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Chicago Cubs 0 Houston Astros 3

August 23,1978

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (63-62)

Home Team

Houston Astros (59-68)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

9,217

Time of Game

2:06

Umpires

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

Chicago Cubs 0 Houston Astros 3

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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	63-62		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			0	6	4		2	6	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	59-68		1	0	0		0	0	0		1	1	x			3	6	1		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	Ivan De Jesus	ss	25.226	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.267		123	366
2	Greg Gross	cf	26.022	L	2	0	0	0		1	0	.261		95	639
	Mike Vail	ph-rf	26.286	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.299		64	263
3	Bill Buckner	1b	28.252	L	4	0	2	0		0	1	.303		85	979
4	Bobby Murcer	rf-cf	32.095	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.273		116	1522
5	Dave Kingman	lf	29.245	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.237		88	886
6	Manny Trillo	2b	27.241	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.259		116	617
7	Rodney Scott	3b	24.311	B	3	0	1	0		0	0	.288		48	236
8	Tim Blackwell	c	26.004	B	3	0	1	0		0	0	.237		25	149
9	Dennis Lamp	p	25.334	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.196		27	38
	Gene Clines	ph	31.321	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.263		88	838
Totals

Errors: Ivan De Jesus, Bill Buckner, Manny Trillo, Tim Blackwell

2B: Tim Blackwell (3)

SH: Dennis Lamp (2)

GDP: Mike Vail (5)

SB: Rodney Scott (19)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	cf	22.046	L	4	1	0	0		0	0	.290		119	179
2	Julio Gonzalez	2b	25.241	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.232		54	164
3	Enos Cabell	1b	28.319	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.287		127	653
4	Jose Cruz	rf	31.015	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.300		121	975
5	Art Howe	3b	31.251	R	4	0	0	1		0	0	.289		112	350
6	Denny Walling	lf	24.128	L	4	1	0	0		0	0	.231		91	106
7	Jimmy Sexton	ss	26.251	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.183		68	82
8	Bruce Bochy	c	23.129	R	3	0	2	1		0	0	.265		25	25
9	Ken Forsch	p	31.349	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.250		45	349
	Wilbur Howard	ph	29.227	B	1	0	1	0		0	0	.252		66	448
Totals

Errors: Denny Walling

RBI: Art Howe (52), Bruce Bochy (5)

SH: Jimmy Sexton (1), Ken Forsch (1)

GDP: Terry Puhl (10)

SB: Terry Puhl (23), Enos Cabell 2 (28)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dennis Lamp	R	L 5-13	6.1	6	0	0	0	0	0		3.19	1.19		29	40
2	Willie Hernandez	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.05	1.59		41	108
3	Donnie Moore	R		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.72	1.39		58	89
4	Lynn McGlothen	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.57	1.42		38	186
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dennis Lamp (7-5-2), Willie Hernandez (0-0-0), Donnie Moore (0-0-0), Lynn McGlothen (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Ken Forsch	R	W 7-4	7.0	4	0	0	2	5	0		2.91	1.45		45	354
2	Joe Sambito	L	SV 9	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0		2.54	1.28		51	125
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Ken Forsch (11-8-3), Joe Sambito (15-12-3)