Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
September 1, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 1978 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 11, Chicago Cubs 14

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss 5 3 4 1
Drumright 2b 4 2 2 1
Puhl cf 3 0 0 3
Cruz rf 4 1 3 2
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 2
Watson 1b 5 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
Bergman lf,1b 4 1 1 0
Bochy c 5 2 2 1
Richard p 2 2 2 1
  Bannister p 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Walling lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 15 11
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Gross cf 3 1 1 0
  White ph,cf 2 0 1 1
Scott 3b 3 3 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 2 3 4
Kingman lf 5 1 2 2
Murcer rf 5 1 2 2
Trillo 2b 4 3 2 1
Rader c 4 1 1 1
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
DeJesus ss 3 2 2 1
Krukow p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 2 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Clines ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Blackwell c 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 1 1
  Cox c 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 14 16 13
Houston 060 300 11011151
Chicago 511 112 12x14161
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard   3.2 9 8 8 2 5
  Bannister   1.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Sambito  L (4-7) 1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Dixon   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Andujar   1.0 1 2 2 3 0
Totals
8.0
16
14
14
7
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow   1.2 4 5 5 1 2
  Roberts   0.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Moore   1.2 5 3 3 0 2
  McGlothen   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez  W (8-2) 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Sutter  SV (24) 2.1 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
15
11
11
5
8

  E–Andujar (4), Trillo (17).  DP–Chicago 3.  2B–Chicago Buckner 2 (23,off Richard 2); Kingman (12,off Richard); DeJesus 2 (22,off Bannister,off Dixon); Murcer (18,off Sambito).  3B–Houston Cruz (7,off Krukow).  HR–Houston Bochy (2,7th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Murcer (8,1st inning off Richard 1 on, 1 out); Trillo (4,1st inning off Richard 0 on, 1 out); Rader (3,3rd inning off Richard 0 on, 2 out); Buckner (3,6th inning off Sambito 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Cabell (4,off Krukow).  IBB–Cruz (9,by Sutter); Buckner (4,by Dixon); DeJesus (5,by Andujar).  SH–Blackwell (4,off Dixon); Scott (5,off Dixon); Sutter (4,off Andujar).  SB–Richard (1,3rd base off Moore/Rader); Landestoy (3,2nd base off Hernandez/Rader).  WP–Sutter (5).  BK–Andujar (5).  IBB–Dixon (2,Buckner); Andujar (3,DeJesus); Sutter (5,Cruz).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–3:33.  A–16,117.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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