The Houston Astros managed to stay ahead of the Chicago Cubs, 8 to 7, on May 24, 1996.

Final

Cubs

21-27

7

Astros

23-26

8

CHC

HOU

1

0

2

0

1

3

0

3

4

0

5

0

6

3

0

7

4

0

8

0

9

0

3

10

0

1

R

7

8

H

9

12

E

0

2

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

CHC

HOU

Rick Wilkins grounded out; Derek Bell scored.

0

1

Bottom 3rd

CHC

HOU

Home run by Jeff Bagwell; John Cangelosi and Craig Biggio scored.

0

4

Top 6th

CHC

HOU

Home run by Sammy Sosa; Brian McRae and Mark Grace scored.

3

4

Top 7th

CHC

HOU

Home run by Ryne Sandberg; Jose Hernandez, Rey Sanchez, and Bret Barberie scored.

7

4

Bottom 9th

CHC

HOU

Home run by Craig Biggio; John Cangelosi scored.

7

6

Single by Sean Berry; Jeff Bagwell scored.

7

Bottom 10th

CHC

HOU

Single by John Cangelosi; Ricky Gutierrez scored.

7

8

Cubs

Astros

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	CS	TB
Brian McRae CF	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ryne Sandberg 2B	5	1	1	4	1	0	1	0	4
Mark Grace 1B	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
Sammy Sosa RF	4	1	1	3	1	0	1	1	4
Luis Gonzalez LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Scott Servais C	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Leo Gomez 3B	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Hernandez PR,3B	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Rey Sanchez SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Trachsel P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Haney PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Perez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bret Barberie PH	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Terry Adams P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ozzie Timmons PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Turk Wendell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Jones P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pedro Valdes PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Patterson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	38	7	9	7	2	5	5	1	16

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Steve Trachsel	5.0	6	4	4	2	3	1
Mike Perez	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Terry Adams	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Turk Wendell	0.2	1	3	3	3	1	1
Doug Jones	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Patterson (L)	0.2	2	1	1	0	1	0
Totals	9.2	12	8	8	5	7	2

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
John Cangelosi LF	6	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
Craig Biggio 2B	4	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	0	6
Jeff Bagwell 1B	4	2	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	4
Derek Bell RF	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	2
Sean Berry 3B	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
Todd Jones P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Wilkins C	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Brian L. Hunter CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Ricky Gutierrez SS,3B	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	2
Donne Wall P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Spiers PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Xavier Hernandez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Swindell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Anthony Young P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Derrick May PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Orlando Miller SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	39	8	12	8	2	5	7	4	1	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Donne Wall	6.0	5	3	3	1	1	1
Xavier Hernandez	0.0	0	3	2	2	0	0
Greg Swindell	2.1	3	1	1	1	2	1
Anthony Young	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Todd Jones (W)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	10.0	9	7	6	5	5	2

Explore

More Astros Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Alvarez

RBI

15

Tucker

AVG

.388

Altuve

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Blanco

K

18

Javier

ERA

0.86

Blanco

Team Rankings

HR

24

3rd

R

87

14th

SO

150

23rd

ERA

5.24

29th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	11	9	.550
Angels	9	10	.474	1.5
Mariners	9	10	.474	1.5
Athletics	8	11	.421	2.5
Astros	6	14	.300	5.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/19	HOU	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 4/20	HOU	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sun 4/21	HOU	@	WSH	1:35 PM
Tue 4/23	HOU	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Wed 4/24	HOU	@	CHC	7:40 PM

Last Game

Astros

6-14

4

Final

5

Braves

12-5

Wed 17 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

8

Trout

8

Ozuna

7

O'Neill

RBI Leaders

23

Ozuna

21

Ward

20

Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

.388

Altuve

.377

Arcia

.369

Betts

Hit Leaders

31

Ohtani

31

Betts

31

Altuve

Run Leaders

22

Betts

20

Marte

18

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.485

Winker

.478

Soto

.470

Betts

SLG Leaders

.732

Ozuna

.675

Altuve

.667

Busch

SB Leaders

9

Turang

8

Carroll

8

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

3

Peguero

3

Bradford

3

Miller

Strikeout Leaders

34

Glasnow

32

Jones

31

Crochet

ERA Leaders

0.42

Crawford

0.50

López

0.86

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.68

Peralta

0.71

Blanco

0.77

Suárez

K/9 Leaders

13.25

Peralta

13.06

Greene

12.52

Jones

K/BB Leaders

16.00

Jones

14.00

Houck

13.00

Peralta

Walk Leaders

2

Jones

2

Kirby

2

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

367.4

Betts

296.1

Ozuna

293

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

277

Betts

230

Ohtani

221

Trout

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