Singles by Jose Cardenal, Paul Popovich and Randy Hundley in the 10th inning provided the Cubs with their deciding run in a 4-3 victory over the Astros. Rick Monday homered with a man on base for the Cubs in the fifth and Ron Santo scored after rapping a double in the sixth, but the Astros rallied in the seventh to pull even with three runs on a single by Cesat Cedeno, doubles by Doug Rader and Tommy Helms, a single by Skip Jutze and error by Popovich. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 4, Houston Astros 3
Game Played on Saturday, August    25, 1973 (Night game) at Astrodome
Cubs         0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  0    1  -   4 12  1
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  0    0  -   3  9  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kessinger ss          6   1   1   0     0   2   .258      Gallagher rf          5   0   1   0     0   1   .259
Monday cf             4   1   2   2     1   1   .267      Metzger ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .259
Williams 1b           5   0   2   0     0   0   .287      Cedeno cf             4   1   1   0     1   1   .313
Carty lf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Watson lf             5   0   1   0     0   0   .314
  Hiser lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Rader 3b              3   1   1   1     1   1   .251
Santo 3b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .279      May 1b                4   0   0   0     0   2   .265
Cardenal rf           4   1   2   0     1   0   .308      Helms 2b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .278
Popovich 2b           4   0   2   0     1   0   .232      Jutze c               4   0   3   0     0   0   .235
Hundley c             4   0   2   2     1   0   .226      Roberts p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .109
Reuschel p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .123        Stewart ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .193
  Bourque ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .212        Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .066
  Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .077        Wynn ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .211
                                                            Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .182

Totals               40   4  12   4     4   5             Totals               37   3   9   2     2   7

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 17,103
Left on Base: Cubs 12, Astros 8
DP: Cubs 1, Astros 1
Errors: Popovich
Doubles: Cardenal (31), Santo (25), Williams (18), Rader (21), Helms (24)
Home Runs: Monday (22)
Sacrifice Hits: Reuschel (8), Locker (1), Metzger (11)
GIDP: Carty (3), Wynn (10)
Hit by Pitch: Rader (3,by Reuschel)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuschel                7     5   3   2   0   5   0  27   2.65
Locker W(7-5)           3     4   0   0   2   2   0  14   2.58
Totals                 10     9   3   2   2   7   0  41

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts                 7     7   3   3   4   2   1  32   2.92
Forsch                  2     2   0   0   0   2   0   8   3.92
Ray L(6-2)              1     3   1   1   0   1   0   6   4.32
Totals                 10    12   4   4   4   5   1  46

Hit by Pitch: Reuschel (5)
Wild Pitches: Reuschel 2 (8)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - John McSherry


CUBS 1ST: Kessinger struck out; Monday singled to left; Williams
forced Monday (second to shortstop); Carty forced Williams
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gallagher struck out; Metzger grounded out (second
to first); Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 0.

CUBS 2ND: Santo flied out to center; Cardenal doubled to left;
Popovich grounded out (shortstop to first); Hundley was walked
intentionally; Reuschel struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs
0, Astros 0.

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

CUBS 3RD: Kessinger grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday
walked; Williams singled to second [Monday to second]; Carty
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Williams out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros
0.

ASTROS 3RD: Helms grounded out (third to first); Jutze grounded
out (third to first); Roberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Astros 0.

CUBS 4TH: Santo grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenal
grounded out (shortstop to first); Popovich walked; Hundley
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Gallagher grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger
struck out; Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Astros 0.

CUBS 5TH: Reuschel grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger
singled to shortstop; Monday homered [Kessinger scored];
Williams lined to center; Carty grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Watson flied out to center; Rader was hit by a
pitch; Reuschel threw a wild pitch [Rader to second]; May popped
to shortstop; Helms grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 0.

CUBS 6TH: Santo doubled to left; Cardenal walked; Popovich flied
out to left [Santo to third]; Hundley reached on a fielder's
choice [Santo scored, Cardenal to second]; Reuschel out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Cardenal to third, Hundley
to second]; Kessinger grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Jutze singled to center; Roberts forced Jutze
(second to shortstop); Gallagher forced Roberts (third to
second); Metzger flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
3, Astros 0.

CUBS 7TH: Monday flied out to center; Williams doubled to
center; Carty flied out to center; Santo grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Cedeno singled to right; Watson grounded out (first
unassisted) [Cedeno to second]; Rader doubled to left [Cedeno
scored]; May struck out; Helms doubled to left [Rader scored];
Jutze singled to second [Helms scored (error by Popovich)
(unearned) (no RBI)]; STEWART BATTED FOR ROBERTS; Reuschel threw
a wild pitch [Jutze to second]; Stewart grounded out (shortstop
to first); 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 3, Astros 3.

CUBS 8TH: FORSCH REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); Cardenal popped to
second; Popovich singled to center; Hundley singled to left
[Popovich to second]; BOURQUE BATTED FOR REUSCHEL; Bourque
popped to second; Kessinger struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Cubs 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: LOCKER REPLACED BOURQUE (PITCHING); Gallagher
singled to center; Metzger out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Gallagher to second]; Cedeno was walked intentionally;
Watson grounded out (second to first) [Gallagher to third,
Cedeno to second]; Rader was walked intentionally; May struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 3, Astros 3.

CUBS 9TH: Monday struck out; Williams lined to left; Carty flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 9TH: Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); Jutze
singled to left; WYNN BATTED FOR FORSCH; Wynn grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Jutze out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Astros 3.

CUBS 10TH: RAY REPLACED WYNN (PITCHING); Santo struck out;
Cardenal singled to shortstop; Popovich singled to right
[Cardenal to third]; Hundley singled to center [Cardenal scored,
Popovich to second]; Locker out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Popovich to third, Hundley to second]; Kessinger flied
out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 4, Astros 3.

ASTROS 10TH: HISER REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING LF); Gallagher
grounded out (second to first); Metzger singled to center;
Cedeno flied out to left; Watson singled to right [Metzger to
third]; Rader struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 4, Astros
3.