Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
June 4, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1976 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 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 3 0 1 0
Cardenal lf 4 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 3 0 0 0
Morales rf 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 4 0 2 0
Biittner 1b 3 0 0 0
Kelleher ss 3 0 1 0
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 6 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 4 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 3 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 1 0
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
Cruz lf 2 1 1 0
Johnson c 2 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 3 0 0 1
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Cosgrove p 3 0 0 0
Totals 26 1 2 1
Chicago 000 000 000–061
Houston 010 000 00x–120
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (5-4) 8.0 2 1 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
2
1
0
2
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Cosgrove  W (2-3) 9.0 6 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
1
  E–R Reuschel (3).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Chicago Monday (9,off Cosgrove).  SH–R Reuschel (3,off Cosgrove).  SB–Cedeno (21,2nd base off R Reuschel/Mitterwald); Cruz (5,2nd base off R Reuschel/Mitterwald).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–1:48.  A–9,101.
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