A homer by Mike Ivie in the seventh inning provided the Giants with their deciding run in a 2-1 victory over the Astros. Cesar Cedeno, who had been out of action since June 16 with an injured left knee that required surgery, returned to the Astros' lineup and collected one hit in four times at bat. [The Sporting News]

San Francisco Giants 2, Houston Astros 1

Game Played on Friday, September 29, 1978 (Night game) at Astrodome

Giants 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 6 1 Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Madlock 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .312 Puhl lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .289 Evans 3b 3 0 0 1 0 1 .245 Drumright 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .164 Clark rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .308 Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .280 Whitfield ph,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Cruz rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .312 Ivie 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .311 Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 Cruz lf,rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .223 Bergman 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Herndon cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .259 Sexton ss 3 0 1 0 0 2 .197 LeMaster ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Walling ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .252 Hill c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .237 Pujols c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .131 Halicki p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .136 Obradovich ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Warthen p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Cannon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Andujar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 Totals 31 2 6 2 0 3 Totals 33 1 7 1 1 9 Time of Game: 1:58 Attendance: 8,339 Left on Base: Giants 3, Astros 7 DP: Giants 0, Astros 1 Errors: Halicki Doubles: Hill (15), Pujols (8), Sexton (3) Home Runs: Ivie (11) Stolen Bases: Sexton (16) Sacrifice Hits: Bergman (1) Sacrifice Flies: Evans (10) GIDP: Ivie (6) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Halicki W(9-10) 9 7 1 1 1 9 0 35 2.85 Totals 9 7 1 1 1 9 0 35 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Warthen L(0-1) 8 5 2 2 0 1 1 28 4.22 Andujar 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 3.40 Totals 9 6 2 2 0 3 1 32 Wild Pitches: Halicki (1) Balks: Warthen (2) Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Andy Olsen GIANTS 1ST: Madlock flied out to center; Evans flied out to center; Clark flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Puhl struck out; Drumright singled; Halicki threw a wild pitch [Drumright to second]; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Cruz walked; Cabell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 2ND: Ivie grounded out (third to first); Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Herndon singled; Warthen balked [Herndon to second]; LeMaster flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Bergman grounded out (first unassisted); Sexton struck out; Pujols doubled; Warthen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 3RD: Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); Halicki popped to first in foul territory; Madlock made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Puhl flied out to left; Drumright struck out; Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 4TH: Evans struck out; Clark singled; Ivie grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Clark out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Cabell flied out to right; Bergman flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 5TH: Cruz flied out to center; Herndon grounded out (second to first); LeMaster grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Sexton doubled; Sexton stole third; Pujols struck out; Warthen struck out; Puhl grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 6TH: Hill doubled; Halicki grounded out (first to pitcher); Madlock singled [Hill to third]; Evans hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hill scored]; Clark flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Drumright made an out to first; Cedeno singled; Cedeno was picked off first but was safe on an error by Halicki [Cedeno to second]; Cruz flied out to left; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Giants 1, Astros 0. GIANTS 7TH: Ivie homered; Cruz made an out to third; Herndon made an out to shortstop; LeMaster grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 7TH: Bergman struck out; Sexton struck out; Pujols flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0. GIANTS 8TH: Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); Halicki grounded out (third to first); Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 8TH: CANNON BATTED FOR WARTHEN; Cannon flied out to right; Puhl grounded out (second to first); Drumright singled; Cedeno flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0. GIANTS 9TH: ANDUJAR REPLACED CANNON (PITCHING); Evans grounded out (first unassisted); Jack Clark injured by foul ball; WHITFIELD BATTED FOR CLARK; Whitfield struck out (strikeout was charged to Clark); Ivie singled; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 9TH: WHITFIELD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); CRUZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Cruz singled; Cabell singled [Cruz to third]; Bergman out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Cabell to second]; WALLING BATTED FOR SEXTON; Walling grounded out (second to first) [Cruz scored, Cabell to third]; OBRADOVICH BATTED FOR PUJOLS; Obradovich grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 2, Astros 1.

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