The Chicago Cubs couldn't pull it off against the Houston Astros, 8 to 7, on September 3, 1985.

1985 Chicago Cubs

Final

HOU

Astros

62-68

8

CHC

Cubs

63-67

7

1

1

1

2

0

0

3

4

2

4

0

1

5

0

1

6

0

0

7

2

1

8

0

0

9

0

1

10

1

0

R

8

7

H

12

14

E

3

1

Top 1st

HOU

CHC

Astros

Jose Cruz ground ball; Error by Shawon Dunston; Dickie Thon scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Home run by Gary Matthews.

1

1

Top 3rd

HOU

CHC

Astros

Single by Jose Cruz; Dickie Thon scored.

2

1

Astros

Single by Glenn Davis; Kevin Bass scored.

3

1

Astros

Triple by Phil Garner; Jose Cruz and Glenn Davis scored.

5

1

Bottom 3rd

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Home run by Keith Moreland; Ryne Sandberg scored.

5

3

Bottom 4th

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Bob Dernier grounded out; Shawon Dunston scored.

5

4

Bottom 5th

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Single by Keith Moreland; Error by Glenn Davis; Ryne Sandberg scored.

5

5

Top 7th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Triple by Phil Garner; Kevin Bass scored.

6

5

Astros

Double by Mark Bailey; Phil Garner scored.

7

5

Bottom 7th

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Davey Lopes grounded out; Gary Matthews scored.

7

6

Bottom 9th

HOU

CHC

Cubs

Home run by Ryne Sandberg.

7

7

Top 10th

HOU

CHC

Astros

Sacrifice hit by Bill Doran; Denny Walling scored.

8

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Dickie Thon SS 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Bill Doran PH,2B 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Pankovits RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Jerry Mumphrey PH,RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Kevin Bass CF 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Jose Cruz LF 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Glenn Davis 1B 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Phil Garner 2B 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 6
Dave Smith P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mark Bailey C 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
German Rivera 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Denny Walling PH,3B 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jeff Heathcock P 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Eric Bullock PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Mathis P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank DiPino P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bert Pena 2B,SS 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 41 8 12 8 0 5 5 0 0 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jeff Heathcock 6.0 9 5 4 1 1 2
Ron Mathis 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0
Frank DiPino 2.1 2 1 1 1 2 1
Dave Smith (W) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 10.0 14 7 6 3 3 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bob Dernier CF 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Matthews LF 5 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 5
George Frazier P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Lake C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ryne Sandberg 2B 5 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
Keith Moreland RF,1B 5 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 6
Ron Cey 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Leon Durham 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davey Lopes PH,RF 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Jody Davis C 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Lee Smith P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shawon Dunston SS 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Steve Trout P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richie Hebner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Beard P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Woods PH,LF 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 14 7 3 3 3 0 0 25

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Trout 6.0 7 5 5 4 4 0
Dave Beard 2.0 3 2 2 1 0 0
George Frazier (L) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0
Lee Smith 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 10.0 12 8 8 5 5 0

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