Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 9, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1977 at Astrodome. 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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Chicago Cubs 6, Houston Astros 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 1 3 1
Gross lf 3 1 1 1
Biittner 1b 5 0 2 1
Murcer rf 2 1 1 0
Morales cf 5 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 1 2 0
Ontiveros 3b 3 0 1 0
Mitterwald c 3 1 1 0
Reuschel p 2 1 0 0
  Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 11 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cruz rf 4 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 1 3 0
  Howard pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Crawford lf 3 0 1 1
Ferguson c 4 0 2 0
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 2 0 0 0
  Howe ph 1 0 1 0
Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Larson p 1 0 0 0
  Gardner ph 1 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 9 1
Chicago 240 000 0006110
Houston 100 000 000191
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (5-1) 6.0 8 1 1 3 1
  Hernandez  SV (1) 3.0 1 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
4
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (2-2) 1.1 3 6 4 3 1
  Larson   2.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Niekro   2.0 4 0 0 1 1
  McLaughlin   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
4
6
5

  E–Crawford (1).  DP–Chicago 2, Houston 3.  PB–Ferguson (5).  2B–Chicago DeJesus (5,off Niekro), Houston Ferguson (4,off R Reuschel).  SF–Gross (2,off Larson).  HBP–R Reuschel (1,by Andujar); Murcer (1,by McLaughlin).  IBB–Watson (2,by R Reuschel).  CS–DeJesus (5,3rd base by Niekro/Ferguson).  SB–Cedeno 3 (9,2nd base off R Reuschel/Mitterwald 2,3rd base off R Reuschel/Mitterwald).  WP–R Reuschel (2), Larson (2).  HBP–Andujar (1,R Reuschel); McLaughlin (2,Murcer).  IBB–R Reuschel (2,Watson).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:30.  A–7,424.
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