The Chicago Cubs were decisively beaten by the Houston Astros, 6 to 2, on April 26, 1979.

1979 Chicago Cubs

Final

HOU

Astros

13-5

6

CHC

Cubs

7-7

2

HOU

CHC

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

1

0

4

2

0

5

1

1

6

2

0

7

0

0

8

0

1

9

0

0

R

6

2

H

11

7

E

0

3

Top 3rd

HOU

CHC

Astros

Home run by J.R. Richard.

1

0

Top 4th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Single by Bob Watson; Jose Cruz scored.

2

0

Astros

Single by Alan Ashby; Bob Watson scored.

3

0

Top 5th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Double by Craig Reynolds; Terry Puhl scored.

4

0

Bottom 5th

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Single by Ted Sizemore; Steve Ontiveros scored.

4

1

Top 6th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Single by Craig Reynolds; Art Howe and J.R. Richard scored.

6

1

Bottom 8th

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Home run by Jerry Martin.

6

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl RF 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Craig Reynolds SS 5 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 3
Cesar Cedeno CF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jose Cruz LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jeffrey Leonard PH,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Enos Cabell 3B,1B 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
Bob Watson 1B 3 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
Rafael Landestoy 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Howe 2B,3B 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Alan Ashby C 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
J.R. Richard P 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Joe Sambito P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 11 6 1 4 4 0 1 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
J.R. Richard (W) 5.0 3 1 1 3 6 0
Joe Sambito (S) 4.0 4 1 1 0 5 1
Totals 9.0 7 2 2 3 11 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ivan De Jesus SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Scot Thompson CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jerry Martin PH,CF 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Bill Buckner 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Dave Kingman LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Steve Ontiveros 3B 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Bobby Murcer RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Barry Foote C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Ted Sizemore 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
Lynn McGlothen P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Holtzman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Biittner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ray Burris P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Clines PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Vail PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2 1 3 11 0 0 10

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Lynn McGlothen (L) 4.0 7 4 4 1 2 1
Ken Holtzman 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Burris 2.0 2 2 2 3 2 0
Willie Hernandez 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 11 6 6 4 4 1

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HR

6

Busch

Michael Busch

RBI

17

Bellinger

Cody Bellinger

AVG

.305

Suzuki

Seiya Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

K

28

Wicks

Jordan Wicks

ERA

0.84

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Team Rankings

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HR

28

6th

R

133

7th

SO

217

17th

ERA

3.82

12th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
16 8 .667
Cubs Cubs
16 9 .640 0.5
Reds Reds
14 11 .560 2.5
Pirates Pirates
13 13 .500 4.0
Cardinals Cardinals
11 14 .440 5.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM
Sun
4/28
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Mon
4/29
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Tue
4/30
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM

Last Game

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CHC Cubs

16-9

3

Final

1

HOU Astros

7-19

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.374

Betts

Mookie Betts

.365

Contreras

William Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

Hit Leaders

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40

Betts

Mookie Betts

39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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27

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.477

Betts

Mookie Betts

.446

Contreras

William Contreras

.430

Soto

Juan Soto

SLG Leaders

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.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.649

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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462.9

Betts

Mookie Betts

436.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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351

Betts

Mookie Betts

331

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
8-0
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM