Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
June 15, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1974 at Wrigley Field. 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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Houston Astros 8, Chicago Cubs 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 5 0 2 0
Metzger ss 5 0 2 1
Cedeno cf 5 0 0 0
Watson lf 3 2 3 0
May 1b 5 1 1 0
Edwards c 5 1 2 2
Rader 3b 5 2 2 2
Helms 2b 4 0 2 1
  Milbourne pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson C. ph 1 1 1 2
  Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 15 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 1 2 1
Morales lf 5 1 2 1
Williams 1b 4 1 3 2
Cardenal rf 5 1 1 0
Monday cf 5 1 4 1
Madlock 3b 4 1 1 2
  Alexander 3b 1 0 0 0
Rosello 2b 3 0 0 0
  Ward ph 0 0 0 0
  Thornton ph 1 0 0 0
  Harris pr 0 0 0 0
Swisher c 3 1 1 0
  Fanzone ph 1 0 0 0
Stone p 3 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
  Tyrone ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 14 7
Houston 000 200 1508152
Chicago 000 700 0007141
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin   3.2 11 7 7 1 4
  Forsch   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Cosgrove   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Scherman  W (1-3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Johnson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Roberts  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
3
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Stone   7.1 10 5 5 2 3
  Pina  L (3-4) 0.0 3 3 3 0 0
  LaRoche   1.2 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
2
6

  E–Metzger (7), J Johnson (1), Kessinger (8).  DP–Houston 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Houston Edwards 2 (4,off Stone 2); Watson (7,off Stone); Rader (12,off Pina); Gross (7,off LaRoche), Chicago Monday 2 (12,off Griffin,off J Johnson); Morales (8,off Griffin).  3B–Chicago Kessinger (3,off Griffin).  HR–Houston C Johnson (4,8th inning off Pina 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Madlock (3,4th inning off Griffin 1 on, 0 out); Williams (9,4th inning off Griffin 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Griffin (5,off Stone); Stone (2,off Cosgrove).  IBB–Williams (6,by Griffin).  CS–Metzger (2,2nd base by Stone/Swisher).  SB–Cardenal (11,2nd base off Forsch/Edwards); Rosello (1,2nd base off Scherman/Edwards).  WP–Forsch (2), Cosgrove (2), LaRoche (2).  IBB–Griffin (4,Williams).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:04.  A–15,869.
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