Houston Astros vs Chicago Cubs
September 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 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."

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Houston Astros 2, Chicago Cubs 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss 5 0 1 0
Drumright 2b 4 0 0 0
Puhl cf 3 0 1 0
Cruz rf 4 1 1 0
Cabell 3b,1b 4 0 2 0
Walling lf 1 1 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Bochy c 3 0 1 1
  Sexton pr 0 0 0 0
Ruhle p 1 0 0 0
  Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Watson ph 0 0 0 0
  Pujols pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Gross cf 3 0 1 1
  Clines ph 1 0 0 0
  Roberts p 1 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Scott 3b 3 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 2 0 0 0
Kingman lf 4 1 2 0
Murcer rf 3 1 2 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 1 1
Rader c 3 0 0 0
  Meoli pr 0 1 0 0
  White cf 1 0 0 0
DeJesus ss 4 1 2 1
Seoane p 0 0 0 0
  Holtzman p 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 0 1 1
  Cox c 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 4 11 4
Houston 020 000 000262
Chicago 001 102 00x4112
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  L (2-2) 5.2 8 4 4 2 1
  Bannister   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Andujar   2.0 3 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Seoane   1.1 3 2 1 3 1
  Holtzman   4.1 3 0 0 2 4
  Moore  W (9-6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Roberts   2.1 0 0 0 1 2
  McGlothen   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Hernandez  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
8
8

  E–Walling (3), Bergman (3), Scott (10), White (2).  DP–Houston 1, Chicago 4.  2B–Houston Cruz (25,off Seoane); Cabell (24,off Holtzman), Chicago Kingman (13,off Ruhle).  SH–Holtzman (1,off Ruhle).  SF–Trillo (7,off Ruhle).  IBB–Murcer (10,by Andujar).  SB–Walling (8,2nd base off Seoane/Rader); Landestoy (4,2nd base off Holtzman/Rader); Scott 2 (22,2nd base off Ruhle/Bochy,2nd base off Andujar/Bochy).  CS–Cabell (13,2nd base by Seoane/Rader); Scott (8,3rd base by Andujar/Bochy).  IBB–Andujar (5,Murcer).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–3:17.  A–29,528.
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