The Chicago Cubs couldn't keep up with the Houston Astros, 8 to 5, on September 2, 1978.

Final

Astros

63-71

8

Cubs

67-66

5

HOU

CHC

1

0

2

0

1

3

0

1

4

1

0

5

0

6

0

7

0

8

0

3

9

7

0

R

8

5

H

16

7

E

5

2

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

HOU

CHC

Sacrifice fly by Dave Rader; Bobby Murcer scored.

0

1

Bottom 3rd

HOU

CHC

Triple by Greg Gross; Rick Reuschel scored.

0

2

Top 4th

HOU

CHC

Wild pitchSome( by Rick Reuschel); Bob Watson scored.

1

2

Bottom 8th

HOU

CHC

Triple by Bill Buckner; Greg Gross and Rodney Scott scored.

1

4

Sacrifice fly by Manny Trillo; Bill Buckner scored.

1

5

Top 9th

HOU

CHC

Wilbur Howard grounded out; Bob Watson scored.

2

5

Wild pitchSome( by Bruce Sutter); Wilbur Howard scored.

3

5

Single by Keith Drumright; Jimmy Sexton scored.

4

5

Enos Cabell ground ball; Error by Ivan De Jesus; Keith Drumright and Terry Puhl scored.

6

5

Single by Bob Watson; Jose Cruz scored.

7

5

Single by Denny Walling; Enos Cabell scored.

8

5

Astros

Cubs

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Rafael Landestoy SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Drumright 2B	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Terry Puhl CF	5	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	2
Jose Cruz RF	4	1	3	0	1	0	0	2	3
Enos Cabell 3B	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Watson 1B	5	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	3
Dave Bergman 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denny Walling LF	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	4
Bruce Bochy C	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Wilbur Howard PH	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Sambito P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Lemongello P	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Joaquin Andujar P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesus Alou PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Sexton PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Luis Pujols C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	43	8	16	4	1	4	2	2	17

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Mark Lemongello	7.0	7	5	4	2	3
Joaquin Andujar (W)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Sambito (S)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	9.0	7	5	4	3	4

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Greg Gross CF,LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	5
Mike Vail PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rodney Scott 3B	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Davey Johnson PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Buckner 1B	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	4
Dave Kingman LF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jerry White CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Murcer RF	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1
Manny Trillo 2B	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Rader C	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Willie Hernandez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lynn McGlothen P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ivan De Jesus SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Reuschel P	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Bruce Sutter P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Cox C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Clines PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	31	5	7	5	3	4	1	1	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Rick Reuschel	8.0	11	3	3	0	4
Bruce Sutter (L)	0.2	3	3	1	0	0
Willie Hernandez	0.0	0	1	0	1	0
Lynn McGlothen	0.1	2	1	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	16	8	4	1	4

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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