Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
June 13, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 13, 1973 at Astrodome. 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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Chicago Cubs 1, Houston Astros 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 4 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Bourque 1b 3 0 0 0
Cardenal rf 4 0 2 0
Fanzone 3b 4 0 2 0
Rudolph c 4 0 1 0
Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0
Pappas p 2 0 0 0
  Hooton p 0 0 0 0
  Hiser ph 0 1 0 0
  Aker p 0 0 0 0
  Garrett ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 6 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 3 2 2 1
Metzger ss 4 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 2
Watson lf 4 0 2 2
May 1b 5 1 2 0
Rader 3b 4 0 2 0
  Busse 3b 0 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 1 1
Jutze c 4 0 0 0
Wilson p 4 1 1 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Chicago 000 000 010162
Houston 002 111 01x6122
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Pappas  L (3-5) 5.2 9 5 5 5 2
  Hooton   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Aker   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
5
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (5-6) 7.0 5 0 0 1 2
  Ray  SV (4) 2.0 1 1 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
0
2
3

  E–Beckert 2 (5), Jutze 2 (2).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Rudolph (1).  2B–Houston May (8,off Pappas); Wynn 2 (8,off Pappas 2).  HR–Houston Cedeno (10,3rd inning off Pappas 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Cedeno (3,by Pappas).  SB–Wynn (6,2nd base off Pappas/Rudolph).  IBB–Pappas (5,Cedeno).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:18.  A–13,685.
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