Terry Puhl and Enos Cabell each drove in three runs, leading the Astros to a 10-4 victory over the Padres, Cabell accounted for his RBIs with a double and single, while Puhl sent runs across the plate with a sacrifice fly, an infield out and a double. [The Sporting News]

Houston Astros 10, San Diego Padres 4

Game Played on Saturday, September 9, 1978 (Night game) at Astrodome

Padres 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 4 8 3 Astros 2 0 3 0 1 3 1 0 x - 10 16 1 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .297 Landestoy ss 4 2 2 0 1 0 .284 Smith ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .265 Gonzalez 2b 5 2 3 0 0 0 .237 Evans 3b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .333 Puhl cf 4 2 2 3 0 0 .299 Winfield rf,cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .298 Cruz rf 5 2 3 1 0 0 .313 Turner cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .285 Cabell 3b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .291 D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .234 Gamble ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Watson 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .297 Lolich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sexton 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .188 Tenace c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .221 Walling lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .258 Perkins 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .228 Pujols c 4 0 1 1 1 1 .125 Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Niekro p 5 0 0 0 0 0 .158 Baker 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .234 Mura p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beswick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Eichelberger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reynolds rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .259 Totals 33 4 8 4 1 3 Totals 39 10 16 9 5 2 Time of Game: 2:49 Attendance: 8,240 Left on Base: Padres 4, Astros 11 DP: Padres 1, Astros 1 Errors: Richards, Mura 2, Watson Doubles: Winfield (27), Perkins (11), Richards (25), Cabell (25), Puhl (23) Triples: Pujols (1) Stolen Bases: Gonzalez (4), Cruz 2 (31), Puhl (29) Sacrifice Flies: Evans (1), Puhl (7) GIDP: Richards (8), Niekro (2) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Mura L(0-1) 2.1 6 5 5 1 1 0 14 16.20 Lee 1.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 3.05 Eichelberger 1.1 3 4 4 1 0 0 9 15.43 D'Acquisto 1.2 3 1 1 1 1 0 9 2.48 Lolich 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 1.42 Totals 8 16 10 10 5 2 0 45 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro W(12-12) 9 8 4 4 1 3 0 35 4.33 Totals 9 8 4 4 1 3 0 35 Wild Pitches: Mura (1) Balks: Eichelberger (1) Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (first unassisted); Smith grounded out (second to first); Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy walked; Gonzalez singled [Landestoy to third]; Gonzalez stole second; Puhl hit a sacrifice fly to left [Landestoy scored]; Cruz singled [Gonzalez stayed at second]; Cabell forced Cruz (third to second) [Gonzalez to third]; Mura threw a wild pitch [Gonzalez scored]; Watson struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 2. PADRES 2ND: Winfield doubled; Turner flied out to left; Tenace grounded out (third to first); Perkins doubled [Winfield scored]; Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 2. ASTROS 2ND: Walling singled; Walling was picked off first but was safe on an error by Mura [Walling to second]; Pujols reached on a fielder's choice [Walling out at third (shortstop to second to third), Pujols to second]; Niekro flied out to left; Landestoy flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 2. PADRES 3RD: Mura reached on an error by Watson [Mura to first]; Richards grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mura out at second]; Smith flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 2. ASTROS 3RD: Gonzalez made an out to shortstop; Puhl singled; Puhl was picked off first but was safe on an error by Mura [Puhl to second]; Cruz singled [Puhl scored]; Cruz stole second; Cabell doubled [Cruz scored]; LEE REPLACED MURA (PITCHING); Watson singled [Cabell scored]; Walling made an out to second; Pujols grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 5. PADRES 4TH: Evans grounded out (third to first); Winfield grounded out (second to first); Turner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 5. ASTROS 4TH: Niekro grounded out (third to first); Landestoy singled; Gonzalez singled to left [Landestoy to third, Gonzalez to second (error by Richards)]; Puhl reached on a fielder's choice [Landestoy out at home (second to catcher), Gonzalez to third]; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 5. PADRES 5TH: Tenace walked; Perkins forced Tenace (second to shortstop); Gonzalez flied out to right; BESWICK BATTED FOR LEE; Beswick flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 5. ASTROS 5TH: EICHELBERGER REPLACED BESWICK (PITCHING); Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson made an out to first; Walling walked; Pujols tripled [Walling scored]; Niekro grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 6. PADRES 6TH: Richards singled; Smith singled [Richards to second]; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first) [Richards to third, Smith to second]; Winfield singled [Richards scored, Smith out at home (shortstop to catcher), Winfield to second (on throw to home)]; Turner grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 6. ASTROS 6TH: Landestoy singled; Eichelberger balked [Landestoy to second]; Gonzalez grounded out (first to pitcher) [Landestoy to third]; Puhl reached on a fielder's choice [Landestoy scored]; Puhl stole second; Cruz singled [Puhl to third]; D'ACQUISTO REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); REYNOLDS REPLACED EICHELBERGER (PLAYING RF); WINFIELD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Cruz stole second; Cabell singled [Puhl scored, Cruz scored, Cabell to second (on throw to home)]; Watson popped to catcher in foul territory; Walling was walked intentionally; Pujols struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 9. PADRES 7TH: BERGMAN REPLACED CABELL (PLAYING 1B); SEXTON REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING 3B); Tenace grounded out (third to first); Perkins flied out to left; Gonzalez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 9. ASTROS 7TH: Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first); Landestoy grounded out (third to first); Gonzalez singled; Puhl doubled [Gonzalez scored]; Cruz flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 10. PADRES 8TH: Reynolds singled; Richards doubled [Reynolds to third]; Smith singled [Reynolds scored, Richards to third]; Evans hit a sacrifice fly to center [Richards scored]; Winfield struck out; GAMBLE BATTED FOR D'ACQUISTO; Gamble struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Astros 10. ASTROS 8TH: LOLICH REPLACED GAMBLE (PITCHING); BAKER REPLACED GONZALEZ (PLAYING 2B); Bergman walked; Sexton singled [Bergman to second]; Walling grounded out (second to first) [Bergman to third, Sexton to second]; Pujols was walked intentionally; Niekro grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Pujols out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Astros 10. PADRES 9TH: Tenace grounded out (third to first); Perkins struck out (catcher to first); Baker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Astros 10.

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