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Astrodome, Attendance: 18,047 |
Tuesday, July 31, 1979 Time of Game: 2:49 |
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Giants
4
52-55
Lost 1
3rd, 8½ GB
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
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Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 10 1
Astros 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 7 2
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Astros
6
61-47
Won 1
1st
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San Francisco Giants AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details B North CF 4 1 1 0 1 2 .275 .772 2 0 J Strain 2B 5 1 2 0 0 0 .293 .709 2 2 2·2B J Clark RF-3B 4 0 2 2 1 0 .265 .816 3 0 GDP W McCovey 1B 5 0 2 1 0 1 .268 .804 6 0 J Montefusco PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .520 0 0 D Evans 3B 2 0 0 0 2 1 .249 .749 0 1 T Griffin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 .167 0 0 M Ivie PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .924 0 0 T Whitfield LF 4 0 2 0 1 2 .293 .762 1 0 R Metzger SS 3 1 1 0 0 1 .227 .582 2 2 J LeMaster PH-SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 .262 .648 0 0 D Littlejohn C 4 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .470 8 0 E Whitson P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .080 .195 0 1 P Nastu P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .043 .197 0 0 G Johnston PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 0 0 E Halicki P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 .437 0 0 L Herndon PH-RF 1 1 0 1 1 0 .273 .754 0 0 Totals 37 4 10 0 6 11 24 6
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details C Cedeno 1B 3 1 0 0 1 2 .270 .766 13 7 8 0 C Reynolds SS 4 2 2 2 0 1 .282 .656 5 5 3 4 3B,2B T Puhl CF 4 1 1 2 0 0 .282 .728 1 1 1 0 2B J Cruz LF 3 0 0 0 1 2 .301 .836 2 1 1 0 SB E Cabell 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .270 .656 1 1 1 1 SB J Leonard RF 4 0 2 1 0 2 .284 .681 4 2 2 0 2B A Howe 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .252 .686 3 1 2 2 2B R Landestoy 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .508 0 1 A Ashby C 2 1 0 0 1 1 .218 .567 8 4 9 2 J Niekro P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .105 .241 3 3 0 0 SH J Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .900 0 0 B Roberge P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 6 7 0 3 8 40 25 27 10
San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA E Whitson, L (4-6) 1.1 5 6 6 2 0 0 5.25 11 - · · 2· 6· 4· 1 18 - 0.82 -0.36 P Nastu 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.99 6 - · · 2· 2· 1· 0 1-1 0.17 -0.00 E Halicki 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 4.36 10 - · · 1· 5· 0· 1 0-0 0.08 0.01 T Griffin 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 3.68 7 - · · 1· 2· 0· 0 0-0 0.18 0.01 Totals 8 7 6 6 3 8 0 34 - · · 6·15· 5· 2 1-1
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA J Niekro, W (15-6) 6.2 5 3 0 5 7 0 3.25 30 - · · 8· 8· 5· 2 60 - 0.70 0.10 J Sambito, H (3) 1.1 5 1 1 1 3 0 1.29 10 - · · 0· 4· 3· 2 2-1 1.41 -0.20 B Roberge, S (3) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.19 3 - · · 1· 1· 0· 0 2-0 4.06 0.26 Totals 9 10 4 1 6 11 0 43 - · · 9·13· 8· 4 4-1
San Francisco Giants Houston Astros 1. Billy North CF 1. Cesar Cedeno 1B 2. Joe Strain 2B 2. Craig Reynolds SS 3. Jack Clark RF 3. Terry Puhl CF 4. Willie McCovey 1B 4. Jose Cruz LF 5. Darrell Evans 3B 5. Enos Cabell 3B 6. Terry Whitfield LF 6. Jeffrey Leonard RF 7. Roger Metzger SS 7. Art Howe 2B 8. Dennis Littlejohn C 8. Alan Ashby C 9. Ed Whitson P 9. Joe Niekro P
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| t9 | 0 | -23 | O | 13% | 78% | 4-6 | SFG | M. Ivie | B. Roberge | Foul Flyball: 3B | |
| t9 | 0 | 1-- | -12% | 74% | 4-6 | SFG | W. McCovey | J. Sambito | Single to CF (Line Drive); Clark to 2B | ||
| t9 | 1 | -23 | O | 12% | 89% | 4-6 | SFG | T. Whitfield | B. Roberge | Strikeout | |
| t9 | 2 | -23 | O | 11% | 100% | 4-6 | SFG | J. LeMaster | B. Roberge | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| b1 | 1 | -2- | R | 1,(0-0) | 10% | 67% | 0-0 | HOU | T. Puhl | E. Whitson | Double to LF; Reynolds Scores |
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| Top of the 1st, Giants Batting, Tied 0-0, Astros' Joe Niekro facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t1 | 0 | --- | O | 2% | 52% | 0-0 | SFG | B. North | J. Niekro | Strikeout Looking | |
| t1 | 1 | --- | O | 1% | 54% | 0-0 | SFG | J. Strain | J. Niekro | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| t1 | 2 | --- | -1% | 52% | 0-0 | SFG | J. Clark | J. Niekro | Walk | ||
| t1 | 2 | 1-- | O | 2% | 55% | 0-0 | SFG | W. McCovey | J. Niekro | Groundout: 1B unassisted | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Giants' Ed Whitson facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b1 | 0 | --- | O | 5,(2-2) | -2% | 52% | 0-0 | HOU | C. Cedeno | E. Whitson | Flyball: LF |
| b1 | 1 | --- | 4,(0-2) | 4% | 57% | 0-0 | HOU | C. Reynolds | E. Whitson | Double to LF (Line Drive) | |
| b1 | 1 | -2- | R | 1,(0-0) | 10% | 67% | 0-0 | HOU | T. Puhl | E. Whitson | Double to LF; Reynolds Scores |
| b1 | 1 | -2- | O | 2,(1-0) | -3% | 64% | 1-0 | HOU | J. Cruz | E. Whitson | Groundout: SS-1B; Puhl to 3B |
| b1 | 2 | --3 | R | 1,(0-0) | 9% | 73% | 1-0 | HOU | E. Cabell | E. Whitson | Single to RF (Line Drive); Puhl Scores |
| b1 | 2 | 1-- | 1,(0-0) | 1% | 74% | 2-0 | HOU | J. Leonard | E. Whitson | Cabell Steals 2B | |
| b1 | 2 | -2- | R | 3,(1-1) | 8% | 82% | 2-0 | HOU | J. Leonard | E. Whitson | Single to RF (Line Drive); Cabell Scores; Leonard to 2B/Adv on E2 |
| b1 | 2 | -2- | O | 3,(2-0) | -2% | 80% | 3-0 | HOU | A. Howe | E. Whitson | Flyball: 1B |
| 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Behind 0-3, Astros' Joe Niekro facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t2 | 0 | --- | 0% | 80% | 0-3 | SFG | D. Evans | J. Niekro | E3 on Foul Ball | ||
| t2 | 0 | --- | -4% | 76% | 0-3 | SFG | D. Evans | J. Niekro | Walk | ||
| t2 | 0 | 1-- | -6% | 71% | 0-3 | SFG | T. Whitfield | J. Niekro | Walk; Evans to 2B | ||
| t2 | 0 | 12- | O | 5% | 76% | 0-3 | SFG | R. Metzger | J. Niekro | Strikeout | |
| t2 | 1 | 12- | O | 4% | 80% | 0-3 | SFG | D. Littlejohn | J. Niekro | Strikeout | |
| t2 | 2 | 12- | O | 4% | 84% | 0-3 | SFG | E. Whitson | J. Niekro | Flyball: 1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-0, Giants' Ed Whitson facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| b2 | 0 | --- | 8,(3-2) | 2% | 86% | 3-0 | HOU | A. Ashby | E. Whitson | Walk | |
| b2 | 0 | 1-- | O | 3,(0-2) | -1% | 85% | 3-0 | HOU | J. Niekro | E. Whitson | Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Ashby to 2B |
| b2 | 1 | -2- | 8,(3-2) | 1% | 86% | 3-0 | HOU | C. Cedeno | E. Whitson | Walk | |
| b2 | 1 | 12- | RR | 1,(0-0) | 9% | 94% | 3-0 | HOU | C. Reynolds | E. Whitson | Triple to RF (Line Drive); Ashby Scores; Cedeno Scores |
| Philip Nastu replaces Ed Whitson pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b2 | 1 | --3 | RO | 1% | 95% | 5-0 | HOU | T. Puhl | P. Nastu | Groundout: SS-1B; Reynolds Scores | |
| b2 | 2 | --- | O | -0% | 95% | 6-0 | HOU | J. Cruz | P. Nastu | Strikeout Looking | |
| 3 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Behind 0-6, Astros' Joe Niekro facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t3 | 0 | --- | O | 1% | 96% | 0-6 | SFG | B. North | J. Niekro | Lineout: SS | |
| t3 | 1 | --- | -1% | 95% | 0-6 | SFG | J. Strain | J. Niekro | Double to LF (Line Drive) | ||
| t3 | 1 | -2- | O | 1% | 96% | 0-6 | SFG | J. Clark | J. Niekro | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| t3 | 2 | -2- | O | 1% | 97% | 0-6 | SFG | W. McCovey | J. Niekro | Strikeout Looking | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Ahead 6-0, Giants' Philip Nastu facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| b3 | 0 | --- | O | -0% | 96% | 6-0 | HOU | E. Cabell | P. Nastu | Flyball: RF | |
