Houston Astros 1 – 3 Pittsburgh Pirates
20 August 1978 · PIT07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Duffy Dyer | 1 in 107 games |
| 32 | 10 total bases | Ed Ott | 1 in 1,002 player-games |
| 16 | final score 3–1 | 1 in 30 games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Box score
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Puhl | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Julio Gonzalez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enos Cabell | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Howe | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesus Alou | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Cruz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Sexton | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luis Pujols | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Niekro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rafael Landestoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 35 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Niekro | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Sambito | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Taveras | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Omar Moreno | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dave Parker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Milner | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Ed Ott | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 HR, 2B |
| Phil Garner | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dale Berra | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Duffy Dyer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jerry Reuss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Reuss | 9.0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |