The streaking Astros won their sixth consecutive game, coming from behind with two runs in the last of ninth inning to defeat the Mets, 4-3. Dave Bergman drew a walk to open the rally and scored on a double by Bruce Bochy, who continued to third when catcher John Stearns missed the outfield relay.

Skip Lockwood took over from Dwight Bernard on the mound and got Julio Gonzalez to pop out before pinch-hitter Wilbur Howard slashed a single over the drawn-in infield to end the game. [The Sporting News]

Houston Astros 4, New York Mets 3

Game Played on Sunday, July 30, 1978 (Night game) at Astrodome

Mets 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 11 2 Astros 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 - 4 9 1 Mets AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Maddox rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .265 Landestoy ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .288 Foli ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .248 Howard ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .255 Ferrer pr,ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 .167 Puhl cf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .295 S. Henderson lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .273 Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .295 Montanez 1b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .271 Cruz rf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .288 Stearns c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .277 Watson 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .290 Mazzilli cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .265 Howe 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .283 Randle 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .225 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Flynn 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .246 Walling ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Swan p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Andujar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 Boisclair ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .244 Bergman lf 2 1 1 0 2 0 .237 Bernard p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Bochy c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .350 Lockwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Sexton pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .163 Lemongello p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .170 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Totals 35 3 11 3 1 6 Totals 34 4 9 4 3 7 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 17,502 Left on Base: Mets 7, Astros 8 DP: Mets 0, Astros 1 Errors: Ferrer, Stearns, Howe Doubles: Randle (15), Foli (15), Bergman (3), Cruz (18), Puhl (17), Bochy (1) Triples: Cruz (5) Stolen Bases: Foli (2), S. Henderson (7), Flynn (2), Puhl (17) Caught Stealing: Maddox 2 (9), Watson (1) Sacrifice Flies: Mazzilli (4) GIDP: Maddox (7) Mets IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Swan 7 7 2 2 2 7 0 29 2.45 Bernard L(0-1) 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 6 2.93 Lockwood 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.51 Totals 8.1 9 4 3 3 7 0 37 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lemongello 7.2 9 3 3 0 4 0 30 3.77 Sambito 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.08 Forsch 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.99 Andujar W(4-4) 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 3.04 Totals 9 11 3 3 1 6 0 37 Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Satch Davidson METS 1ST: Maddox singled to left; Maddox was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Foli singled to left; S. Henderson singled to center [Foli to second]; Foli stole third and S. Henderson stole second; Montanez struck out; Stearns grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy grounded out (third to first); Puhl grounded out (catcher to first); Cabell singled to left; Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. METS 2ND: Mazzilli lined to second; Randle struck out; Flynn grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson struck out; Howe popped to second; Bergman doubled to right; Bochy was walked intentionally; Lemongello made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. METS 3RD: Swan flied out to center; Maddox reached on an error by Howe [Maddox to first]; Maddox was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Foli flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Landestoy was called out on strikes; Puhl singled to center; Puhl stole second; Puhl was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); Cabell flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 0, Astros 0. METS 4TH: S. Henderson singled to pitcher; Montanez forced S. Henderson (pitcher to shortstop); Stearns singled to right [Montanez to third]; Mazzilli hit a sacrifice fly to right [Montanez scored]; Randle made an out to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cruz doubled to left; Watson singled to right [Cruz scored]; Watson was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Howe grounded out (second to first); Bergman walked; Bochy forced Bergman (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 1. METS 5TH: Flynn grounded out (third to first); Swan grounded out (third to first); Maddox flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Lemongello was called out on strikes; Landestoy struck out; Puhl doubled to right; Cabell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 1. METS 6TH: Foli flied out to center; S. Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Montanez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: Cruz tripled to right; Watson popped to second; Howe reached on a fielder's choice [Cruz scored]; Bergman flied out to left; Bochy flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 2. METS 7TH: Stearns grounded out (second to first); Mazzilli popped to third in foul territory; Randle doubled to right; Flynn struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 2. ASTROS 7TH: Lemongello struck out; Landestoy lined to third; Puhl struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mets 1, Astros 2. METS 8TH: BOISCLAIR BATTED FOR SWAN; On a bunt Boisclair singled to third; Maddox grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Boisclair out at second]; Foli doubled to left; FERRER RAN FOR FOLI; S. Henderson singled to shortstop [Ferrer to third]; SAMBITO REPLACED LEMONGELLO (PITCHING); Montanez singled to left [Ferrer scored, S. Henderson to third]; FORSCH REPLACED HOWE (PITCHING); GONZALEZ REPLACED SAMBITO (PLAYING 2B); Stearns singled to right [S. Henderson scored, Montanez to second]; Mazzilli flied out to center; 2 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 2. ASTROS 8TH: FERRER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); BERNARD REPLACED BOISCLAIR (PITCHING); Cabell grounded out (second to first); Cruz lined to shortstop; Watson reached on an error by Ferrer [Watson to second]; WALLING BATTED FOR FORSCH; Walling flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 2. METS 9TH: ANDUJAR REPLACED WALLING (PITCHING); Randle grounded out (second to first); Flynn walked; Flynn stole second; Bernard struck out; Maddox was called out on strikes (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 2. ASTROS 9TH: Bergman walked; Bochy doubled to right [Bergman scored, Bochy to third (error by Stearns)]; SEXTON RAN FOR BOCHY; LOCKWOOD REPLACED BERNARD (PITCHING); Gonzalez popped to third; HOWARD BATTED FOR LANDESTOY; Howard singled to center [Sexton scored (unearned)]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Mets 3, Astros 4.

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