The Houston Astros were defeated by the Chicago Cubs, 5 to 3, on May 11, 1979.

1979 Houston Astros

Final

CHC

Cubs

14-12

5

HOU

Astros

18-14

3

CHC

HOU

1

0

0

2

3

1

3

1

1

4

0

0

5

1

0

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

1

9

0

0

R

5

3

H

8

13

E

0

1

Top 2nd

CHC

HOU

Cubs

Single by Jerry Martin; Dave Kingman scored.

1

0

Cubs

Double by Barry Foote; Steve Ontiveros scored.

2

0

Cubs

Ted Sizemore grounded out; Jerry Martin scored.

3

0

Bottom 2nd

CHC

HOU

Astros

Single by Alan Ashby; Enos Cabell scored.

3

1

Top 3rd

CHC

HOU

Cubs

Single by Steve Ontiveros; Bill Buckner scored.

4

1

Bottom 3rd

CHC

HOU

Astros

Sacrifice fly by Craig Reynolds; Frank Riccelli scored.

4

2

Top 5th

CHC

HOU

Cubs

Single by Bill Buckner; Ivan De Jesus scored.

5

2

Bottom 8th

CHC

HOU

Astros

Sacrifice fly by Jose Cruz; Jeffrey Leonard scored.

5

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ivan De Jesus SS 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bobby Murcer RF 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 3
Bill Buckner 1B 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2
Dave Kingman LF 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Steve Ontiveros 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mick Kelleher 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Martin CF 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Barry Foote C 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Ted Sizemore 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bruce Sutter P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Reuschel P 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Willie Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Dillard 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5 0 4 7 1 1 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Reuschel (W) 5.2 8 2 2 1 1 0
Willie Hernandez 1.2 4 1 1 0 0 0
Bruce Sutter (S) 1.2 1 0 0 0 4 0
Totals 9.0 13 3 3 1 5 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl RF 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Craig Reynolds SS 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jeffrey Leonard CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
Jose Cruz LF 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Enos Cabell 3B 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Bob Watson 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Alan Ashby C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cesar Cedeno PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bruce Bochy C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Julio Gonzalez 2B 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Denny Walling PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Sexton 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Riccelli P 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gary Wilson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bo McLaughlin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rafael Landestoy PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Joaquin Andujar P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jesus Alou PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vern Ruhle P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Howe 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 3 13 3 0 1 5 0 1 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Frank Riccelli (L) 4.0 5 4 3 0 2 0
Gary Wilson 0.0 1 1 1 2 0 0
Bo McLaughlin 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Joaquin Andujar 2.0 1 0 0 2 1 0
Vern Ruhle 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0
Joe Sambito 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 8 5 4 4 7 0

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HR

6

Altuve

Jose Altuve

RBI

17

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

AVG

.346

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

K

22

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

ERA

1.33

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

Team Rankings

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HR

26

18th

R

102

20th

SO

209

22nd

ERA

5.07

28th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
13 12 .520
Rangers Rangers
14 13 .519
Athletics Athletics
11 16 .407 3.0
Angels Angels
10 15 .400 3.0
Astros Astros
7 19 .269 6.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
HOU HOU
@
COL COL
6:05 PM
Sun
4/28
HOU HOU
@
COL COL
4:05 PM
Tue
4/30
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Wed
5/1
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Thu
5/2
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 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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31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.382

Betts

Mookie Betts

.376

Smith

Will Smith

.356

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

Mookie Betts

40

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Run Leaders

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28

Betts

Mookie Betts

24

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

Mookie Betts

SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

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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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

337

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
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM