Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
July 13, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 13, 1972 at Wrigley Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 7, Chicago Cubs 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 2 3 0
Miller cf 5 1 2 3
Wynn rf 5 0 0 0
May 1b 4 1 1 0
Watson lf 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 3 0
Edwards c 4 1 1 1
Helms 2b 4 1 1 3
Reuss p 3 0 1 0
  Ray p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 2 0
Beckert 2b 4 1 1 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 1
Hickman 1b 1 0 0 0
  Coggins pr 0 0 0 0
  Pepitone 1b 0 0 0 0
Santo 3b 3 0 0 0
Cardenal rf 3 0 1 1
Monday cf 4 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Jenkins p 2 1 1 0
  McGinn p 0 0 0 0
  Popovich ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Houston 001 100 0057120
Chicago 100 000 100270
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   6.1 6 2 2 6 6
  Ray  W (9-3) 2.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
6
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (11-8) 8.2 11 6 6 0 7
  McGinn   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
0
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2.  PB–Edwards (3).  2B–Houston Rader (15,off Jenkins); Metzger (8,off Jenkins); Reuss (2,off Jenkins), Chicago Beckert (14,off Reuss).  HR–Houston Helms (5,9th inning off Jenkins 2 on, 1 out); Miller (3,9th inning off McGinn 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Jenkins (2,off Reuss).  HBP–Beckert (1,by Reuss).  SB–Metzger (11,2nd base off Jenkins/Hundley).  CS–Hickman (1,2nd base by Reuss/Edwards).  HBP–Reuss (6,Beckert).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:33.  A–13,427.
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