The Houston Astros schooled the Chicago Cubs, 8 to 3, on August 21, 1978.

Final

Cubs

63-60

3

Astros

57-68

8

CHC

HOU

1

0

2

0

2

3

0

4

0

4

5

0

6

0

7

0

2

8

3

0

9

0

R

3

8

H

6

13

E

0

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

CHC

HOU

Single by Denny Walling; Jose Cruz scored.

0

1

Double by Jimmy Sexton; Art Howe scored.

0

2

Bottom 4th

CHC

HOU

Single by Jimmy Sexton; Denny Walling scored.

0

3

Single by J.R. Richard; Jimmy Sexton scored.

0

4

Single by Jose Cruz; J.R. Richard and Terry Puhl scored.

0

6

Bottom 7th

CHC

HOU

Home run by Jose Cruz; Enos Cabell scored.

0

8

Top 8th

CHC

HOU

Single by Bill Buckner; Ken Holtzman and Rodney Scott scored.

2

8

Wild pitchSome( by Joe Sambito); Greg Gross scored.

3

8

Cubs

Astros

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Rodney Scott 3B	3	1	1	0	1	0	1
Greg Gross CF	3	1	1	0	1	0	1
Bill Buckner 1B	4	0	1	2	0	1	1
Bobby Murcer RF	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Larry Biittner LF	3	0	2	0	0	1	2
Mike Vail PH,LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manny Trillo 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mick Kelleher 2B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ivan De Jesus SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
Tim Blackwell C	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
Rick Reuschel P	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gene Clines PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Holtzman P	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
Davey Johnson PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	32	3	6	2	4	9	6

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Rick Reuschel (L)	5.0	10	6	6	0	4	0
Ken Holtzman	3.0	3	2	2	2	4	1
Totals	8.0	13	8	8	2	8	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Terry Puhl CF	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Julio Gonzalez 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	1
Enos Cabell 1B	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bruce Bochy C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Cruz RF	4	2	4	4	1	0	0	7
Art Howe 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
Denny Walling LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	3
Jimmy Sexton SS	3	1	2	2	0	1	0	3
Luis Pujols C,1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
J.R. Richard P	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Joe Sambito P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	35	8	13	8	1	2	8	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
J.R. Richard (W)	7.2	5	3	3	4	6
Joe Sambito	1.1	1	0	0	0	3
Totals	9.0	6	3	3	4	9

Explore

More Astros Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Alvarez

RBI

15

Tucker

AVG

.388

Altuve

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Blanco

K

18

Javier

ERA

0.86

Blanco

Team Rankings

HR

24

3rd

R

87

14th

SO

150

23rd

ERA

5.24

29th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	11	9	.550
Angels	9	10	.474	1.5
Mariners	9	10	.474	1.5
Athletics	8	11	.421	2.5
Astros	6	14	.300	5.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/19	HOU	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Sat 4/20	HOU	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sun 4/21	HOU	@	WSH	1:35 PM
Tue 4/23	HOU	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Wed 4/24	HOU	@	CHC	7:40 PM

Last Game

Astros

6-14

4

Final

5

Braves

12-5

Wed 17 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

8

Trout

8

Ozuna

7

O'Neill

RBI Leaders

23

Ozuna

21

Ward

20

Jr.

Batting Average Leaders

.388

Altuve

.377

Arcia

.369

Betts

Hit Leaders

31

Ohtani

31

Betts

31

Altuve

Run Leaders

22

Betts

20

Marte

18

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.485

Winker

.478

Soto

.470

Betts

SLG Leaders

.732

Ozuna

.675

Altuve

.667

Busch

SB Leaders

9

Turang

8

Carroll

8

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

3

Peguero

3

Bradford

3

Miller

Strikeout Leaders

34

Glasnow

32

Jones

31

Crochet

ERA Leaders

0.42

Crawford

0.50

López

0.86

Blanco

WHIP Leaders

0.68

Peralta

0.71

Blanco

0.77

Suárez

K/9 Leaders

13.25

Peralta

13.06

Greene

12.52

Jones

K/BB Leaders

16.00

Jones

14.00

Houck

13.00

Peralta

Walk Leaders

2

Jones

2

Kirby

2

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

367.4

Betts

296.1

Ozuna

293

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

277

Betts

230

Ohtani

221

Trout

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