Houston Astros vs. Chicago Cubs - Jul 6, 1979

HOU

53-32

CHC

40-36

FINAL

Wrigley Field

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	14	0
CHC	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	1

WIN

Joe Niekro

7.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 4 BB

LOSS

Lynn McGlothen

5.0 IP, 10 H, 3 ER, 3 K, 2 BB

SAVE

Joe Sambito

1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB

Box Score

HOU BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1T. PuhlCF	3-5	0	0	1	.281
2C. ReynoldsSS	1-5	0	0	0	.284
3C. Cedeno1B	2-5	1	0	0	.263
4J. CruzLF	2-5	1	1	2	.285
5E. Cabell3B	2-4	0	0	0	.272
6D. WallingRF	1-4	0	0	0	.333
7A. Howe2B	1-3	1	0	0	.237
↳ R. Landestoy2B	0-0	0	0	0	.192
8A. AshbyC	2-4	1	0	1	.230
9J. NiekroP	0-3	0	0	0	.083
↳ J. SambitoP	0-0	0	0	0	.250

HOU PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
J. Niekro(W, 13-3)	7.2	6	2	4	2	48-32	2.87
J. Sambito(S, 10)	1.1	2	0	0	1	8-8	1.05

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

HOU		CHC
14	HITS	8
1	HOME RUNS	2
19	TOTAL BASES	15
2	WALKS	4
5	STRIKEOUTS	3
18	RUNNERS LOB	16

Win Probability

HOU 100.0%

HOUEVENCHC

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BOT 9 · HOU 4-2 CHC · HOU 100.0%Scot Thompson out to left fielder Jose Cruz.

Scoring Summary

TOP 1Jose Cruz hits a home run (5). Cesar Cedeno scores.2-0
BOT 2Jerry Martin hits a home run (13).2-1
TOP 4Terry Puhl 1-run single. Alan Ashby scores.3-1
TOP 8Alan Ashby 1-run double. Art Howe scores. Alan Ashby to 3rd. Alan Ashby advances to 3rd, on a fielding error by shortstop Ivan De Jesus.4-1
BOT 8Dave Kingman hits a home run (29).4-2

Season Series

SERIES TIED 6-6

Box Score

HOU BATTING
PLAYER	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
1T. PuhlCF	3-5	0	0	1	.281
2C. ReynoldsSS	1-5	0	0	0	.284
3C. Cedeno1B	2-5	1	0	0	.263
4J. CruzLF	2-5	1	1	2	.285
5E. Cabell3B	2-4	0	0	0	.272
6D. WallingRF	1-4	0	0	0	.333
7A. Howe2B	1-3	1	0	0	.237
↳ R. Landestoy2B	0-0	0	0	0	.192
8A. AshbyC	2-4	1	0	1	.230
9J. NiekroP	0-3	0	0	0	.083
↳ J. SambitoP	0-0	0	0	0	.250

HOU PITCHING
PLAYER	IP	H	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
J. Niekro(W, 13-3)	7.2	6	2	4	2	48-32	2.87
J. Sambito(S, 10)	1.1	2	0	0	1	8-8	1.05

FULL BOX SCORE

Team Totals

HOU		CHC
14	HITS	8
1	HOME RUNS	2
19	TOTAL BASES	15
2	WALKS	4
5	STRIKEOUTS	3
18	RUNNERS LOB	16

Win Probability

HOU 100.0%

HOUEVENCHC

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BOT 9 · HOU 4-2 CHC · HOU 100.0%Scot Thompson out to left fielder Jose Cruz.

Scoring Summary

TOP 1Jose Cruz hits a home run (5). Cesar Cedeno scores.2-0
BOT 2Jerry Martin hits a home run (13).2-1
TOP 4Terry Puhl 1-run single. Alan Ashby scores.3-1
TOP 8Alan Ashby 1-run double. Art Howe scores. Alan Ashby to 3rd. Alan Ashby advances to 3rd, on a fielding error by shortstop Ivan De Jesus.4-1
BOT 8Dave Kingman hits a home run (29).4-2

Season Series

SERIES TIED 6-6

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cincinnati	90	71	.559	-	L2
Houston	89	73	.549	1.5	W2
Los Angeles	79	83	.488	11.5	L2
San Francisco	71	91	.438	19.5	L1
San Diego	68	93	.422	22.0	W1
Atlanta	66	94	.413	23.5	W2

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Pittsburgh	98	64	.605	-	W1
Montreal	95	65	.594	2.0	L1
St. Louis	86	76	.531	12.0	L4
Philadelphia	84	78	.519	14.0	W1
Chicago	80	82	.494	18.0	L1
New York	63	99	.389	35.0	W6

Box Score

Team Totals

Win Probability

Scoring Summary

Season Series

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Season Series

NL West Standings

NL East Standings

Houston Astros at Chicago Cubs, Jul 6, 1979