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June 16, 1978

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Steve Ontiveros Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .197
OBP .333 .278
At Bats 3 188
Hits 1 37
• Singles 1 28
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 1 10

Joe Sambito Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 4
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Astrodome - June 16, 1978
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Out
Joe Sambito
Joe Ferguson
Bob Watson
Art Howe
Enos Cabell
Mike Fischlin
Wilbur Howard
Denny Walling
Jose Cruz
Steve Ontiveros
Larry Biittner
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Ontiveros hits a line drive into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fischlin misplays the ball. That's an error on Fischlin.
Top 8 Murcer hits a popup towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mike Fischlin now playing shortstop. Joe Sambito now pitching. Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.
Bottom 7 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Walling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Terry Puhl pinch hits for Mark Lemongello. Puhl hits a line drive into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dave Bergman pinch hits for Jimmy Sexton. Bergman hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Burris bunts towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Howe covering, for the out. Rader moves to second.
Top 7 Rader hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Ferguson hits a line drive into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burris fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Lemongello, and towards Howe, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Ontiveros. The throw from Ferguson and he is out, Howe applying the tag.
Top 6 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Biittner scores.
Top 6 Biittner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Biittner reaches second base with a double. Murcer scores.
Top 6 There goes Murcer. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Murcer steals second.
Top 6 Murcer takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Wilbur Howard now playing left field. Denny Walling now playing center field. Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out.
Bottom 5 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Biittner throws the ball in to Ontiveros who relays the ball to Trillo who tags Cedeno trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Cabell scores.
Bottom 5 There goes Cabell. The throw from Rader and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Bottom 5 Cabell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Walling for the out.
Top 5 Gross hits a line drive into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 De Jesus is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Burris hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lemongello strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sexton is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Ferguson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Biittner. Ferguson reaches second base with a double. Watson scores. Howe goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Howe takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rader hits a popup into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Trillo hits a line drive into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemongello fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Biittner hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cabell strikes out.
Bottom 3 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Walling for the out.
Bottom 3 Lemongello strikes out.
Top 3 Murcer hits a popup towards the mound. Lemongello settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Buckner 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 Gross hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ferguson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sexton hits a line drive towards third. Ontiveros reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ferguson hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Howe hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Burris hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Burris reaches second base with a double. Biittner scores. Trillo scores.
Top 2 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemongello fields it and throws to first for the out. Biittner moves to third. Trillo moves to second.
Top 2 Trillo takes first base on ball four. Biittner moves to second.
Top 2 Ontiveros hits a popup towards short. Sexton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Biittner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Cruz is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Rader for a passed ball. Cedeno moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner fields it and throws to second for the out. Walling moves to third.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walling moves to second.
Bottom 1 Walling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Buckner hits a popup towards short. Sexton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Walling. De Jesus reaches second base with a double.