Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Houston Astros 5 (Game 2) Game Played on Saturday, July 8, 1978 (Night game) at Astrodome Dodgers 1 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 - 7 7 2 Astros 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 2 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lopes 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 .304 Landestoy ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 .250 Russell ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Puhl cf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .304 Garvey 1b 1 0 0 1 0 0 .297 Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Smith rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .305 Cruz rf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .282 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .266 Watson 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .295 Martinez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Howe 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .275 Baker lf 4 2 1 0 0 0 .281 Howard lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Monday rf,1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .286 Pujols c 4 1 2 0 0 2 .211 North cf 3 2 1 1 1 2 .264 Dixon p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Oates c 3 1 2 2 0 1 .400 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 John p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .118 Baldwin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 Welch p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Rautzhan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alou ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .320 Ferguson ph,c 1 0 0 1 0 1 .226 Sexton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164 Totals 33 7 7 6 2 7 Totals 37 5 11 4 0 4 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 37,073 Left on Base: Dodgers 4, Astros 6 DP: Dodgers 1, Astros 0 Errors: Cey, Welch, Landestoy, Watson Doubles: Lopes (15), Pujols (3) Triples: Watson (3) Sacrifice Hits: Welch (2), Dixon (2) Sacrifice Flies: Garvey (4), Ferguson (3) GIDP: Howard (2) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Welch 4.2 8 5 5 0 0 0 22 2.65 Rautzhan 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.35 John W(10-6) 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 14 3.80 Totals 9 11 5 5 0 4 0 38 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dixon L(4-5) 5.1 7 7 4 1 4 0 26 2.67 Niekro 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.64 Forsch 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 10 3.25 Totals 9 7 7 4 2 7 0 38 Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Charlie Williams DODGERS 1ST: Lopes doubled to left; Russell grounded out (second to first) [Lopes to third]; Garvey hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lopes scored]; Cey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy flied out to center; Puhl grounded out (third to first); Cabell grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. DODGERS 2ND: Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday grounded out (second to first); North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); Watson reached on an error by Cey [Watson to first]; Howe flied out to right; Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. DODGERS 3RD: Oates struck out; Welch struck out; Lopes flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Pujols doubled to center; Dixon out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Pujols to third]; Landestoy flied out to left; Puhl made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. DODGERS 4TH: Russell made an out to shortstop; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cabell flied out to right; Cruz singled to center; Steve Garvey hit in mouth with pick-off throw; SMITH REPLACED GARVEY (PLAYING RF); MONDAY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Watson singled to left [Cruz to second]; Howe singled to left [Cruz scored, Watson to second]; Howard grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Howe out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Astros 1. DODGERS 5TH: Baker reached on an error by Landestoy [Baker to second]; Monday flied out to left; North singled to center [Baker scored (unearned)]; Oates singled to right [North to second]; Welch reached on an error by Watson on a sacrifice bunt [North scored (unearned) (no RBI), Oates to third, Welch to first]; Lopes singled to center [Oates scored (unearned), Welch to second]; Russell made an out to second; Smith grounded out (second to first); 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Pujols singled to third; Dixon flied out to center; Landestoy singled to right [Pujols to second]; Puhl singled to right [Pujols scored, Landestoy scored (error by Welch) (no RBI)]; Cabell lined to shortstop; Cruz singled to right [Puhl to third]; RAUTZHAN REPLACED WELCH (PITCHING); Watson tripled to left [Puhl scored, Cruz scored]; Howe grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 4, Astros 5. DODGERS 6TH: Cey flied out to right; Baker singled to center; Monday singled to right [Baker to second]; North walked [Baker to third, Monday to second]; Oates singled to right [Baker scored, Monday scored, North to third]; FERGUSON BATTED FOR RAUTZHAN; NIEKRO REPLACED DIXON (PITCHING); Ferguson hit a sacrifice fly to right [North scored]; Lopes flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. ASTROS 6TH: FERGUSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); JOHN REPLACED OATES (PITCHING); Howard grounded out (second to first); Pujols struck out; BALDWIN BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Baldwin flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. DODGERS 7TH: FORSCH REPLACED BALDWIN (PITCHING); Russell grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith flied out to center; Cey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. ASTROS 7TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED CEY (PLAYING 3B); Landestoy struck out; Puhl grounded out (pitcher to first); Cabell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. DODGERS 8TH: Baker flied out to right; Monday grounded out (second to first); North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. ASTROS 8TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson flied out to center; Howe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. DODGERS 9TH: John grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Ferguson struck out; Lopes walked; Russell forced Lopes (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5. ASTROS 9TH: Howard singled to left; Pujols struck out; ALOU BATTED FOR FORSCH; Alou singled to right [Howard to second]; SEXTON RAN FOR ALOU; Landestoy struck out; Puhl grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 7, Astros 5.

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