Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
July 13, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 13, 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 0, Houston Astros 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 0 0
Cardenal rf 4 0 2 0
Morales lf 4 0 1 0
Thornton 1b 3 0 1 0
Grabarkewitz 2b 3 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 3 0 1 0
Burris p 1 0 1 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Tyrone ph 1 0 1 0
  Hooton p 0 0 0 0
  Fanzone ph 1 0 0 0
  Zamora p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 8 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 2 1 0 0
Metzger ss 4 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 2 0 1 1
  Gallagher cf 1 0 0 0
Watson lf 4 0 1 1
May L. 1b 4 0 0 0
May M. c 3 1 1 0
Rader 3b 3 1 3 2
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
  Milbourne 2b 0 0 0 0
Osteen p 3 0 1 0
Totals 29 4 8 4
Chicago 000 000 000080
Houston 022 000 00x480
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  L (3-2) 2.1 5 4 4 1 1
  Stone   2.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Hooton   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Zamora   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
3
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  W (8-7) 9.0 8 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
0
2

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Houston 3.  2B–Chicago Cardenal (22,off Osteen), Houston M May (8,off Burris).  HR–Houston Rader (10,2nd inning off Burris 1 on, 2 out).  CS–Rader (2,2nd base by Stone/Mitterwald); Gross (8,2nd base by Stone/Mitterwald).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:06.  A–20,080.
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