The Chicago Cubs couldn't pull it off against the Houston Astros, 5 to 4, on May 4, 1981.

1981 Chicago Cubs

Final

HOU

Astros

10-13

5

CHC

Cubs

3-16

4

1

3

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

2

1

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

3

R

5

4

H

9

11

E

0

2

Top 1st

HOU

CHC

Astros

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

3

0

Top 6th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Single by Alan Ashby; Mike Ivie scored.

4

0

Astros

Single by Kiko Garcia; Art Howe scored.

5

0

Bottom 6th

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Home run by Hector Cruz.

5

1

Bottom 9th

HOU

CHC

Cubs

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

5

3

Cubs

Single by Bill Buckner; Steve Dillard scored.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Craig Reynolds SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Danny Heep RF 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Gary Woods PR,RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz LF 5 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 4
Mike Ivie 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Art Howe 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alan Ashby C 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Kiko Garcia 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Joaquin Andujar P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bobby Sprowl P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank LaCorte P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5 1 3 8 0 0 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 CS TB
Scot Thompson CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
Scott Fletcher 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Rawly Eastwick P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Morales PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Buckner 1B 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Rick Reuschel PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Henderson LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
Leon Durham RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2
Hector Cruz 3B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Tim Blackwell C 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Ivan De Jesus SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Mike Krukow P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Doug Capilla P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Dillard PH,2B 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 38 4 11 4 1 3 12 2 0 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

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HR

6

Busch

Michael Busch

RBI

17

Busch

Michael Busch

AVG

.305

Suzuki

Seiya Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

K

28

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

ERA

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

Team Rankings

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HR

28

14th

R

140

6th

SO

232

15th

ERA

4.23

22nd

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
17 9 .654
Cubs Cubs
17 10 .630 0.5
Reds Reds
15 12 .556 2.5
Pirates Pirates
14 14 .500 4.0
Cardinals Cardinals
13 14 .481 4.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Wed
5/1
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Thu
5/2
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
1:10 PM

Last Game

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BOS Red Sox

15-13

17

Final

0

CHC Cubs

17-10

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
16-5
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM