The Chicago Cubs managed to stay ahead of the Houston Astros, 8 to 7, on May 5, 1977.

1977 Chicago Cubs

Final

HOU

Astros

10-14

7

CHC

Cubs

10-10

8

1

0

4

2

0

3

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

1

6

0

0

7

5

0

8

2

0

9

0

R

7

8

H

8

9

E

0

0

Bottom 1st

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Single by Bobby Murcer; Ivan De Jesus scored.

0

1

Cubs

Home run by Manny Trillo; Jose Cardenal and Bobby Murcer scored.

0

4

Bottom 2nd

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Home run by Jerry Morales; Ivan De Jesus and Larry Biittner scored.

0

7

Bottom 5th

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Home run by George Mitterwald.

0

8

Top 7th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Home run by Bob Watson; Willie Crawford scored.

2

8

Astros

Home run by Cliff Johnson; Joe Ferguson and Rob Sperring scored.

5

8

Top 8th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Home run by Joe Ferguson; Willie Crawford scored.

7

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Julio Gonzalez SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jose Cruz RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Cesar Cedeno CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Willie Crawford LF 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bob Watson 1B 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 4
Joe Ferguson C 3 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 6
Art Howe 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rob Sperring 2B 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Boswell PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Floyd Bannister P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Niekro P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Art Gardner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Larson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cliff Johnson PH 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 4
Joe Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Herrmann PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 8 7 3 3 3 1 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Floyd Bannister (L) 1.2 7 7 7 2 2 2
Joe Niekro 3.1 1 1 1 1 3 1
Dan Larson 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sambito 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 9 8 8 3 5 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ivan De Jesus SS 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mick Kelleher PH,SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jose Cardenal LF 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0
Larry Biittner 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bobby Murcer RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Jerry Morales CF 4 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 4
Manny Trillo 2B 4 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 9
Steve Ontiveros 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
George Mitterwald C 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Rick Reuschel P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Reuschel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Sutter P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 9 8 3 3 5 1 0 21

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Reuschel (W) 6.1 6 5 5 3 1 2
Paul Reuschel 1.1 2 2 2 0 1 1
Bruce Sutter (S) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 8 7 7 3 3 3

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

26

Morel

Christopher Morel

RBI

97

Bellinger

Cody Bellinger

AVG

.307

Bellinger

Cody Bellinger

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

16

Steele

Justin Steele

K

176

Steele

Justin Steele

ERA

3.05

Assad

Javier Assad

Team Rankings

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HR

196

15th

R

819

6th

SO

1,377

19th

ERA

4.08

14th

2023 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
Reds Reds
82 80 .506 10.0
Pirates Pirates
76 86 .469 16.0
Cardinals Cardinals
71 91 .438 21.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
7:35 PM
Sat
3/30
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
7:05 PM
Sun
3/31
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
2:35 PM
Mon
4/1
COL COL
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Tue
4/2
COL COL
@
CHC CHC
7:40 PM

Last Game

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MIL Brewers

92-70

4

Final

0

CHC Cubs

83-79

Sun 1 Oct 2023

MLB 2023 Batting Leaders

MLB 2023 Pitching Leaders

MLB 2023 Betting

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 2023 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
10/31
TEX TEX
@
ARI ARI
5-0
Mon
10/30
TEX TEX
@
ARI ARI
11-7
Sun
10/29
TEX TEX
@
ARI ARI
3-1
Fri
10/27
ARI ARI
@
TEX TEX
9-1
Thu
10/26
ARI ARI
@
TEX TEX
5-6

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
3/20
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
6:05 AM
Thu
3/21
SDP SDP
@
LAD LAD
6:05 AM
Thu
3/28
MIL MIL
@
NYM NYM
1:10 PM
Thu
3/28
ATL ATL
@
PHI PHI
3:05 PM
Thu
3/28
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3:05 PM