Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
August 14, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 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 5, Chicago Cubs 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 4 1 2 1
Cedeno cf 5 1 1 0
May L. 1b 3 0 2 1
  Howard pr,lf 1 0 0 0
May M. c 4 1 2 0
  Milbourne pr 0 1 0 0
Watson lf,1b 5 0 1 0
Rader 3b 5 0 1 1
Helms 2b 5 0 1 0
Wilson p 2 0 1 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 1 1 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 13 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 1 1 0
Cardenal rf 2 2 1 1
Williams lf 3 1 2 0
  Tyrone pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 1 1 1
Morales cf 4 0 1 2
Madlock 3b 3 0 0 1
Sperring 2b 2 0 0 0
Swisher c 4 0 1 0
Stone p 3 0 1 0
  Frailing p 0 0 0 0
  Zamora p 1 0 0 0
  Todd p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 8 5
Houston 102 000 0115132
Chicago 400 000 20x682
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L (8-10) 6.0 6 6 5 6 3
  Forsch   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  York   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
6
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Stone  W (4-4) 6.0 8 3 1 4 2
  Frailing   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Zamora   2.0 4 2 2 0 3
  Todd  SV (1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
3
4
5

  E–Watson (4), Rader (13), Cardenal (10), Stone (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Houston L May (22,off Stone); Wilson (4,off Stone); M May 2 (11,off Stone,off Zamora); Gallagher (2,off Zamora).  3B–Houston Watson (4,off Frailing), Chicago Kessinger (5,off Wilson).  SH–Wilson (7,off Stone); Kessinger (6,off Wilson).  SF–Madlock (4,off Wilson).  IBB–Williams (12,by Wilson).  SB–Cardenal (19,2nd base off Wilson/M May).  CS–Morales (9,2nd base by Forsch/M May).  WP–Wilson (2).  IBB–Wilson (2,Williams).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:46.  A–10,987.
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