The Giants took advantage of J.R. Richard's departure and scored in the eighth inning on a pinch-single by Tom Heintzelman to defeat the Astros, 3-2. Richard struck out seven, leaving him three short of 300 for the season, before a blister on the middle finger of his pitching hand forced him to leave the mound after seven innings with the score tied, 2-2.

In the Giants' eighth, Marc Hill doubled off joaquin Andujar. Vic Harris went in to run and was bunted to third by Roger Metzger. After pinch-hitter John Tamargo walked, Houston brought in Dan Warthen, who was greeted by Heintzelman's single. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 2

Game Played on Saturday, September 23, 1978 (Day game) at Candlestick Park

Astros 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Giants 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 x - 3 8 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Landestoy ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .270 Whitfield lf 4 1 1 0 1 0 .296 Cannon cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .154 Dwyer 1b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .221 Walling lf 3 1 0 0 0 1 .250 Ivie ph,1b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .310 Cruz rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .306 Clark rf 4 1 2 1 1 0 .309 Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .296 Evans 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .248 Obradovich 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Cruz cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Drumright 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .133 Herndon cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Hill c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .235 Bochy c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .265 Harris pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .150 Richard p 3 1 1 0 0 1 .172 Moffitt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Andujar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 Metzger ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 .240 Warthen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Andrews 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Tamargo ph,c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .227 Halicki p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Madlock ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 James ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .095 Heintzelman ph,2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .233 Totals 32 2 7 1 1 8 Totals 29 3 8 2 8 7 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 6,433 Left on Base: Astros 5, Giants 12 DP: Astros 1, Giants 0 Errors: Cannon, Metzger Doubles: Metzger (10), Whitfield (20), Clark (45), Evans (24), Hill (13) Stolen Bases: Cruz (35), Dwyer (6), Clark (15) Caught Stealing: Landestoy (3) Sacrifice Hits: Andrews (5), Metzger (9) GIDP: Clark (15) Hit by Pitch: Walling (1,by Halicki) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Richard 7 6 2 2 6 7 0 32 3.16 Andujar L(5-7) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 3.38 Warthen 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 10.80 Totals 8 8 3 3 8 7 0 39 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Halicki 6 6 2 1 1 5 0 25 2.94 Lavelle W(13-10) 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 3.47 Moffitt SV(12) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.20 Totals 9 7 2 1 1 8 0 34 Hit by Pitch: Halicki (7) Wild Pitches: Richard (16) Umpires: HP - Eric Gregg, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Frank Pulli ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy grounded out (first unassisted); Cannon flied out to right; Walling grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Whitfield walked; Dwyer walked [Whitfield to second]; Clark grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Whitfield to third, Dwyer out at second]; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz walked; Cruz stole second; Cabell struck out; Obradovich struck out; Drumright was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Hill struck out; Metzger doubled; Andrews grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. ASTROS 3RD: Bochy singled to center; Richard struck out; Landestoy made an out to third; Cannon flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Halicki struck out; Whitfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Dwyer walked; Dwyer stole second; Clark walked; Evans walked [Dwyer to third, Clark to second]; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. ASTROS 4TH: Walling was hit by a pitch; Cruz flied out to right; Cabell singled to left [Walling to second]; Obradovich flied out to left; Drumright singled to second [Walling scored (error by Metzger) (unearned), Cabell to third, Drumright to second]; Bochy struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger flied out to left; Andrews struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0. ASTROS 5TH: Richard singled to right; Landestoy singled to first [Richard to third]; Cannon singled to right [Richard scored, Landestoy out at third (right to third), Cannon to second (on throw to 3b)]; Walling grounded out (second to first) [Cannon to third]; Cruz lined to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Halicki struck out; Whitfield doubled to left; Dwyer made an out to second; Clark doubled to center [Whitfield scored, Clark to third (error by Cannon)]; Richard threw a wild pitch [Clark scored]; Evans doubled to right; Cruz grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 2. ASTROS 6TH: Cabell flied out to left; Obradovich made an out to shortstop; Drumright flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 2. GIANTS 6TH: Hill struck out; Metzger singled to left; Andrews out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Metzger to second]; MADLOCK BATTED FOR HALICKI; Madlock walked; Whitfield flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 2. ASTROS 7TH: LAVELLE REPLACED MADLOCK (PITCHING); Bochy grounded out (shortstop to first); Richard grounded out (pitcher to first); Landestoy singled to center; Landestoy was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 2. GIANTS 7TH: Dwyer struck out; Clark singled to left; Clark stole second; Evans made an out to third; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 2. ASTROS 8TH: HERNDON REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING CF); Cannon struck out; Walling struck out; Cruz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 2. GIANTS 8TH: ANDUJAR REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Hill doubled to left; HARRIS RAN FOR HILL; Metzger out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Harris to third]; TAMARGO BATTED FOR ANDREWS; Tamargo walked; JAMES BATTED FOR LAVELLE; WARTHEN REPLACED ANDUJAR (PITCHING); HEINTZELMAN BATTED FOR JAMES; Heintzelman singled to left [Harris scored, Tamargo to second]; Whitfield flied out to center; IVIE BATTED FOR DWYER; Ivie walked [Tamargo to third, Heintzelman to second]; Clark forced Heintzelman (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 3. ASTROS 9TH: IVIE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); HEINTZELMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); TAMARGO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MOFFITT REPLACED HARRIS (PITCHING); Cabell flied out to center; Obradovich grounded out (first unassisted); HOWARD BATTED FOR DRUMRIGHT; Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 3.

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