The Chicago Cubs were easily defeated by the Houston Astros, 8 to 3, on August 16, 1996.

1996 Chicago Cubs

Final

HOU

Astros

66-56

8

CHC

Cubs

59-61

3

1

1

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

1

1

6

2

0

7

1

1

8

3

1

9

0

0

R

8

3

H

15

12

E

1

0

Top 1st

HOU

CHC

Astros

Double by Derek Bell; Jeff Bagwell scored.

1

0

Top 5th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Single by Jeff Bagwell; Mike Hampton scored.

2

0

Bottom 5th

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Single by Mark Grace; Terry Shumpert scored.

2

1

Top 6th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Triple by Tony Eusebio; Derrick May scored.

3

1

Astros

Single by Bill Spiers; Tony Eusebio scored.

4

1

Top 7th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Home run by Craig Biggio.

5

1

Bottom 7th

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Ryne Sandberg grounded out; Dave Magadan scored.

5

2

Top 8th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Double by Sean Berry; Tony Eusebio and Bill Spiers scored.

7

2

Astros

Sacrifice fly by Craig Biggio; Orlando Miller scored.

8

2

Bottom 8th

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Home run by Ozzie Timmons.

8

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brian L. Hunter CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Craig Biggio 2B 4 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 6
Jeff Bagwell 1B 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1
Derek Bell RF 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
Derrick May LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
James Mouton LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Tony Eusebio C 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4
Bill Spiers 3B 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Orlando Miller SS 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Mike Hampton P 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Sean Berry PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Doug Drabek PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xavier Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 15 8 1 5 5 0 2 25

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Hampton (W) 7.0 9 2 2 1 3 0
Xavier Hernandez 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 1
Totals 9.0 12 3 3 1 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brian McRae CF 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Ryne Sandberg 2B 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
Mark Grace 1B 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sammy Sosa RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Ozzie Timmons LF 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Leo Gomez 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Scott Servais C 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jose Hernandez SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Castillo P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Shumpert PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kent Bottenfield P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Magadan PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Terry Adams P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Turk Wendell P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 12 3 1 1 5 0 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Frank Castillo (L) 5.0 6 2 2 3 4 0
Kent Bottenfield 2.0 5 3 3 0 1 1
Terry Adams 1.0 3 3 3 1 0 0
Turk Wendell 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 15 8 8 5 5 1

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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