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Chicago Cubs 4 Houston Astros 5

June 17,1978

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (34-25)

Home Team

Houston Astros (27-32)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

28,091

Time of Game

2:20

Umpires

[HP]: Eric Gregg [1B]: Bill Williams [2B]: Dick Stello [3B]: Bruce Froemming

Chicago Cubs 4 Houston Astros 5

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3rd inning: S.1-2 **Joaquin Andujar pulled right hamstring on balk**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Chicago Cubs	CHN	34-25		0	0	2		2	0	0		0	0	0			4	7	0		1	3	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	27-32		0	2	0		0	0	1		0	2	x			5	7	0		4	8	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Chicago Cubs - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ivan De Jesus	ss	25.159	R	4	1	1	0		0	2	.269		58	301
2	Greg Gross	cf	25.320	L	4	0	1	2		0	0	.297		43	587
3	Bill Buckner	1b	28.185	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.307		42	936
4	Bobby Murcer	rf	32.028	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.237		57	1463
5	Larry Biittner	lf	32.325	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.304		39	693
6	Steve Ontiveros	3b	26.234	B	4	0	1	0		0	1	.201		55	522
7	Manny Trillo	2b	27.174	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.264		56	557
8	Dave Rader	c	29.173	L	3	2	1	0		0	0	.234		48	697
	Dave Kingman	ph	29.178	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.229		52	850
9	Dave Geisel	p	23.150	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		2	2
	Rudy Meoli	ph	27.047	L	1	1	1	1		0	0	.133		22	254
	Donnie Moore	p	24.124	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.333		31	62
Totals

3B: Steve Ontiveros (3), Rudy Meoli (1)

RBI: Greg Gross 2 (23), Rudy Meoli (2)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Wilbur Howard	lf	29.160	B	4	0	0	0		0	3	.255		25	407
2	Denny Walling	cf	24.061	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.262		38	53
3	Enos Cabell	3b	28.252	R	4	2	2	0		0	0	.296		59	585
4	Jose Cruz	rf	30.313	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.286		57	911
5	Bob Watson	1b	32.068	R	4	1	2	3		0	0	.267		56	1241
6	Art Howe	2b	31.184	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.278		55	293
7	Joe Ferguson	c	31.271	R	2	0	0	0		1	1	.222		41	659
8	Mike Fischlin	ss	22.277	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.000		2	15
9	Joaquin Andujar	p	25.178	B	1	0	1	2		0	0	.136		13	64
	Joe Niekro	p	33.222	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.231		11	365
Totals

2B: Bob Watson (9), Art Howe (17), Joaquin Andujar (1)

RBI: Bob Watson 3 (38), Joaquin Andujar 2 (3)

SB: Enos Cabell 3 (11), Jose Cruz (10)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Geisel	L		3.0	4	2	2	2	2	0		4.50	1.50		2	2
2	Donnie Moore	R		4.0	1	1	1	0	4	0		4.36	1.36		31	62
3	Willie Hernandez	L	L 5-2	0.2	1	2	2	1	0	0		3.82	1.47		26	93
4	Bruce Sutter	R		0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1.63	0.96		24	138
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Geisel (0-0-0), Donnie Moore (0-0-0), Willie Hernandez (0-0-0), Bruce Sutter (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joaquin Andujar	R		2.1	5	2	2	0	2	0		3.07	1.21		13	67
2	Joe Niekro	R	W 3-4	6.2	2	1	1	0	5	0		6.84	1.77		13	377
Totals				0.0

WP: Joe Niekro (2)

BK: Joaquin Andujar (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joaquin Andujar (0-0-0), Joe Niekro (0-0-0)