The Chicago Cubs were defeated by the Houston Astros, 5 to 4, on May 4, 1981.

Final

Astros

10-13

5

Cubs

3-16

4

HOU

CHC

1

3

0

2

0

3

0

4

0

5

0

6

2

1

7

0

8

0

9

0

3

R

5

4

H

9

11

E

0

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

HOU

CHC

Home run by Jose Cruz; Terry Puhl and Danny Heep scored.

3

0

Top 6th

HOU

CHC

Single by Alan Ashby; Mike Ivie scored.

4

0

Single by Kiko Garcia; Art Howe scored.

5

0

Bottom 6th

HOU

CHC

Home run by Hector Cruz.

5

1

Bottom 9th

HOU

CHC

Double by Steve Dillard; Tim Blackwell and Ivan De Jesus scored.

5

3

Single by Bill Buckner; Steve Dillard scored.

5

4

Astros

Cubs

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Terry Puhl CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
Craig Reynolds SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Danny Heep RF	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Gary Woods PR,RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Cruz LF	5	1	1	3	1	0	1	4
Mike Ivie 1B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Art Howe 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Alan Ashby C	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
Kiko Garcia 2B	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	2
Joaquin Andujar P	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bobby Sprowl P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Frank LaCorte P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Sambito P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	5	9	5	1	3	8	12

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Joaquin Andujar (W)	5.1	7	1	1	1	8	1
Bobby Sprowl	2.2	3	3	3	2	1	0
Frank LaCorte	0.2	1	0	0	0	2	0
Joe Sambito (S)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	11	4	4	3	12	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Scot Thompson CF	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
Scott Fletcher 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Rawly Eastwick P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Morales PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Buckner 1B	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
Rick Reuschel PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Henderson LF	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
Leon Durham RF	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	2
Hector Cruz 3B	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	4
Tim Blackwell C	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Ivan De Jesus SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Mike Krukow P	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Doug Capilla P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Dillard PH,2B	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Totals	38	4	11	4	1	3	12	2	17

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Mike Krukow (L)	5.0	8	5	3	2	4	1
Doug Capilla	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Rawly Eastwick	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0
Totals	9.0	9	5	3	3	8	1

Explore

More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Busch

RBI

17

Bellinger

AVG

.305

Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Imanaga

K

28

Wicks

ERA

0.84

Imanaga

Team Rankings

HR

27

7th

R

130

5th

SO

211

18th

ERA

3.94

16th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	15	8	.652
Cubs	15	9	.625	0.5
Reds	14	10	.583	1.5
Pirates	13	12	.520	3.0
Cardinals	11	14	.440	5.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/25	HOU	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Fri 4/26	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Sat 4/27	CHC	@	BOS	4:10 PM
Sun 4/28	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Mon 4/29	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM

Last Game

Cubs

15-9

4

Final

3

Astros

7-18

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

23

García

23

Ward

Batting Average Leaders

.371

Ohtani

.365

Betts

.359

Contreras

Hit Leaders

39

Ohtani

38

Betts

36

Altuve

Run Leaders

26

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.468

Betts

.439

Contreras

.433

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.695

Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

.651

Cruz

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

40

Crochet

39

Jones

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

0.85

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

441.7

Betts

430.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

334

Betts

327

Cruz

319

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