Astros @ Cardinals
August 15, 1978

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Bottom 7 R H E
Astros 5 8 1
Cardinals 9 13 0
Bottom 7 R H E
Astros 5 8 1
Cardinals 9 14 0

Steve Swisher Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .291
OBP .000 .341
At Bats 3 79
Hits 0 23
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 9

Ken Forsch Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 4 5
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Busch Stadium - August 15, 1978
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Single
Ken Forsch
Bruce Bochy
Bob Watson
Art Howe
Enos Cabell
Julio Gonzalez
Dave Bergman
Terry Puhl
Jose Cruz
Steve Swisher
Wayne Garrett
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Swisher hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garrett moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Wayne Garrett pinch hits for Ken Reitz. Garrett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hernandez scores. Hendrick scores.
Bottom 7 Morales hits a line drive towards short. Gonzalez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hendrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hernandez moves to third. Hendrick moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ken Forsch now pitching. Hernandez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Scott throws the ball in to Tyson who tags Gonzalez, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Puhl scores.
Top 7 There goes Puhl. The throw from Swisher and he is safe. Puhl steals second.
Top 7 Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howard scores.
Top 7 There goes Howard. The throw from Swisher and he is safe. Howard steals second.
Top 7 Wilbur Howard pinch hits for Rick Williams. Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bergman scores.
Top 7 Bochy strikes out.
Top 7 Bergman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Morales. Bergman reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Howe hits a fly ball into left field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Scott for the out.
Bottom 6 Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson fields the ball and throws to second. Gonzalez drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Gonzalez. Templeton moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Swisher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Reitz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bochy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rick Williams now pitching. Morales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Jimmy Sexton pinch hits for Joaquin Andujar. Sexton hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bochy hits a popup towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hendrick hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Howe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Scott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Templeton scores.
Bottom 4 Templeton hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz who is chasing the ball. Templeton reaches third base with a triple. Tyson scores.
Bottom 4 Lopez bunts towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Howe covering, for the out. Tyson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Tyson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Bergman strikes out.
Top 4 Howe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gonzalez scores. Watson moves to second.
Top 4 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Cruz strikes out.
Top 4 Cabell strikes out.
Top 4 Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Morales who is chasing the ball. Gonzalez reaches third base with a triple. Puhl scores.
Top 4 Puhl hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Scott. Puhl reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Swisher strikes out.
Bottom 3 The umpire calls a balk on Andujar Hendrick scores.
Bottom 3 Joaquin Andujar now pitching. Reitz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Hendrick moves to third.
Bottom 3 Morales hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hernandez scores. Hendrick moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hendrick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hernandez moves to third.
Bottom 3 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Bannister strikes out.
Top 3 Bochy strikes out.
Top 3 Bergman hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 The umpire calls a balk on Bannister Templeton moves to second.
Bottom 2 Templeton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 2 Tyson hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Howe hits a popup towards short. Templeton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Watson strikes out.
Top 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Swisher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Reitz strikes out.
Bottom 1 Morales hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Puhl. Morales reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Hendrick hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Hernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Scott moves to third.
Bottom 1 Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Templeton is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hernandez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Puhl for the out.