Houston Astros 5, Chicago Cubs 4

Game Played on Wednesday, April 26, 1972 (Night game) at Astrodome

Cubs         0  0  2    0  0  0    2  0  0    0  -   4 13  0
Astros       0  0  3    0  0  0    0  1  0    1  -   5 10  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          6   1   2   0     0   0   .179      Metzger ss            4   1   0   0     1   0   .119
Beckert 2b            5   1   2   0     0   0   .191      Alou rf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .500
Williams lf           5   2   2   2     1   0   .265      Wynn cf               3   2   2   3     2   1   .317
Santo 3b              5   0   2   1     0   1   .289      May 1b                4   1   1   1     1   0   .283
Hickman 1b            3   0   1   0     2   0   .333      Watson lf             5   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Cardenal rf           5   0   2   1     0   1   .250      Rader 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .302
Monday cf             2   0   0   0     3   1   .261      Helms 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .182
Hundley c             5   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Hiatt c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Pizarro p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .200        Culver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fanzone ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Fenwick ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Phoebus p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Popovich ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Roberts p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  McGinn p            0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        Edwards c           2   0   0   0     0   1   .303

Totals               41   4  13   4     6   6             Totals               35   5  10   5     4   5

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 14,450
Left on Base: Cubs 14, Astros 7
DP: Cubs 1, Astros 1
Errors: Culver
Doubles: Williams (4), May (1), Watson (1)
Triples: Wynn (1)
Home Runs: Wynn (3)
Stolen Bases: Williams (1), Hickman (1), Cardenal 2 (4), Monday (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Beckert (1), Roberts (2)
GIDP: Kessinger (2), Hiatt (1)
Hit by Pitch: Rader (1,by Phoebus)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pizarro                 5     5   3   3   3   2   0  22   4.50
Phoebus                 3     4   1   1   0   1   1  12   8.10
McGinn L(0-1)           1.2   1   1   1   1   2   0   7   2.00
Totals                  9.2  10   5   5   4   5   1  41

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts                 6.2  11   4   4   4   4   0  34   4.19
Culver                  2.1   2   0   0   2   2   0  11   1.74
Ray W(3-0)              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.61
Totals                 10    13   4   4   6   6   0  48

Hit by Pitch: Phoebus (1)
Wild Pitches: Phoebus (1)

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Frank Pulli


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Beckert
singled to center; Williams forced Beckert (second to
shortstop); Santo singled to left [Williams to second]; Hickman
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou
grounded out (third to first); Wynn walked; May popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 0.

CUBS 2ND: Cardenal was called out on strikes; Monday grounded
out (shortstop to first); Hundley grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson flied out to right; Rader grounded out (third
to first); Helms flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
0, Astros 0.

CUBS 3RD: Pizarro singled to center; Kessinger grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Pizarro out at
second]; Beckert singled to center; Williams doubled to center
[Beckert scored]; Santo singled to center [Williams scored];
Hickman flied out to center; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Hiatt singled to left; Roberts out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Hiatt to second]; Metzger walked; Alou
singled to right [Hiatt out at home (right to catcher), Metzger
to third]; Wynn tripled to right [Metzger scored, Alou scored];
May doubled [Wynn scored]; Watson flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 3.

CUBS 4TH: Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday
walked; Hundley singled to left [Monday to second]; Pizarro
grounded out (second to first) [Monday to third, Hundley to
second]; Kessinger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Rader flied out to center; Helms singled to right;
Hiatt was called out on strikes; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 3.

CUBS 5TH: Beckert flied out to center; Williams flied out to
center; Santo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Metzger grounded out (third to first); Alou grounded
out (shortstop to first); Wynn walked; May flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 3.

CUBS 6TH: Hickman walked; Cardenal singled to center [Hickman to
second]; Monday struck out; Hundley struck out; FANZONE BATTED
FOR PIZARRO; Fanzone lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs
2, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: PHOEBUS REPLACED FANZONE (PITCHING); Watson flied
out to left; Rader singled to shortstop; Helms singled to left
[Rader to second]; Hiatt grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Helms out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 2, Astros 3.

CUBS 7TH: Kessinger singled to center; Beckert out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Kessinger to second];
Williams singled to right [Kessinger scored]; Williams stole
second; Santo struck out; Hickman walked; Cardenal singled to
left [Williams scored, Hickman to second]; Hickman stole third
and Cardenal stole second; Monday walked; CULVER REPLACED HIATT
(PITCHING); EDWARDS REPLACED ROBERTS (PLAYING C ); Hundley flied
out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 4, Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Edwards struck out; Metzger flied out to center;
Alou singled to right; Phoebus threw a wild pitch [Alou out at
third (center to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4, Astros
3.

CUBS 8TH: Phoebus was called out on strikes; Kessinger singled
to right; Beckert grounded out (pitcher to first) [Kessinger to
second]; Williams was walked intentionally; Kessinger was picked
off second but was safe on an error by Culver [Kessinger to
third, Williams to second]; Santo grounded out (third to
shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 4, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: Wynn homered; May flied out to left; Watson flied
out to center; Rader was hit by a pitch; Helms flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Astros 4.

CUBS 9TH: Hickman singled to right; Cardenal forced Hickman
(shortstop to second); Cardenal stole second; Monday was walked
intentionally; Hundley flied out to center [Cardenal to third];
POPOVICH BATTED FOR PHOEBUS; Monday stole second; Popovich
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 9TH: MCGINN REPLACED POPOVICH (PITCHING); FENWICK BATTED
FOR CULVER; Fenwick struck out; Debut game for Bobby
Fenwick; Edwards popped to catcher in foul territory;
Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Cubs 4, Astros 4.

CUBS 10TH: RAY REPLACED FENWICK (PITCHING); Kessinger grounded
out (third to first); Beckert flied out to left; Williams popped
to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 4,
Astros 4.

ASTROS 10TH: Alou flied out to left; Wynn was called out on
strikes; May was walked intentionally; Watson doubled to center
[May scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Astros 5.