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August 1, 1979

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Bottom 1	R	H	E
Giants	2	3	0
Astros	1	2	1

Bottom 1	R	H	E
Giants	2	3	0
Astros	1	2	1

Art Howe Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.252
OBP	.000	.312
At Bats	0	286
Hits	0	72
• Singles	0	51
• Doubles	0	13
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	6
Walks	0	26
RBI’s	0	26

Vida Blue Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
8	8	0

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Astrodome - August 1, 1979

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Vida Blue

Dennis Littlejohn

Willie McCovey

Joe Strain

Darrell Evans

Roger Metzger

Mike Ivie

Bill North

Jack Clark

Art Howe

Jeffrey Leonard

Terry Puhl

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Howe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Strain settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blue fields it and throws to first for the out. Puhl moves to third. Leonard moves to second.

Bottom 1 Leonard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cedeno scores. Puhl moves to second.

Bottom 1 Puhl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cedeno moves to third.

Bottom 1 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strain scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cedeno moves to second.

Bottom 1 Cedeno takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Littlejohn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 1 Metzger strikes out.

Top 1 Ivie is walked intentionally.

Top 1 Evans hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puhl. Evans reaches second base with a double. Clark scores. McCovey moves to third.

Top 1 McCovey takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Ashby fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Ashby. Clark moves to third.

Top 1 Clark hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puhl. Clark reaches second base with a double. Strain goes all the way around to score.

Top 1 Strain hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 1 North hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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