Chicago Cubs vs Houston Astros
May 17, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1981 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Chicago Cubs 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

Chicago Cubs 1, Houston Astros 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 2 1 0 0
Strain 2b 3 0 0 0
  Capilla p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 1 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Tracy ph 1 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 1
Henderson lf 3 0 0 0
Durham rf 4 0 0 0
Morales cf 4 0 1 0
Reitz 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis c 2 0 1 0
  Lum ph 1 0 1 0
Krukow p 0 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Dillard ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 5 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 2 0 1 2
Reynolds ss 5 0 1 2
Walling rf,1b 4 1 0 0
Cruz lf 5 1 3 0
Heep 1b 3 1 0 0
  Woods rf 1 0 0 0
Howe 3b 5 1 2 1
Ashby c 2 1 1 0
Landestoy 2b 3 1 1 1
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Chicago 000 000 010150
Houston 013 000 20x690
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  L (1-4) 2.1 3 4 4 6 2
  McGlothen   1.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Capilla   3.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Tidrow   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
8
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (4-0) 7.1 4 1 1 4 3
  LaCorte   1.2 1 0 0 3 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
7
5

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Chicago Buckner (13,off Knepper).  SH–Krukow (1,off Knepper); Knepper (2,off Capilla).  HBP–Knepper (1,by Krukow).  IBB–Ashby (5,by Krukow).  SB–Puhl 2 (8,2nd base off Krukow/Davis,2nd base off Capilla/Davis).  WP–Capilla (3), LaCorte (2).  HBP–Krukow (2,Knepper).  IBB–Krukow (3,Ashby).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:34.  A–34,068.
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