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May 18, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 8 16 1
Astros 5 9 0
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Phillies 8 16 1
Astros 5 9 0

Roger Metzger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .250
OBP .333 .312
At Bats 3 84
Hits 1 21
• Singles 1 16
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 6

Gene Garber Season Stats

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1 0 0
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Astrodome - May 18, 1978
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Strikeout
Gene Garber
Bob Boone
Jose Cardenal
Bud Harrelson
Mike Schmidt
Larry Bowa
Jerry Martin
Garry Maddox
Bake McBride
Roger Metzger
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Metzger strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jerry Martin now playing left field. Jose Cardenal now playing first base. Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Maddox strikes out.
Top 9 Jerry Martin pinch hits for Richie Hebner. Martin hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 9 Jose Cardenal pinch hits for Jay Johnstone. Cardenal hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bowa moves to second.
Top 9 Schmidt strikes out.
Top 9 Bowa hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cabell scores.
Bottom 8 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cedeno bunts between the mound and first base. Garber scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cedeno for the out. Cabell moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bud Harrelson now playing second base. Cabell is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 McBride strikes out.
Top 8 Garber strikes out.
Top 8 Joe Sambito now pitching. Greg Luzinski pinch hits for Jim Morrison. Luzinski hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hebner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Puhl for the out.
Bottom 7 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Wilbur Howard pinch hits for Ken Forsch. Boone fires to first and picks off Metzger.
Bottom 7 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garber fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Boone hits a popup towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Maddox hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hebner hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Johnstone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schmidt moves to third.
Top 7 Schmidt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Puhl. Schmidt reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hebner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herrmann for the out.
Bottom 6 Gene Garber now pitching. Howe hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cedeno scores.
Bottom 6 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Boone and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 6 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McBride hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Christenson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Forsch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Morrison hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnstone moves to second.
Top 5 Maddox strikes out.
Top 5 Hebner hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnstone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Herrmann strikes out.
Bottom 4 Howe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morrison settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Schmidt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bowa hits a popup towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes McBride. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. McBride steals second.
Top 4 McBride hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Christenson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morrison fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Forsch scores. Puhl scores. Cedeno moves to third.
Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Christenson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Metzger scores. Forsch moves to third. Puhl moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cabell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Puhl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Metzger moves to third. Forsch moves to second.
Bottom 3 Forsch hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Metzger moves to second.
Bottom 3 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hebner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Herrmann hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnstone scores.
Top 3 Maddox hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hebner hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Johnstone moves to third.
Top 3 Johnstone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Puhl. Johnstone reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Howe hits a fly ball into right field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Watson hits a fly ball into left field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morrison settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Schmidt strikes out.
Top 2 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bowa for the out.
Top 2 McBride hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a popup towards third. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a fly ball into left field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Christenson hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Howe fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Morrison hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. Maddox moves to third.
Top 1 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnstone scores. Maddox moves to second.
Top 1 Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnstone moves to second.
Top 1 Ken Forsch now pitching. Hebner hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Johnstone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schmidt scores.
Top 1 Schmidt hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz. Schmidt reaches second base with a double. McBride scores. Bowa goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Bowa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McBride moves to third.
Top 1 McBride hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.