Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
June 16, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1974 at Wrigley Field. 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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Houston Astros 1, Chicago Cubs 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf,lf 5 0 2 0
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 5 1 1 1
Watson lf,1b 3 0 0 0
May 1b 4 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 2 0
Rader 3b 3 0 1 0
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
Dierker p 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 0
  Milbourne pr 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 0 1 0
Morales lf 5 0 2 0
Williams 1b 3 1 2 1
Cardenal rf 5 0 0 0
Monday cf 5 1 1 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 2 0
  Alexander pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Rosello 2b 3 0 0 0
  Harris ph 0 0 0 0
Swisher c 3 0 1 0
  Ward ph 0 0 0 0
  Thornton ph 0 0 0 1
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
  Hooton p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
Houston 100 000 000 0181
Chicago 000 010 000 1290
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker   9.0 8 1 1 4 7
  Forsch  L (3-2) 0.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Scherman   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.1
9
2
2
7
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   7.2 6 1 1 1 6
  Hooton  W (3-5) 2.1 2 0 0 3 0
Totals
10.0
8
1
1
4
6

  E–L May (3).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Houston Edwards (5,off Reuschel), Chicago Swisher (1,off Dierker); Madlock (7,off Dierker).  3B–Chicago Monday (3,off Forsch).  HR–Houston Cedeno (13,1st inning off Reuschel 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Williams (10,5th inning off Dierker 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Metzger (7,off Reuschel); L May (1,off Hooton); Reuschel (4,off Dierker).  HBP–Rader (3,by Hooton).  IBB–Helms (3,by Reuschel); Edwards (3,by Hooton); Alexander (1,by Forsch); Harris (1,by Forsch).  CS–Alexander (2,2nd base by Dierker/Edwards).  HBP–Hooton (2,Rader).  IBB–Forsch 2 (6,Alexander,Harris); Reuschel (3,Helms); Hooton (3,Edwards).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:59.  A–14,865.
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