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

1978 Houston Astros

Final

CHC

Cubs

63-60

3

HOU

Astros

57-68

8

1

0

0

2

0

2

3

0

0

4

0

4

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

2

8

3

0

9

0

R

3

8

H

6

13

E

0

0

Bottom 2nd

CHC

HOU

Astros

Single by Denny Walling; Jose Cruz scored.

0

1

Astros

Double by Jimmy Sexton; Art Howe scored.

0

2

Bottom 4th

CHC

HOU

Astros

Single by Jimmy Sexton; Denny Walling scored.

0

3

Astros

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

0

4

Astros

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

0

6

Bottom 7th

CHC

HOU

Astros

Home run by Jose Cruz; Enos Cabell scored.

0

8

Top 8th

CHC

HOU

Cubs

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

2

8

Cubs

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

3

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rodney Scott 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Greg Gross CF 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Bill Buckner 1B 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
Bobby Murcer RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Larry Biittner LF 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Mike Vail PH,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Manny Trillo 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mick Kelleher 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ivan De Jesus SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Blackwell C 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Rick Reuschel P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gene Clines PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ken Holtzman P 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Davey Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 2 0 4 9 0 0 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 SB CS TB
Terry Puhl CF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Julio Gonzalez 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Enos Cabell 1B 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Bruce Bochy C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz RF 4 2 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 7
Art Howe 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Denny Walling LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jimmy Sexton SS 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 3
Luis Pujols C,1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
J.R. Richard P 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Joe Sambito P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 13 8 1 2 8 0 0 19

Pitchers

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

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More Astros Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Alvarez

Yordan Alvarez

RBI

18

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

AVG

.336

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

K

30

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

ERA

1.54

Javier

Cristian Javier

Team Rankings

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HR

29

10th

R

114

16th

SO

223

20th

ERA

5.03

28th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
15 12 .556
Rangers Rangers
14 14 .500 1.5
Athletics Athletics
11 17 .393 4.5
Angels Angels
10 17 .370 5.0
Astros Astros
8 19 .296 7.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
HOU HOU
@
COL COL
4:05 PM
Tue
4/30
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Wed
5/1
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Thu
5/2
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Fri
5/3
SEA SEA
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM

Last Game

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COL Rockies

7-20

4

Final

12

HOU Astros

8-19

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

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
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
16-5
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM