Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
June 17, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1978 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 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 1 1 0
Gross cf 4 0 1 2
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 0
Murcer rf 4 0 0 0
Biittner lf 4 0 1 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Rader c 3 2 1 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
Geisel p 1 0 0 0
  Meoli ph 1 1 1 1
  Moore p 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard lf 4 0 0 0
Walling cf 3 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 2 2 0
Cruz rf 3 1 1 0
Watson 1b 4 1 2 3
  Bergman pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Howe 2b 4 1 1 0
Ferguson c 2 0 0 0
Fischlin ss 3 0 0 0
Andujar p 1 0 1 2
  Niekro p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
Chicago 002 200 000470
Houston 020 001 02x570
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Geisel   3.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Moore   4.0 1 1 1 0 4
  Hernandez  L (5-2) 0.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Sutter   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
3
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   2.1 5 2 2 0 2
  Niekro  W (3-4) 6.2 2 2 1 0 5
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
0
7

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Ferguson (5).  2B–Houston Howe (17,off Geisel); Andujar (1,off Geisel); Watson (9,off Sutter).  3B–Chicago Ontiveros (3,off Niekro); Meoli (1,off Niekro).  IBB–Ferguson (2,by Geisel).  SB–Cabell 3 (11,2nd base off Moore/Rader,2nd base off Hernandez/Rader,3rd base off Sutter/Rader); Cruz (10,2nd base off Sutter/Rader).  WP–Niekro (2).  BK–Andujar (3).  IBB–Geisel (1,Ferguson).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:20.  A–28,091.
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