A sacrifice fly by Enos Cabell in the 10th inning scored Terry Puhl and brought the Astros a 4-3 victory over the Mets. Jerry Koosman, pitching for the Mets, had a 3-0 lead and was working on a four-hitter until the Astros rallied for five singles to tie score in the ninth. In the 10th, Puhl singled, took third on a single by Rafael Landestoy and scored the winning run on Cabell's fly. Elliott Maddox dropped the ball and was charged with an error, but Cabell was credited with a sacrifice fly and run batted in. [The Sporting News]

Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 3

Game Played on Friday, July 28, 1978 (Night game) at Astrodome

Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 3 8 1 Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 - 4 11 2 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Maddox rf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .267 Puhl cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .293 Foli ss 4 1 0 0 1 0 .245 Fischlin ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .137 S. Henderson lf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .268 Alou ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .344 Montanez 1b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .271 Landestoy pr,ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 .304 Stearns c 4 0 2 2 1 0 .274 Cabell 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .295 Mazzilli cf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .267 Watson 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .290 Randle 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Howe 2b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .285 Flynn 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .248 Howard lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .247 Koosman p 4 0 0 0 0 2 .100 Cruz rf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .286 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Bochy c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .353 Sexton pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .163 Pujols c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .147 Dixon p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .107 Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Walling ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Totals 38 3 8 3 4 6 Totals 38 4 11 4 0 7 Time of Game: 2:44 Attendance: 26,779 Left on Base: Mets 9, Astros 7 DP: Mets 1, Astros 0 Errors: Maddox, Fischlin, Dixon Doubles: Maddox (12) Triples: S. Henderson (5) Stolen Bases: Stearns (15) Caught Stealing: Maddox (7) Sacrifice Flies: Cabell (3) GIDP: Gonzalez (1) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Koosman 8.2 9 3 3 0 6 0 34 3.89 Lockwood L(7-9) 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 3.52 Totals 9.1 11 4 4 0 7 0 39 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dixon 8 6 3 3 4 5 0 34 3.65 Sambito W(4-6) 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.08 Totals 10 8 3 3 4 6 0 42 Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Joe West, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Nick Colosi METS 1ST: Maddox was called out on strikes; Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); S. Henderson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Puhl was called out on strikes; Fischlin flied out to right; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. METS 2ND: Montanez flied out to center; Stearns popped to second; Mazzilli singled to right; Mazzilli was picked off first but was safe on an error by Dixon [Mazzilli to second]; Randle flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson grounded out (first unassisted); Howe struck out; Howard grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. METS 3RD: Flynn grounded out (second to first); Koosman reached on an error by Fischlin [Koosman to first]; Maddox forced Koosman (third to second); Maddox was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Cruz struck out; Bochy flied out to right; Dixon grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. METS 4TH: Foli walked; S. Henderson grounded out (pitcher to third to first) [Foli to second]; Montanez walked; Stearns singled to center [Foli scored, Montanez to second]; Mazzilli walked [Montanez to third, Stearns to second]; Randle struck out; Flynn flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Puhl flied out to left; Fischlin flied out to center; Cabell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 0. METS 5TH: Koosman grounded out (third to first); Maddox popped to first in foul territory; Foli grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Watson grounded out (third to first); Howe grounded out (second to first); Howard singled to shortstop; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 0. METS 6TH: S. Henderson grounded out (second to first); Montanez grounded out (first unassisted); Stearns walked; Mazzilli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Bochy grounded out (third to first); Dixon flied out to right; Puhl made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 0. METS 7TH: Randle grounded out (second to first); Flynn singled to center; On a bunt Koosman struck out; Maddox doubled to left [Flynn scored]; Foli flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 7TH: Fischlin flied out to center; Cabell singled to center; Watson singled to center [Cabell to second]; Howe struck out; Howard struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 2, Astros 0. METS 8TH: S. Henderson tripled to right; Montanez grounded out (second to first); Stearns singled to left [S. Henderson scored]; Stearns stole second; Mazzilli grounded out (first unassisted) [Stearns to third]; Randle grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 8TH: Cruz made an out to shortstop; Bochy singled to right; SEXTON RAN FOR BOCHY; GONZALEZ BATTED FOR DIXON; Gonzalez grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Sexton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 0. METS 9TH: SAMBITO REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); PUJOLS REPLACED SEXTON (PLAYING C ); Flynn grounded out (pitcher to first); Koosman struck out (catcher to first); Maddox flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 9TH: Puhl singled to second; ALOU BATTED FOR FISCHLIN; Alou singled to shortstop [Puhl to second]; LANDESTOY RAN FOR ALOU; Cabell forced Puhl (third unassisted) [Landestoy to second]; Watson singled to left [Landestoy to third, Cabell to second]; Howe singled to center [Landestoy scored, Cabell to third, Watson to second]; Howard forced Howe (shortstop to second) [Cabell scored, Watson to third]; Cruz singled to right [Watson scored, Howard to third]; LOCKWOOD REPLACED KOOSMAN (PITCHING); Pujols struck out; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 3. METS 10TH: LANDESTOY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Foli lined to shortstop; S. Henderson singled to right; Montanez singled to left [S. Henderson to second]; Stearns made an out to shortstop; Mazzilli flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 3. ASTROS 10TH: WALLING BATTED FOR SAMBITO; Walling flied out to left; Puhl singled to left; Landestoy singled to left [Puhl to third]; Cabell reached on an error by Maddox on a sacrifice fly [Puhl scored, Landestoy to second, Cabell to first]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 4.

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