The Houston Astros eked out a victory over the Chicago Cubs, 5 to 4, on June 17, 1978.

Final

Cubs

34-25

4

Astros

27-32

5

CHC

HOU

1

0

2

0

2

3

2

0

4

2

0

5

0

6

0

1

7

0

8

0

2

9

0

R

4

5

H

7

E

0

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

CHC

HOU

Double by Joaquin Andujar; Bob Watson and Art Howe scored.

0

2

Top 3rd

CHC

HOU

Single by Greg Gross; Dave Rader and Ivan De Jesus scored.

2

Top 4th

CHC

HOU

Triple by Rudy Meoli; Dave Rader scored.

3

2

Passed ball; Rudy Meoli scored.

4

2

Bottom 6th

CHC

HOU

Bob Watson grounded out; Enos Cabell scored.

4

3

Bottom 8th

CHC

HOU

Double by Bob Watson; Enos Cabell and Jose Cruz scored.

4

5

Cubs

Astros

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	SO	TB
Ivan De Jesus SS	4	1	1	0	2	1
Greg Gross CF	4	0	1	2	0	1
Bill Buckner 1B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Murcer RF	4	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Biittner LF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Steve Ontiveros 3B	4	0	1	0	1	3
Manny Trillo 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Rader C	3	2	1	0	0	1
Dave Kingman PH	1	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Geisel P	1	0	0	0	1	0
Rudy Meoli PH	1	1	1	1	0	3
Donnie Moore P	1	0	0	0	1	0
Willie Hernandez P	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Sutter P	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	4	7	3	7	11

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Dave Geisel	3.0	4	2	2	2	2
Donnie Moore	4.0	1	1	1	0	4
Willie Hernandez (L)	0.2	1	2	2	1	0
Bruce Sutter	0.1	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	8.0	7	5	5	3	6

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Wilbur Howard LF	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
Denny Walling CF	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Enos Cabell 3B	4	2	2	0	0	0	3	2
Jose Cruz RF	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
Bob Watson 1B	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	3
Dave Bergman PR,1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Art Howe 2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Ferguson C	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Fischlin SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joaquin Andujar P	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2
Joe Niekro P	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Totals	30	5	7	5	3	6	4	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	SO
Joaquin Andujar	2.1	5	2	2	2
Joe Niekro (W)	6.2	2	2	1	5
Totals	9.0	7	4	3	7

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More Astros Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Altuve

RBI

17

Tucker

AVG

.346

Altuve

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Blanco

K

22

Blanco

ERA

1.33

Blanco

Team Rankings

HR

26

13th

R

102

20th

SO

209

20th

ERA

5.07

28th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	13	12	.520
Rangers	13	13	.500	0.5
Angels	10	15	.400	3.0
Athletics	10	16	.385	3.5
Astros	7	19	.269	6.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 4/27	HOU	@	COL	6:05 PM
Sun 4/28	HOU	@	COL	4:05 PM
Tue 4/30	CLE	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 5/1	CLE	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Thu 5/2	CLE	@	HOU	8:10 PM

Last Game

Cubs

16-9

3

Final

1

Astros

7-19

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.374

Betts

.365

Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

40

Betts

39

Ohtani

37

Altuve

Run Leaders

27

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.477

Betts

.446

Contreras

.430

Soto

SLG Leaders

.678

Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

.649

Henderson

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

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

462.9

Betts

436.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

351

Betts

331

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