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Chicago Cubs 3 Houston Astros 8

August 21,1978

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (63-60)

Home Team

Houston Astros (57-68)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

9,906

Time of Game

2:27

Umpires

[HP]: Lee Weyer [1B]: Ed Montague [2B]: Harry Wendelstedt [3B]: Dutch Rennert

Chicago Cubs 3 Houston Astros 8

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Chicago Cubs	CHN	63-60		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	3	0			3	6	0		2	6	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	57-68		0	2	0		4	0	0		2	0	x			8	13	0		5	9	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	Rodney Scott	3b	24.309	B	3	1	1	0		1	0	.288		46	234
2	Greg Gross	cf	26.020	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.262		93	637
3	Bill Buckner	1b	28.250	L	4	0	1	2		0	1	.304		83	977
4	Bobby Murcer	rf	32.093	L	3	0	0	0		1	1	.276		114	1520
5	Larry Biittner	lf	33.025	L	3	0	2	0		0	1	.268		95	749
	Mike Vail	ph-lf	26.284	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.304		62	261
6	Manny Trillo	2b	27.239	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.263		114	615
	Mick Kelleher	2b	31.027	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.265		44	322
7	Ivan De Jesus	ss	25.224	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.266		121	364
8	Tim Blackwell	c	26.002	B	4	0	0	0		0	2	.208		23	147
9	Rick Reuschel	p	29.097	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.111		26	229
	Gene Clines	ph	31.319	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.265		87	837
	Ken Holtzman	p	32.291	R	0	1	0	0		1	0	.333		17	252
	Davey Johnson	ph	35.203	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.210		56	1420
Totals

RBI: Bill Buckner 2 (50)

GDP: Greg Gross (5)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	cf	22.044	L	5	1	2	0		0	0	.295		117	177
2	Julio Gonzalez	2b	25.239	R	5	0	1	0		0	2	.238		52	162
3	Enos Cabell	1b	28.317	R	2	1	0	0		1	1	.289		125	651
	Bruce Bochy	c	23.127	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.254		23	23
4	Jose Cruz	rf	31.013	L	4	2	4	4		0	0	.302		119	973
5	Art Howe	3b	31.249	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.290		110	348
6	Denny Walling	lf	24.126	L	4	1	2	1		0	0	.241		89	104
7	Jimmy Sexton	ss	26.249	R	3	1	2	2		1	0	.183		66	80
8	Luis Pujols	c-1b	22.276	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.124		40	46
9	J.R. Richard	p	28.167	R	3	1	1	1		0	1	.163		29	172
	Joe Sambito	p	26.054	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		50	124
Totals

2B: Art Howe (32), Denny Walling (6), Jimmy Sexton (1)

HR: Jose Cruz (10)

RBI: Jose Cruz 4 (69), Denny Walling (19), Jimmy Sexton 2 (5), J.R. Richard (6)

SH: Luis Pujols (2)

HBP: Enos Cabell (3)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Rick Reuschel	R	L 12-11	5.0	10	6	6	0	4	0		3.05	1.10		26	239
2	Ken Holtzman	L		3.0	3	2	2	2	4	1		5.40	1.75		21	421
Totals				0.0

HB: Rick Reuschel (5)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Rick Reuschel (6-4-2), Ken Holtzman (13-9-4)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	J.R. Richard	R	W 13-11	7.2	5	3	3	4	6	0		3.03	1.22		28	175
2	Joe Sambito	L		1.1	1	0	0	0	3	0		2.61	1.29		50	124
Totals				0.0

WP: Joe Sambito (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: J.R. Richard (41-24-17), Joe Sambito (16-13-3)