Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
July 19, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 1970 at Astrodome. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 7, Houston Astros 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 1 1 0
Beckert 2b 5 1 1 1
Williams lf 4 2 2 1
Smith 1b 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 5 1 2 2
Callison rf 2 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 2
James cf 3 1 0 0
Pappas p 4 1 1 0
Totals 35 7 9 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou lf 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Miller rf 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Menke ss 4 0 2 0
Rader 3b 3 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Lampard ph 1 0 1 1
  Bouton p 1 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Chicago 006 000 100790
Houston 001 000 000150
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Pappas  W (5-3) 9.0 5 1 1 2 7
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  L (3-10) 2.1 6 6 6 3 1
  Culver   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bouton   5.0 3 1 0 2 2
  Cook   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
6
4

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Edwards (3).  2B–Chicago Pappas (1,off Griffin); Santo 2 (16,off Griffin,off Bouton); Smith (5,off Bouton), Houston Cedeno (5,off Pappas); Menke (16,off Pappas).  IBB–Callison 2 (9,by Griffin,by Bouton).  IBB–Griffin (1,Callison); Bouton (3,Callison).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:18.  A–21,293.
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