Three pitchers, Joe Niekro, Vern Ruhle and Mark Lemongello, combined to carry the Astros to a 3-0 whitewash of the Giants. Cesar Cedeno batted in one run with an infield out in the first inning and provided another with a homer in the third. [The Sporting News]

Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 0

Game Played on Sunday, October 1, 1978 (Day game) at Astrodome

Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 Astros 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 6 1 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Whitfield lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .289 Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Metzger ss 4 0 1 0 0 2 .246 Ruhle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .056 Dwyer 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .223 Cannon lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Clark rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .306 Sexton ss,3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .206 Tamargo c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Cedeno cf 3 1 1 2 0 1 .281 Cruz cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .227 Howe 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .293 Heintzelman 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .229 Leonard rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 .385 Andrews 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Walling rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Nastu p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alou lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .324 Evans ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Lemongello p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .172 Plank p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .233 Ivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Bochy c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Niekro p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Watson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Fischlin ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .116 Totals 33 0 5 0 1 6 Totals 29 3 6 3 0 5 Time of Game: 1:41 Attendance: 7,077 Left on Base: Giants 7, Astros 2 DP: Giants 0, Astros 0 Errors: Howe Doubles: Cruz (13), Leonard (2) Triples: Sexton (2) Home Runs: Cedeno (7) Stolen Bases: Gonzalez (6) Caught Stealing: Sexton (2) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nastu L(0-1) 4 4 3 3 0 3 1 16 5.63 Plank 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 4.05 Curtis 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 3.71 Totals 8 6 3 3 0 5 1 29 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro W(14-14) 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 18 3.86 Ruhle 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 9 2.12 Lemongello SV(1) 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 3.94 Totals 9 5 0 0 1 6 0 34 Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Jerry Crawford GIANTS 1ST: Whitfield flied out to left; Metzger struck out; Dwyer made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Sexton tripled; Cedeno grounded out (second to first) [Sexton scored]; Howe grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 1. GIANTS 2ND: Clark flied out to center; Tamargo grounded out (first unassisted); Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 2ND: Leonard doubled; Alou grounded out (first unassisted) [Leonard to third]; Gonzalez singled [Leonard scored]; Gonzalez stole second; Bochy struck out; Niekro flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 2. GIANTS 3RD: Heintzelman grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews flied out to center; Nastu popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 3RD: Cabell grounded out (third to first); Sexton struck out; Cedeno homered; Howe struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. GIANTS 4TH: Whitfield singled; Metzger singled [Whitfield to second]; Dwyer made an out to pitcher; Clark struck out; Tamargo flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 4TH: Leonard grounded out (third to first); Alou grounded out (third to first); Gonzalez flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. GIANTS 5TH: Cruz doubled; Heintzelman grounded out (third to first); Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); EVANS BATTED FOR NASTU; Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 5TH: PLANK REPLACED EVANS (PITCHING); Bochy grounded out (second to first); WATSON BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Cabell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. GIANTS 6TH: FISCHLIN REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING SS); RUHLE REPLACED CABELL (PITCHING); SEXTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Whitfield struck out; Metzger struck out; Dwyer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 6TH: Sexton singled; Sexton was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Cedeno struck out; Howe grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. GIANTS 7TH: WALLING REPLACED LEONARD (PLAYING RF); Clark made an out to shortstop; Tamargo reached on an error by Howe [Tamargo to first]; Cruz singled [Tamargo to second]; Heintzelman singled [Tamargo to third, Cruz to second]; Andrews flied out to right; IVIE BATTED FOR PLANK; Ivie struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 7TH: CURTIS REPLACED IVIE (PITCHING); Walling grounded out (second to first); Alou grounded out (second to first); Gonzalez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. GIANTS 8TH: LEMONGELLO REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); CANNON REPLACED RUHLE (PLAYING LF); Whitfield struck out; Metzger flied out to center; Dwyer walked; Clark flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 8TH: Bochy flied out to right; Fischlin struck out; Cannon singled; Sexton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. GIANTS 9TH: Tamargo flied out to center; Cruz flied out to left; Heintzelman popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3.

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