Mick Kelleher, called up from Denver (Pacific Coast) the day before to replace injured Roger Metzger on the Astros' roster, drove in two runs with a pair of singles to lead the way to a 4-2 victory over the Cubs. Both of the Cubs' runs in the second were unearned on two errors that sandwiched a triple by Don Kessinger.

A single by Doug Rader, pass to Dave Campbell and single by Kelleher started the Astros' scoring in the fifth. Denis Menke doubled and Greg Gross singled for the tying run in the seventh. Then in the eighth the Astros broke away, scoring one run on a double by Lee May and single by Johnny Edwards. After a forceout by Rader and an infield out, Kelleher singled to plate an insurance run. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 4, Chicago Cubs 2
Game Played on Tuesday, April     30, 1974 (Night game) at Astrodome
Cubs         0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  0
Astros       0  0  0    0  1  0    1  2  x  -   4  9  2


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harris 2b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .141      Milbourne ss          1   0   1   0     0   0   .294
Monday cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .306        Kelleher ss         3   0   2   2     1   0   .667
Madlock 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .275      Gross rf,lf           5   0   2   1     0   0   .373
Williams 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Cedeno cf             2   0   0   0     2   0   .316
Cardenal rf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .309      Watson lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .337
Morales lf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .229        Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kessinger ss          3   1   1   1     1   0   .170        Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      L. May 1b             3   1   1   0     1   1   .302
Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .278        Helms 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .343
  Ward ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Edwards c             4   0   1   1     0   0   .222
Stone p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Rader 3b              4   2   1   0     0   1   .291
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Campbell 2b           1   0   0   0     1   1   .200
  Rosello ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .125        Menke 2b,1b         2   1   1   0     0   1   .200
                                                          Dierker p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .231
                                                            Gallagher ph,rf     1   0   0   0     1   0   .136

Totals               32   2   6   1     4   4             Totals               32   4   9   4     6   5

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance:  7,603
Left on Base: Cubs 8, Astros 10
DP: Cubs 0, Astros 1
Errors: Campbell 2
Doubles: Madlock (3), Menke (1), L. May (5)
Triples: Kessinger (1)
Stolen Bases: Harris (2), Cardenal 2 (3), Rader (4)
Caught Stealing: Harris (1)
GIDP: Kessinger (2)
Hit by Pitch: Madlock (2,by Scherman)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone                   6.1   5   2   2   3   4   0  26   4.50
Pina L(1-2)             1.1   4   2   2   3   1   0  11   4.26
Burris                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.21
Totals                  8     9   4   4   6   5   0  38

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker                 7     5   2   0   3   3   0  28   1.75
Scherman                0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   1.46
Forsch W(1-1)           1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   0.79
Totals                  9     6   2   0   4   4   0  37

Passed Balls: Mitterwald (2)
Hit by Pitch: Scherman (4)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


CUBS 1ST: Harris walked; Harris stole second; Monday was called
out on strikes; Madlock grounded out (third to first) [Harris to
third]; Williams flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Milbourne singled to left; Gross forced Milbourne
(second to shortstop); Mitterwald allowed a passed ball [Gross
to second]; Cedeno walked; Watson lined to right; L. May struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 0.

CUBS 2ND: KELLEHER REPLACED MILBOURNE (PLAYING SS); Cardenal
reached on an error by Campbell [Cardenal to first]; Cardenal
stole second; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first);
Kessinger tripled to center [Cardenal scored (unearned),
Kessinger scored (error by Campbell) (unearned) (no RBI)];
Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first); Stone grounded out
(pitcher to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros
0.

ASTROS 2ND: Edwards lined to right; Rader struck out; Campbell
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 0.

CUBS 3RD: Harris grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday was
called out on strikes; Madlock doubled to left; Williams flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Dierker struck out; Kelleher grounded out (second to
first); Gross singled to second; Cedeno flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 0.

CUBS 4TH: Cardenal popped to second; Morales popped to first;
Kessinger walked; Mitterwald lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Watson grounded out (third to first); L. May flied
out to left; Edwards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 0.

CUBS 5TH: Stone grounded out (third to first); Harris singled to
right; Harris was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Monday popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Rader singled to center; Campbell walked [Rader to
second]; Dierker flied out to center; Kelleher singled to right
[Rader scored, Campbell to third, Kelleher out at second (right
to third to first to shortstop)]; Gross lined to second; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 1.

CUBS 6TH: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Williams
singled to center; Cardenal singled to left [Williams to third];
Cardenal stole second; Morales walked; Kessinger grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Morales out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Watson
grounded out (second to first); L. May walked; Edwards flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 1.

CUBS 7TH: MENKE REPLACED CAMPBELL (PLAYING 2B); Mitterwald
grounded out (third to first); Stone struck out; Harris popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); Menke doubled
to left; GALLAGHER BATTED FOR DIERKER; PINA REPLACED STONE
(PITCHING); Gallagher grounded out (first unassisted) [Menke to
third]; Kelleher walked; Gross singled to center [Menke scored,
Kelleher to second]; Cedeno walked [Kelleher to third, Gross to
second]; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 2.

CUBS 8TH: GROSS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); SCHERMAN
REPLACED WATSON (PITCHING); GALLAGHER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); Monday singled to center; Madlock was hit by a pitch
[Monday to second]; Williams grounded out (second to first)
[Monday to third, Madlock to second]; Cardenal was walked
intentionally; FORSCH REPLACED SCHERMAN (PITCHING); Morales
struck out; Kessinger lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs
2, Astros 2.

ASTROS 8TH: L. May doubled to third; Edwards singled to right
[L. May scored]; Rader forced Edwards (first to shortstop);
Rader stole second; Menke was called out on strikes; Gallagher
was walked intentionally; Kelleher singled to left [Rader
scored, Gallagher to second]; BURRIS REPLACED KESSINGER
(PITCHING); ROSELLO REPLACED PINA (PLAYING SS); Gross flied out
to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 4.

CUBS 9TH: HELMS REPLACED L. MAY (PLAYING 2B); MENKE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); WARD BATTED FOR MITTERWALD; Ward flied
out to right; Rosello popped to second; Harris flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Astros 4.