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August 17, 1978

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Astros 2 8 1
Pirates 3 6 1
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Astros 2 8 1
Pirates 3 6 1

Mario Mendoza Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .234
OBP .000 .308
At Bats 0 47
Hits 0 11
• Singles 0 9
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 3

Ken Forsch Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 4 5
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Three Rivers Stadium - August 17, 1978
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Ken Forsch
Luis Pujols
Enos Cabell
Julio Gonzalez
Art Howe
Jimmy Sexton
Wilbur Howard
Terry Puhl
Jose Cruz
Mario Mendoza
Phil Garner
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Mendoza hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 8 Sanguillen strikes out.
Bottom 8 Garner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz who is chasing the ball. Garner reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Pujols strikes out.
Top 8 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mendoza scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kent Tekulve now pitching. Cabell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Parker hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Terry Puhl now playing center field. Julio Gonzalez now playing second base. Jimmy Sexton now playing shortstop. Ken Forsch now pitching. Art HowMoreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cabell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out.
Top 7 Walling hits a popup towards short. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grant Jackson now pitching. Howard hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sexton moves to third.
Top 7 Jimmy Sexton pinch runs for Bruce Bochy. Terry Puhl pinch hits for Joe Sambito. Puhl takes first base on ball four. Sexton moves to second.
Top 7 Bochy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Mario Mendoza now playing second base. Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kison strikes out.
Bottom 6 Brye hits a fly ball into center field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Cabell. The throw from Ott and he is out, Garner applying the tag.
Top 6 Bergman takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Howe strikes out.
Top 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out. Cabell moves to second.
Top 6 Cabell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Sanguillen hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bergman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Ott. The throw from Bochy and he is out, Howe applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Garner strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanguillen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Walling for the out.
Top 5 Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Brye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sambito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Joe Sambito now pitching. Parker is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There goes Moreno. The throw from Bochy and he is safe. Moreno steals second.
Bottom 4 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brye moves to third.
Bottom 4 Kison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Brye hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Brye reaches second base with a double. Garner scores. Stennett scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 4 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 4 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe misplays the ball. That's an error on Howe. Garner moves to second.
Bottom 4 Sanguillen hits a line drive into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Garner is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Bochy hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bergman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howe scores.
Top 4 Howe hits a line drive to right field. Parker throws towards the plate. Ott fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ott. Cruz scores. Howe moves to second.
Top 4 Cruz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brye. Cruz reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Cabell strikes out.
Bottom 3 Ott hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Parker is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 There goes Moreno. The throw from Bochy and he is safe. Moreno steals second.
Bottom 3 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Moreno bunts towards the mound. Lemongello fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Kison hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berra fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Lemongello strikes out.
Top 3 Bochy strikes out.
Bottom 2 Brye hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Stennett hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Bergman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanguillen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bergman for the out.
Top 2 Howe strikes out.
Bottom 1 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Garner for the out.
Bottom 1 Ott hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Ott reaches second base with a double. Parker scores.
Bottom 1 The umpire calls a balk on Lemongello Parker moves to second.
Bottom 1 Parker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Berra hits a line drive towards third. Cabell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Moreno 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 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Berra scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cabell hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Walling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Howard strikes out.