Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
July 16, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1970 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Chicago Cubs 1, Houston Astros 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 4 1 1 0
Williams lf 4 0 2 0
Hickman 1b 3 0 0 0
Santo 3b 3 0 0 0
Callison rf 4 0 1 1
James cf 3 0 0 0
  Popovich ph 1 0 0 0
Hiatt c 1 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 0 0 0 0
  Hundley c 1 0 0 0
Holtzman p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 3 0 0 1
Morgan 2b 2 0 0 0
Wynn lf 4 0 1 1
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 1 0
Martinez ss 2 1 0 0
Edwards c 3 1 0 0
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 25 2 2 2
Chicago 000 000 001–151
Houston 002 000 00x–220
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (9-8) 7.0 2 2 0 2 3
  Regan   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
2
2
0
3
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (3-4) 8.1 4 1 1 3 7
  Ray  SV (3) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
8
  E–Beckert (11).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Cedeno (4,off Holtzman).  SH–Wilson (1,off Holtzman).  SF–Alou (1,off Holtzman).  SB–Beckert (2,2nd base off Wilson/Edwards).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:04.  A–18,466.
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