Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
September 2, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1978 at Wrigley Field. 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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Houston Astros 8, Chicago Cubs 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss 5 0 0 0
Drumright 2b 5 1 2 1
Puhl cf 5 1 2 0
Cruz rf 4 1 3 0
Cabell 3b 5 1 0 0
Watson 1b 5 2 3 1
  Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0
Walling lf 5 0 3 1
Bochy c 3 0 1 0
  Howard ph 2 1 0 1
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Lemongello p 3 0 1 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 0
  Sexton pr 0 1 0 0
  Pujols c 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 16 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Gross cf,lf 4 1 2 1
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
Scott 3b 2 1 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 2 2
Kingman lf 4 0 0 0
  White cf 0 0 0 0
Murcer rf 2 1 1 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 0 1
Rader c 3 0 1 1
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
DeJesus ss 3 0 0 0
Reuschel p 3 1 1 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Cox c 0 0 0 0
  Clines ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
Houston 000 100 0078165
Chicago 011 000 030572
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemongello   7.0 7 5 4 2 3
  Andujar  W (5-4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Sambito  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
5
4
3
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   8.0 11 3 3 0 4
  Sutter  L (7-5) 0.2 3 3 1 0 0
  Hernandez   0.0 0 1 0 1 0
  McGlothen   0.1 2 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
8
4
1
4

  E–Landestoy (2), Drumright (1), Puhl (3), Cruz (7), Bochy (6), DeJesus 2 (24).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Walling (7,off R Reuschel), Chicago R Reuschel (2,off Lemongello); Gross (11,off Lemongello).  3B–Chicago Gross (7,off Lemongello); Buckner (1,off Lemongello).  SH–Scott (6,off Lemongello).  SF–Rader (4,off Lemongello); Trillo (6,off Andujar).  HBP–DeJesus (2,by Lemongello).  IBB–Murcer (9,by Andujar).  SB–Sexton (13,2nd base off Sutter/Rader); Cabell (29,2nd base off McGlothen/Cox); Murcer (13,2nd base off Lemongello/Bochy).  CS–Cruz 2 (8,2nd base by R Reuschel/Rader 2); Trillo (6,2nd base by Lemongello/Bochy).  WP–R Reuschel (8), Sutter (6).  HBP–Lemongello (8,DeJesus).  IBB–Andujar (4,Murcer).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–3:02.  A–24,064.
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