New York Mets 5, Houston Astros 4 (Game 2) Game Played on Thursday, July 20, 1978 (Day game) at Shea Stadium Astros 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 6 1 Mets 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - 5 18 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Landestoy ss 5 0 0 0 0 3 .265 Randle 3b 6 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Puhl cf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .292 Valentine 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .273 Cabell 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .286 Kranepool ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .241 Cruz rf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .280 Foli ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 .239 Watson 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Mazzilli cf 5 0 2 0 1 1 .268 xHowe 2b 4 2 2 2 0 0 .000 Montanez 1b 6 1 2 1 0 0 .266 Bergman lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .237 S. Henderson lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .262 Bochy c 3 1 1 1 1 1 .500 Murray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ruhle p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Youngblood ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .252 McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hodges c 5 0 3 0 0 0 .253 Walling ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .228 Boisclair rf,lf 5 1 2 1 0 2 .247 Forsch p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Flynn ss,2b 4 0 1 1 1 0 .252 Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Bernard p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kobel p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .222 Maddox ph,rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Totals 37 4 6 3 5 9 Totals 46 5 18 5 4 4 Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 13,341 Left on Base: Astros 6, Mets 14 DP: Astros 2, Mets 1 Errors: Bochy, Hodges Doubles: Cabell (17), Valentine (3), Randle (13), S. Henderson (17), Boisclair (4), Flynn (7), Youngblood (5) Home Runs: Howe 2 (6), Bochy (1) Stolen Bases: Randle (10) Caught Stealing: Puhl (9) GIDP: Watson (10), Flynn (11) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruhle 3.1 7 2 2 2 1 0 18 5.40 McLaughlin 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.05 Forsch 5 7 2 1 1 2 0 23 2.88 Sambito L(3-6) 1.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 3.24 Totals 10.1 18 5 4 4 4 0 50 Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bernard 4 3 2 2 5 4 1 18 3.09 Kobel 4 2 2 2 0 2 2 14 2.27 Murray W(5-4) 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 11 4.41 Totals 11 6 4 4 5 9 3 43 Balks: Ruhle (1) Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - Bill Williams ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy struck out; Puhl struck out; Cabell doubled to right; Cruz walked; Watson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0. METS 1ST: Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); Valentine doubled to right; Ruhle balked [Valentine to third]; Mazzilli grounded out (first to second); Montanez flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0. ASTROS 2ND: Howe flied out to right; Bergman struck out; Bochy made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0. METS 2ND: S. Henderson flied out to center; Hodges singled to center; Boisclair singled to left [Hodges to second]; Flynn grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Boisclair out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0. ASTROS 3RD: Ruhle struck out; Landestoy flied out to center; Puhl walked; Puhl was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0. METS 3RD: Bernard struck out; Randle doubled to left; Valentine made an out to shortstop; Mazzilli walked; Montanez popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cabell walked; Cruz singled to right [Cabell to third]; Watson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Cabell scored (no RBI), Cruz out at second]; Howe homered; Bergman grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Mets 0. METS 4TH: S. Henderson doubled to center; Hodges flied out to right [S. Henderson to third]; Boisclair doubled to right [S. Henderson scored]; Flynn doubled to left [Boisclair scored]; Bernard walked; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING); Randle forced Bernard (first to shortstop) [Flynn to third]; Randle stole second; Valentine walked; Mazzilli was credited with a single when a runner was hit by the batted ball [Valentine out at second (second unassisted)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 2, Mets 2. ASTROS 5TH: Bochy walked; WALLING BATTED FOR MCLAUGHLIN; Walling walked [Bochy to second]; KOBEL REPLACED BERNARD (PITCHING); Landestoy flied out to left; Puhl forced Walling (shortstop to second) [Bochy to third]; Cabell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Mets 2. METS 5TH: FORSCH REPLACED WALLING (PITCHING); Montanez grounded out (second to first); S. Henderson flied out to right; Hodges singled to center; Boisclair grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Mets 2. ASTROS 6TH: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Watson flied out to center; Howe homered; Bergman grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 2. METS 6TH: Flynn walked; Kobel singled to second [Flynn to second]; Randle reached on an error by Bochy [Flynn out at home (first to third to catcher), Kobel to third, Randle to second]; KRANEPOOL BATTED FOR VALENTINE; Kranepool grounded out (second to first) [Kobel scored (unearned), Randle to third]; Mazzilli grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 3. ASTROS 7TH: FOLI REPLACED KRANEPOOL (PLAYING SS); FLYNN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Bochy homered; Forsch grounded out (shortstop to first); Landestoy struck out; Puhl struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 3. METS 7TH: Montanez popped to third; S. Henderson singled to left; Hodges singled to right [S. Henderson to second]; Boisclair struck out; Flynn flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 3. ASTROS 8TH: Cabell grounded out (third to first); Cruz flied out to right; Watson made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 3. METS 8TH: MADDOX BATTED FOR KOBEL; Maddox flied out to right; Randle grounded out (pitcher to first); Foli singled to left; Mazzilli singled to center [Foli to third]; Montanez singled to right [Foli scored, Mazzilli to third]; S. Henderson forced Montanez (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 4. ASTROS 9TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BOISCLAIR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MURRAY REPLACED S. HENDERSON (PITCHING); Howe lined to shortstop; Bergman grounded out (second to first); Bochy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 4. METS 9TH: Hodges grounded out (first unassisted); Boisclair struck out; Flynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 4. ASTROS 10TH: HOWARD BATTED FOR FORSCH; Howard grounded out (first unassisted); Landestoy struck out; Puhl grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 4. METS 10TH: SAMBITO REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Maddox singled to center; Randle popped to pitcher; Foli lined into a double play (third to first) [Maddox out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 4. ASTROS 11TH: Cabell flied out to center; Cruz singled to right; Watson flied out to center; Howe reached on catcher's interference by Hodges [Cruz to second]; Bergman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 4. METS 11TH: Mazzilli was called out on strikes; Montanez singled to right; YOUNGBLOOD BATTED FOR MURRAY; Youngblood doubled to center [Montanez scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 5.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".