The Chicago Cubs couldn't pull it off against the Houston Astros, 4 to 3, on May 5, 1981.

1981 Chicago Cubs

Final

HOU

Astros

11-13

4

CHC

Cubs

3-17

3

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

2

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

3

8

0

0

9

2

0

R

4

3

H

9

6

E

0

2

Top 4th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Gary Woods grounded out; Danny Heep scored.

1

0

Astros

Single by Kiko Garcia; Jose Cruz scored.

2

0

Bottom 7th

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Double by Scot Thompson; Hector Cruz, Jim Tracy, and Steve Dillard scored.

2

3

Top 9th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Double by Alan Ashby; Jose Cruz and Dickie Thon scored.

4

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Craig Reynolds SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Heep 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jose Cruz LF 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Art Howe 3B 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3
Dickie Thon PR,2B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Gary Woods RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kiko Garcia 2B,3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Luis Pujols C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Alan Ashby PH,C 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Joe Niekro P 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Dave Smith P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 3 0 1 9 1 1 11

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Joe Niekro 6.1 5 3 3 3 4 0
Dave Smith (W) 2.2 1 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 6 3 3 4 5 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Scot Thompson CF 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
Scott Fletcher 2B,SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Buckner 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Steve Henderson LF 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Leon Durham RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Hector Cruz 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Ken Reitz 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Blackwell C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Ivan De Jesus SS 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Tracy PH 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Lee Smith P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Tyson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rick Reuschel P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Krug PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Steve Dillard PR,2B 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3 0 4 5 1 0 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Reuschel 7.0 6 2 2 1 6 0
Lee Smith (L) 2.0 3 2 2 0 3 0
Totals 9.0 9 4 4 1 9 0

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More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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RBI

1

Swanson

Dansby Swanson

AVG

.500

Busch

Michael Busch

Team Pitching Leaders

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K

6

Steele

Justin Steele

ERA

1.93

Steele

Justin Steele

Team Rankings

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HR

0

20th

R

3

17th

SO

10

10th

ERA

2.79

10th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Reds Reds
1 0 1.000
Pirates Pirates
1 0 1.000
Cubs Cubs
0 1 .000 1.0
Cardinals Cardinals
0 1 .000 1.0
Brewers Brewers
0 0 0.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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
Wed
4/3
COL COL
@
CHC CHC
7:40 PM

Last Game

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4

Final

3

CHC Cubs

0-1

Thu 28 Mar 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2024 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 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
3/27
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
3-11
Wed
3/27
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
5-4
Wed
3/27
COL COL
@
ARI ARI
1-16
Wed
3/27
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
1-0
Wed
3/27
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
3/29
MIL MIL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Fri
3/29
ATL ATL
@
PHI PHI
3:05 PM
Fri
3/29
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Fri
3/29
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
3/29
NYY NYY
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM