Los Angeles Dodgers 11 – 7 Houston Astros
27 July 1979 · HOU02
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Bill Russell | 1 in 107 games |
| 36 | final score 11–7 | 1 in 381 games | |
| 10 | 3 runs scored | Dusty Baker | 1 in 98 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 0 |
| Houston Astros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
Box score
Los Angeles Dodgers batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davey Lopes | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill Russell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ted Martinez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Garvey | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Cey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Manny Mota | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dusty Baker | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Gary Thomasson | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Yeager | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Derrel Thomas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Charlie Hough | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Patterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 39 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
Los Angeles Dodgers pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Hough | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Lerrin LaGrow | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Patterson | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Gonzalez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Craig Reynolds | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rafael Landestoy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Terry Puhl | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jose Cruz | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Denny Walling | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| Enos Cabell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Bochy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cesar Cedeno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeffrey Leonard | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Art Howe | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alan Ashby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jesus Alou | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Sexton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Baldwin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Niekro | 2.1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Rick Williams | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank LaCorte | 3.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| George Throop | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bert Roberge | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Randy Niemann | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |