3:11 Attendance: 15,759 Left on Base: Astros 15, Padres 11 DP: Astros 3, Padres 1 Errors: Smith, Winfield, Roberts, Fingers, Jones Doubles: Cabell (9), Howe (21) Triples: Gamble (3), Almon (1) Home Runs: Winfield (12) Stolen Bases: Richards 2 (19) Caught Stealing: Puhl (7), Gonzalez (1) Sacrifice Hits: Bannister (3), Gonzalez (2), Thomas (6), Ashford (1) Sacrifice Flies: Winfield (2) GIDP: Howe (7), Jones (1), Gamble (1), Richards (4) Hit by Pitch: Roberts (1,by Bannister) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bannister 7.1 7 5 5 8 6 1 35 3.00 Sambito 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.27 Forsch L(2-3) 1.1 4 1 1 0 0 0 8 3.22 Totals 9.1 11 6 6 8 6 1 45 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jones 6 9 4 2 3 0 0 30 2.74 D'Acquisto 1.2 0 0 0 2 3 0 7 1.09 Kinney 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.50 Fingers W(3-7) 2 4 1 1 2 0 0 12 3.35 Totals 10 13 5 3 7 3 0 50 Hit by Pitch: Bannister (1) Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey ASTROS 1ST: Puhl flied out to right; Cruz grounded out (second to first); Cabell doubled; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Richards walked; Richards stole second; Smith struck out; Gonzalez singled [Richards to third]; Winfield hit a sacrifice fly to left [Richards scored]; Gonzalez was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 1. ASTROS 2ND: Alou singled; Howe grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Alou out at second]; Ferguson walked; Fischlin forced Ferguson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 1. PADRES 2ND: Gamble tripled; Thomas grounded out (third to first); Almon was walked intentionally; Roberts was hit by a pitch [Almon to second]; Jones made an out to first; Richards walked [Gamble scored, Almon to third, Roberts to second]; Smith grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 2. ASTROS 3RD: Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl singled; Cruz singled [Puhl to second]; Cabell singled [Puhl scored, Cruz to second]; Watson singled to left [Cruz scored, Cabell scored (error by Roberts) (unearned) (no RBI), Watson to second]; Alou grounded out (third to first); Howe reached on an error by Smith [Watson scored (unearned) (no RBI), Howe to second]; Ferguson was walked intentionally; Fischlin singled [Howe to third, Ferguson to second]; Bannister forced Fischlin (shortstop unassisted); 4 R (2 ER), 5 H, 2 E, 3 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 2. PADRES 3RD: Gonzalez struck out; Winfield homered; Gamble struck out; Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 3. ASTROS 4TH: Puhl flied out to center; Cruz made an out to catcher; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 3. PADRES 4TH: Almon walked; Roberts made an out to shortstop; On a bunt Jones grounded into a double play (third to shortstop to second) [Almon out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 3. ASTROS 5TH: Watson grounded out (second to first); Alou grounded out (third to first); Howe singled to center [Howe to second (error by Winfield)]; Ferguson was walked intentionally; Fischlin grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 3. PADRES 5TH: Richards singled; Richards stole second; Smith walked; Gonzalez out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Richards to third, Smith to second]; Winfield was walked intentionally; Gamble grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Winfield out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 3. ASTROS 6TH: Bannister flied out to left; Puhl singled; Puhl was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Cruz reached on an error by Jones [Cruz to first]; Cabell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 3. PADRES 6TH: Thomas grounded out (third to first); Almon flied out to center; Roberts walked; TENACE BATTED FOR JONES; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 3. ASTROS 7TH: D'ACQUISTO REPLACED TENACE (PITCHING); Watson struck out; Alou grounded out (second to first); Howe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 3. PADRES 7TH: Richards struck out; Smith flied out to center; Gonzalez singled; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 3. ASTROS 8TH: Ferguson walked; Fischlin struck out; Bannister out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Ferguson to second]; Puhl walked; KINNEY REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 3. PADRES 8TH: BERGMAN REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING 1B); Gamble singled; Thomas out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Gamble to second]; Almon tripled [Gamble scored]; REYNOLDS BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Reynolds was walked intentionally; ASHFORD BATTED FOR KINNEY; SAMBITO REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING); Ashford reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Almon scored, Reynolds to second]; Richards grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Ashford out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 5. ASTROS 9TH: ASHFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); FINGERS REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); THOMAS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); SWEET REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING C ); WINFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Cabell singled; Bergman singled [Cabell to second]; Alou made an out to third; Howe doubled [Cabell scored, Bergman to third]; Ferguson was walked intentionally; WALLING BATTED FOR FISCHLIN; Walling made an out to third; HOWARD BATTED FOR SAMBITO; Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 5, Padres 5. PADRES 9TH: FORSCH REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); WALLING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SEXTON REPLACED ALOU (PLAYING SS); Smith singled; Gonzalez forced Smith (pitcher to shortstop); Winfield flied out to left; Sweet flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Padres 5. ASTROS 10TH: TURNER REPLACED THOMAS (PLAYING RF); WINFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Puhl singled; Puhl was picked off first but was safe on an error by Fingers [Puhl to second]; Cruz flied out to right; Cabell grounded out (third to first); Bergman was walked intentionally; Sexton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 5, Padres 5. PADRES 10TH: Turner singled; Almon singled [Turner to second]; On a bunt Fingers forced Turner (pitcher to third) [Almon to second]; Ashford singled [Almon scored, Fingers to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 5, Padres 6.

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