Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
July 12, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1974 at Astrodome. 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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Chicago Cubs 4, Houston Astros 9

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 3 1 2 1
Monday cf 4 0 1 0
Cardenal rf 3 0 0 1
Williams 1b 4 0 0 0
Morales lf 3 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 1 1 0
Grabarkewitz 2b 4 1 1 0
Swisher c 3 1 1 1
Reuschel p 1 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Fanzone ph 1 0 0 0
  Pina p 0 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 0 0 0 1
  Frailing p 0 0 0 0
  Thornton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 5 2 2 0
Metzger ss 4 2 1 1
Cedeno cf 4 0 2 2
Watson lf,1b 3 2 1 0
May L. 1b 4 2 2 4
  Howard lf 0 0 0 0
May M. c 3 0 1 0
Rader 3b 4 0 2 1
Helms 2b 4 0 1 0
  Milbourne 2b 0 0 0 0
Wilson p 3 1 1 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 13 8
Chicago 100 000 201461
Houston 205 020 00x9130
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (8-7) 2.1 5 7 6 2 1
  Stone   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Pina   0.2 4 2 2 1 1
  Todd   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Frailing   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
9
8
3
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (6-6) 8.0 4 3 3 6 2
  Forsch   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
7
2

  E–Morales (5).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–Chicago Swisher (2,off Wilson), Houston L May (14,off Reuschel); Rader (17,off Frailing).  3B–Houston Metzger (4,off Reuschel).  HR–Chicago Kessinger (1,1st inning off Wilson 0 on, 0 out), Houston L May (15,5th inning off Pina 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Ward (1,off Wilson); Cedeno (5,off Reuschel).  HBP–Swisher (1,by Forsch); Wilson (1,by Reuschel).  IBB–M May (5,by Reuschel).  SB–Kessinger (5,2nd base off Wilson/M May); Gross (10,2nd base off Stone/Swisher).  CS–Williams (4,2nd base by Wilson/M May).  WP–Reuschel (3).  HBP–Reuschel (4,Wilson); Forsch (3,Swisher).  IBB–Reuschel (5,M May).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:33.  A–16,946.
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