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April 23, 1978

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Top 9 R H E
Astros 3 8 3
Dodgers 7 12 0
Top 9 R H E
Astros 3 8 3
Dodgers 7 12 0

Roger Metzger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .245
OBP .333 .296
At Bats 3 49
Hits 1 12
• Singles 0 9
• Doubles 1 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 5

Don Sutton Season Stats

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1 1 0
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Dodger Stadium - April 23, 1978
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Don Sutton
Steve Yeager
Steve Garvey
Davey Lopes
Ron Cey
Bill Russell
Dusty Baker
Glenn Burke
Rick Monday
Roger Metzger
Art Howe
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Glenn Burke now playing center field. Rick Monday now playing right field. Howe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Garvey hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cey hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Joe Sambito now pitching. Ed Herrmann now catching. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ferguson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Yeager settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Watson hits a popup towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cruz hits a line drive towards short. Russell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Russell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lopes hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sutton bunts between the mound and first base. Forsch scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sutton for the out. Yeager moves to second.
Bottom 7 Yeager takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cabell hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Puhl hits a popup towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Baker strikes out.
Bottom 6 Garvey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cey takes first base on ball four. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 6 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Forsch hits a popup, foul, towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Howe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Baker moves to third. Sutton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Sutton takes first base on ball four. Baker moves to second.
Bottom 5 Yeager hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Monday hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Garvey tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garvey moves to third.
Bottom 5 Garvey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Ferguson hits a popup towards third. Cey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Yeager and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Puhl scores.
Top 5 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Puhl hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Smith. Puhl reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Cey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ken Forsch now pitching. Lopes hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Denny Walling pinch hits for Joe Niekro. Walling hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Metzger hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Howe hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sutton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Yeager hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Monday hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 The ball gets by Ferguson for a passed ball. Garvey moves to third.
Bottom 3 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cabell. Garvey moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ferguson hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cabell moves to second.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cabell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Puhl scores.
Top 3 Puhl hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Smith. Puhl reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Niekro covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Russell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Puhl. Russell reaches second base with a double. Lopes goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Lopes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger misplays the ball. That's an error on Metzger.
Bottom 2 Sutton hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Yeager hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Niekro hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Metzger hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Smith. Metzger reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ferguson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Garvey scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ferguson for the out.
Top 2 Watson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Monday hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cey scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Garvey hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cey hits a line drive into center field. Cedeno picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cedeno. Russell scores. Cey moves to second.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lopes tags and scores. Russell tags and moves to second.
Bottom 1 Russell bunts towards the mound. Niekro fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lopes moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Lopes. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Lopes steals second.
Bottom 1 Lopes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Cruz hits a popup towards short. Russell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Cabell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Garvey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Puhl hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.