Houston Astros 1, Chicago Cubs 0
Regular Season Game 103
Played on Friday, July 29, 1977 (N) at Astrodome
CHI N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 3 HOU N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 1 3 0
Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cardenal lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 Biittner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 Murcer rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Morales cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 Ontiveros 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 Mitterwald c 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 Gross ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Swisher c 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 De Jesus ss 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 7 Wallis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P. Reuschel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bonham p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Buckner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kelleher ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Totals 29 0 4 0 2 6 24 20 FIELDING - DP: 3. De Jesus-Mitterwald-Ontiveros-Trillo, Bonham-Mitterwald-Biittner, Trillo-De Jesus-Biittner. E: Ontiveros (12), Trillo (18), De Jesus (22). BATTING - 2B: Cardenal (10,off Niekro); Ontiveros (11,off Niekro). SH: Bonham (8,off Niekro). Team LOB: 5.
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Puhl lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cedeno cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 1 Watson 1b 3 0 1 1 0 1 9 1 Cruz rf 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 Ferguson c 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 Howe 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 Niekro p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 26 1 3 1 3 4 27 12 FIELDING - DP: 1. Cedeno-Ferguson. BATTING - 2B: Cedeno (15,off Bonham); Watson (20,off Bonham). 3B: Cruz (7,off Bonham). GDP: Howe (7,off Bonham); Metzger (2,off Bonham). IBB: Cruz 2 (7,by Bonham 2). Team LOB: 4.
PITCHING
Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Bonham L(9-10) 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 26 P. Reuschel 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 Totals 8 3 1 1 3 4 0 29 IBB: Bonham 2 (10,Cruz 2).
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Niekro W(6-3) 9 4 0 0 2 6 0 32 Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Jim Quick Time of Game: 1:49 Attendance: 23208 Starting Lineups: Chicago Cubs Houston Astros 1. Cardenal lf Puhl lf 2. Biittner 1b Cabell 3b 3. Murcer rf Cedeno cf 4. Morales cf Watson 1b 5. Ontiveros 3b Cruz rf 6. Trillo 2b Ferguson c 7. Mitterwald c Howe 2b 8. De Jesus ss Metzger ss 9. Bonham p Niekro p CUBS 1ST: Cardenal doubled to left; Biittner grounded out (second to first) [Cardenal to third]; Murcer hit into a double play (center to catcher) [Cardenal out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Puhl flied out to left; Cabell grounded out (second to first); Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. CUBS 2ND: Morales singled to right; Ontiveros flied out to left; Trillo struck out; Mitterwald forced Morales (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Watson was called out on strikes; Cruz tripled to right; Ferguson reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Cruz out at home (shortstop to catcher to third), Ferguson out at second (third to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. CUBS 3RD: De Jesus walked; Bonham out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [De Jesus to second]; Cardenal was called out on strikes; Biittner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Howe struck out; Metzger reached on an error by Trillo [Metzger to first]; On a bunt Niekro made an out to first; Puhl grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. CUBS 4TH: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Morales flied out to center; Ontiveros grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno doubled to left; Watson doubled to center [Cedeno scored]; Cruz was walked intentionally; Ferguson walked [Watson to third, Cruz to second]; Howe grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Watson out at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 5TH: Trillo flied out to center; Mitterwald struck out; De Jesus struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Metzger grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 6TH: Bonham struck out; Cardenal singled to center; Biittner grounded out (second to first) [Cardenal to second]; Murcer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson reached on an error by Ontiveros [Watson to second]; Cruz was walked intentionally; Cruz was picked off first (pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 7TH: Morales struck out; Ontiveros doubled to left; Trillo lined to left; GROSS BATTED FOR MITTERWALD; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: SWISHER REPLACED GROSS (PLAYING C ); Ferguson flied out to left; Howe reached on an error by De Jesus [Howe to first]; Metzger grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Howe out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 8TH: WALLIS BATTED FOR DE JESUS; Wallis grounded out (second to first); BUCKNER BATTED FOR BONHAM; Buckner grounded out (second to first); Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: P. REUSCHEL REPLACED WALLIS (PITCHING); KELLEHER REPLACED BUCKNER (PLAYING SS); Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl was called out on strikes; Cabell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 9TH: Biittner lined to right; Murcer walked; Morales flied out to center; Ontiveros flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. Final Totals R H E LOB Cubs 0 4 3 5 Astros 1 3 0 4
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