The Chicago Cubs beat the Houston Astros, 8 to 7, on August 31, 1980.

Final

Astros

74-56

7

Cubs

51-77

8

HOU

CHC

1

2

1

2

0

3

1

0

4

0

2

5

0

6

2

0

7

0

8

1

2

9

1

3

R

7

8

H

13

15

E

2

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

HOU

CHC

Home run by Jose Cruz; Terry Puhl scored.

2

0

Bottom 1st

HOU

CHC

Single by Larry Biittner; Error by Jose Cruz; Bill Buckner scored.

2

1

Top 3rd

HOU

CHC

Home run by Enos Cabell.

3

1

Bottom 4th

HOU

CHC

Double by Mike Tyson; Tim Blackwell scored.

3

2

Double by Rick Reuschel; Mike Tyson scored.

3

Top 6th

HOU

CHC

Single by Joe Niekro; Denny Walling and Luis Pujols scored.

5

3

Top 8th

HOU

CHC

Single by Rafael Landestoy; Denny Walling scored.

6

3

Bottom 8th

HOU

CHC

Double by Dave Kingman; Cliff Johnson and Larry Biittner scored.

6

5

Top 9th

HOU

CHC

Single by Terry Puhl; Craig Reynolds scored.

7

5

Bottom 9th

HOU

CHC

Single by Cliff Johnson; Ivan De Jesus scored.

7

6

Single by Larry Biittner; Bill Buckner scored.

7

Single by Tim Blackwell; Scot Thompson scored.

7

8

Astros

Cubs

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Joe Morgan 2B	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Enos Cabell 3B	5	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	4
Terry Puhl RF	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	3
Jose Cruz LF	4	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	4
Cesar Cedeno CF	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2
Denny Walling 1B	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Dave Bergman 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alan Ashby C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Pujols C	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rafael Landestoy SS	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frank LaCorte P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Niekro P	3	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2
Joe Sambito P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Reynolds SS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	39	7	13	7	2	2	4	1	19

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Joe Niekro	7.0	8	4	3	2	7
Joe Sambito	0.2	2	1	1	0	1
Frank LaCorte (L)	1.0	5	3	3	0	2
Totals	8.2	15	8	6	2	10

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	TB
Ivan De Jesus SS	5	1	2	0	0	0	2
Lenny Randle 3B	5	0	1	0	0	2	1
Bill Buckner LF	5	2	1	0	0	1	1
Cliff Johnson 1B	3	1	1	1	2	0	1
Scot Thompson PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Biittner RF	5	1	3	2	0	0	3
Jerry Martin CF	5	0	0	0	0	2	0
Tim Blackwell C	5	1	3	1	0	2	3
Mike Tyson 2B	3	1	2	1	0	1	3
Dave Kingman PH	1	0	1	2	0	0	2
Mick Kelleher PR,2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Reuschel P	2	0	1	1	0	1	2
Mike Vail PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Tidrow P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	40	8	15	8	2	10	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Rick Reuschel	8.0	11	6	4	1	3	2
Dick Tidrow (W)	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0
Totals	9.0	13	7	5	2	4	2

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More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Busch

RBI

13

Suzuki

AVG

.317

Busch

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Imanaga

K

24

Wicks

ERA

2.16

Assad

Team Rankings

HR

21

9th

R

101

8th

SO

166

15th

ERA

4.31

20th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	11	6	.647
Cubs	11	7	.611	0.5
Pirates	11	8	.579	1.0
Reds	9	9	.500	2.5
Cardinals	9	10	.474	3.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/19	MIA	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sat 4/20	MIA	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sat 4/20	MIA	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Sun 4/21	MIA	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Tue 4/23	HOU	@	CHC	7:40 PM

Last Game

Diamondbacks

9-10

3

Final

5

Cubs

11-7

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