| b3 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 96% | 6-0 | HOU | J. Leonard | P. Nastu | Strikeout | |
| b3 | 2 | --- | 0% | 97% | 6-0 | HOU | A. Howe | P. Nastu | Double to RF (Line Drive) | ||
| b3 | 2 | -2- | O | -0% | 96% | 6-0 | HOU | A. Ashby | P. Nastu | Groundout: 2B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 4th, Giants Batting, Behind 0-6, Astros' Joe Niekro facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t4 | 0 | --- | -1% | 95% | 0-6 | SFG | D. Evans | J. Niekro | Walk | ||
| t4 | 0 | 1-- | -2% | 92% | 0-6 | SFG | T. Whitfield | J. Niekro | Single to CF (CF-RF); Evans to 2B | ||
| t4 | 0 | 12- | O | 2% | 94% | 0-6 | SFG | R. Metzger | J. Niekro | Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Evans to 3B | |
| t4 | 1 | 1-3 | O | 2% | 96% | 0-6 | SFG | D. Littlejohn | J. Niekro | Strikeout | |
| Greg Johnston pinch hits for Philip Nastu (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t4 | 2 | 1-3 | -0% | 96% | 0-6 | SFG | G. Johnston | J. Niekro | Wild Pitch; Metzger to 2B | ||
| t4 | 2 | -23 | O | 2% | 98% | 0-6 | SFG | G. Johnston | J. Niekro | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Ahead 6-0, Giants' Ed Halicki facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| Ed Halicki replaces Greg Johnston (PH) pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b4 | 0 | --- | O | -0% | 97% | 6-0 | HOU | J. Niekro | E. Halicki | Flyball: SS | |
| b4 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 97% | 6-0 | HOU | C. Cedeno | E. Halicki | Strikeout | |
| b4 | 2 | --- | O | -0% | 97% | 6-0 | HOU | C. Reynolds | E. Halicki | Flyball: SS | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 5th, Giants Batting, Behind 0-6, Astros' Joe Niekro facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t5 | 0 | --- | -1% | 96% | 0-6 | SFG | B. North | J. Niekro | Walk | ||
| t5 | 0 | 1-- | O | 1% | 97% | 0-6 | SFG | J. Strain | J. Niekro | Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B | |
| t5 | 1 | 1-- | OO | 1% | 98% | 0-6 | SFG | J. Clark | J. Niekro | Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 6-0, Giants' Ed Halicki facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| b5 | 0 | --- | O | -0% | 98% | 6-0 | HOU | T. Puhl | E. Halicki | Flyball: RF | |
| b5 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 98% | 6-0 | HOU | J. Cruz | E. Halicki | Strikeout | |
| b5 | 2 | --- | O | -0% | 98% | 6-0 | HOU | E. Cabell | E. Halicki | Flyball: CF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 6th, Giants Batting, Behind 0-6, Astros' Joe Niekro facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| t6 | 0 | --- | O | 0% | 99% | 0-6 | SFG | W. McCovey | J. Niekro | Flyball: CF | |
| t6 | 1 | --- | O | 0% | 99% | 0-6 | SFG | D. Evans | J. Niekro | Flyball: RF | |
| t6 | 2 | --- | O | 0% | 99% | 0-6 | SFG | T. Whitfield | J. Niekro | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 6-0, Giants' Ed Halicki facing 6-7-8 | |||||||||||
| b6 | 0 | --- | 0% | 99% | 6-0 | HOU | J. Leonard | E. Halicki | Double to RF | ||
| b6 | 0 | -2- | O | -0% | 99% | 6-0 | HOU | A. Howe | E. Halicki | Groundout: 3B-1B | |
| b6 | 1 | -2- | O | -0% | 99% | 6-0 | HOU | A. Ashby | E. Halicki | Strikeout | |
| b6 | 2 | -2- | O | -0% | 99% | 6-0 | HOU | J. Niekro | E. Halicki | Flyball: 2B | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 7th, Giants Batting, Behind 0-6, Astros' Joe Niekro facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| Rafael Landestoy replaces Art Howe playing 2B batting 7th | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | --- | -1% | 98% | 0-6 | SFG | R. Metzger | J. Niekro | Single to RF | ||
| t7 | 0 | 1-- | -2% | 96% | 0-6 | SFG | D. Littlejohn | J. Niekro | Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Metzger to 3B; Littlejohn to 1B | ||
| Larry Herndon pinch hits for Ed Halicki (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | 1-3 | RO | 2% | 97% | 0-6 | SFG | L. Herndon | J. Niekro | Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B; Metzger Scores/unER | |
| t7 | 1 | 1-- | -1% | 96% | 1-6 | SFG | B. North | J. Niekro | Single to CF (Line Drive); Herndon to 2B | ||
| t7 | 1 | 12- | O | 2% | 98% | 1-6 | SFG | J. Strain | J. Niekro | Lineout: LF | |
| t7 | 2 | 12- | R | -2% | 95% | 1-6 | SFG | J. Clark | J. Niekro | Single to LF (Line Drive); Herndon Scores/unER; North to 2B | |
| Joe Sambito replaces Joe Niekro pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t7 | 2 | 12- | R | -4% | 91% | 2-6 | SFG | W. McCovey | J. Sambito | Single to LF (Line Drive); North Scores/unER; Clark to 2B | |
| t7 | 2 | 12- | O | 4% | 95% | 3-6 | SFG | D. Evans | J. Sambito | Strikeout | |
| 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Ahead 6-3, Giants' Tom Griffin facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| Tom Griffin replaces Darrell Evans (3B) pitching and batting 5th; Jack Clark moves from RF to 3B; Larry Herndon moves from PH to RF | |||||||||||
| b7 | 0 | --- | O | -0% | 95% | 6-3 | HOU | C. Cedeno | T. Griffin | Strikeout | |
| b7 | 1 | --- | O | -0% | 94% | 6-3 | HOU | C. Reynolds | T. Griffin | Strikeout | |
| b7 | 2 | --- | O | -0% | 94% | 6-3 | HOU | T. Puhl | T. Griffin | Foul Flyball: 3B | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 8th, Giants Batting, Behind 3-6, Astros' Joe Sambito facing 6-7-8 | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | --- | -4% | 90% | 3-6 | SFG | T. Whitfield | J. Sambito | Single to LF | ||
| Johnnie LeMaster pinch hits for Roger Metzger (SS) batting 7th | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | 1-- | O | 3% | 94% | 3-6 | SFG | J. LeMaster | J. Sambito | Flyball: RF | |
| t8 | 1 | 1-- | O | 3% | 96% | 3-6 | SFG | D. Littlejohn | J. Sambito | Strikeout | |
| t8 | 2 | 1-- | -2% | 94% | 3-6 | SFG | L. Herndon | J. Sambito | Walk; Whitfield to 2B | ||
| t8 | 2 | 12- | O | 4% | 98% | 3-6 | SFG | B. North | J. Sambito | Strikeout | |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Ahead 6-3, Giants' Tom Griffin facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| Johnnie LeMaster moves from PH to SS | |||||||||||
| b8 | 0 | --- | 0% | 98% | 6-3 | HOU | J. Cruz | T. Griffin | Walk | ||
| b8 | 0 | 1-- | 0% | 98% | 6-3 | HOU | E. Cabell | T. Griffin | Cruz Steals 2B | ||
| b8 | 0 | -2- | O | 0% | 98% | 6-3 | HOU | E. Cabell | T. Griffin | Groundout: 2B-1B; Cruz to 3B | |
| b8 | 1 | --3 | O | -1% | 98% | 6-3 | HOU | J. Leonard | T. Griffin | Strikeout | |
| b8 | 2 | --3 | O | -0% | 97% | 6-3 | HOU | R. Landestoy | T. Griffin | Flyball: CF | |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Giants 3, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 9th, Giants Batting, Behind 3-6, Astros' Joe Sambito facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| t9 | 0 | --- | -4% | 93% | 3-6 | SFG | J. Strain | J. Sambito | Double to LF | ||
| t9 | 0 | -2- | R | -7% | 86% | 3-6 | SFG | J. Clark | J. Sambito | Single to LF (Line Drive); Strain Scores | |
| t9 | 0 | 1-- | -12% | 74% | 4-6 | SFG | W. McCovey | J. Sambito | Single to CF (Line Drive); Clark to 2B | ||
| Bert Roberge replaces Joe Sambito pitching and batting 9th; Mike Ivie pinch hits for Tom Griffin (P) batting 5th; John Montefusco pinch runs for Willie McCovey (1B) batting 4th | |||||||||||
| t9 | 0 | 12- | -9% | 65% | 4-6 | SFG | M. Ivie | B. Roberge | Wild Pitch; Clark to 3B; Montefusco to 2B | ||
| t9 | 0 | -23 | O | 13% | 78% | 4-6 | SFG | M. Ivie | B. Roberge | Foul Flyball: 3B | |
| t9 | 1 | -23 | O | 12% | 89% | 4-6 | SFG | T. Whitfield | B. Roberge | Strikeout | |
| t9 | 2 | -23 | O | 11% | 100% | 4-6 | SFG | J. LeMaster | B. Roberge | Groundout: SS-1B | |
| 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Giants 4, Astros 6. | |||||||||||
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