The Houston Astros humiliated the Chicago Cubs, 11 to 3, on May 12, 1979.

Final

Cubs

14-13

3

Astros

19-14

11

CHC

HOU

1

2

6

2

0

1

3

0

3

4

1

0

5

0

6

0

7

0

8

0

1

9

0

R

3

11

H

7

16

E

4

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

CHC

HOU

Single by Dave Kingman; Error by Jose Cruz; Bobby Murcer and Bill Buckner scored.

2

0

Bottom 1st

CHC

HOU

Single by Craig Reynolds; Terry Puhl scored.

2

1

Single by Jose Cruz; Craig Reynolds scored.

2

Double by Bob Watson; Cesar Cedeno scored.

2

3

Single by Julio Gonzalez; Jose Cruz scored.

2

4

Double by Terry Puhl; Bob Watson and Alan Ashby scored.

2

6

Bottom 2nd

CHC

HOU

Jose Cruz hit into fielder's choice; Error by Ivan De Jesus; Craig Reynolds scored.

2

7

Bottom 3rd

CHC

HOU

Single by Craig Reynolds; Alan Ashby and Julio Gonzalez scored.

2

9

Sacrifice fly by Cesar Cedeno; Terry Puhl scored.

2

10

Top 4th

CHC

HOU

Single by Ted Sizemore; Jerry Martin scored.

3

10

Bottom 8th

CHC

HOU

Single by Alan Ashby; Bob Watson scored.

3

11

Cubs

Astros

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Ivan De Jesus SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Murcer RF	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
Larry Biittner LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Buckner 1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1
Dave Kingman LF	2	0	2	0	0	0	2
Scot Thompson LF,RF	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
Steve Ontiveros 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jerry Martin CF	3	1	1	0	0	0	1
Bill Caudill P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Vail PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Barry Foote C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Sizemore 2B	3	0	1	1	0	0	1
Lynn McGlothen P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donnie Moore P	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sam Mejias CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	32	3	7	1	1	2	7

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Lynn McGlothen (L)	0.1	5	6	6	2	1
Donnie Moore	4.2	10	4	4	2	2
Bill Caudill	3.0	1	1	0	1	4
Totals	8.0	16	11	10	5	7

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Terry Puhl RF	4	2	3	2	1	0	1	4
Craig Reynolds SS	5	2	3	3	0	1	2	3
Cesar Cedeno CF	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Jose Cruz LF	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	3
Jeffrey Leonard LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Enos Cabell 3B	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Jimmy Sexton 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Watson 1B	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	3
Alan Ashby C	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	2
Julio Gonzalez 2B	4	1	2	1	1	0	0	2
Ken Forsch P	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Totals	37	11	16	11	5	7	3	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Ken Forsch (W)	9.0	7	3	2	1	2	0
Totals	9.0	7	3	2	1	2	0

Explore

More Astros Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Altuve

RBI

17

Tucker

AVG

.346

Altuve

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Blanco

K

22

Blanco

ERA

1.33

Blanco

Team Rankings

HR

26

18th

R

102

20th

SO

209

22nd

ERA

5.07

28th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	14	12	.538
Rangers	14	13	.519	0.5
Athletics	11	16	.407	3.5
Angels	10	16	.385	4.0
Astros	7	19	.269	7.0

Schedule

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

Last Game

Cubs

16-9

3

Final

1

Astros

7-19

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.382

Betts

.376

Smith

.356

Contreras

Hit Leaders

42

Betts

40

Ohtani

37

Kwan

Run Leaders

28

Betts

24

Cruz

24

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.485

Betts

.437

Soto

.436

Contreras

SLG Leaders

.681

Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

.645

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Imanaga

4

Suárez

4

Minter

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

487.6

Betts

457.8

Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

370

Betts

347

Cruz

337

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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