The Chicago Cubs squeaked out a win over 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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0 0
Reds Reds
0 0
Pirates Pirates
0 0
Cardinals Cardinals
0 0
Brewers Brewers
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
7:35 PM
Sat
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CHC CHC
@
TEX TEX
7:05 PM
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@
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2:35 PM
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@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Tue
4/2
COL COL
@
CHC CHC
7:40 PM

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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
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NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
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2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
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Brewers Brewers
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2
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AL West W L PCT GB
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90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
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AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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3/20
SDP SDP
@
LAD LAD
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Tue
3/19
LAD LAD
@
SDP SDP
5-2

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3:05 PM
Thu
3/28
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
STL STL
@
LAD LAD
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
4:10 PM
Thu
3/28
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
4:10 PM