Coach Pete Reiser, serving as acting manager in the absence of Leo Durocher, ordered an intentional pass with nobody on base and two out in the 10th inning in a rare move that backfired as the Astros defeated the Cubs, 5-4. The walk went to hot-hitting Lee May after Dan McGinn had missed the plate with his first two pitches to the Astros' slugger. Bob Watson, coming up next, then doubled and May raced home from first to score the winning run. [The Sporting News]



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.