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An error by Larry Milbourne, who dropped a pop fly with the bases loaded and two out in the eighth inning, allowed two runs to score and gave the Cubs a 5-3 victory over the Astros. However, all three of the Astros' runs also were tainted on errors by Don Kessinger, Bill Madlock and Rob Sperring. Jerry Morales homered for the Cubs, who trailed, 3-2, before Billy Williams sparked a rally in the eighth with a one-out single for his 2,500th major league hit. Chicago Cubs 5, Houston Astros 3Game Played on Thursday, August 15, 1974 (Day game) at Wrigley FieldAstros 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 6 1 Cubs 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 x - 5 8 3 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Gross rf 5 0 1 2 0 1 .323 Kessinger ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .256 Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Cardenal rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .305 Cedeno cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .297 Williams lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .284 L. May 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .270 Tyrone pr,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .212 M. May c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .294 Thornton 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .303 Watson lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .297 Morales cf 3 2 2 2 1 0 .251 Howard pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Madlock 3b 3 0 2 0 1 1 .286 Rader 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .253 Sperring 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .133 Helms 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Mitterwald ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Milbourne pr,2b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .320 Frailing p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Richard p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Swisher c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .209 Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .067 Reuschel p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .227 C. Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Zamora p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ward ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .264 York p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 Busse ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .182 Grabarkewitz ph,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Totals 34 3 6 3 3 7 Totals 32 5 8 2 3 9 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 9,151 Left on Base: Astros 7, Cubs 6 DP: Astros 0, Cubs 2 Errors: Milbourne, Kessinger, Madlock, Sperring Doubles: Watson (13), M. May 2 (13) Triples: Kessinger (6) Home Runs: Morales (12) Stolen Bases: Cedeno (41), Madlock (11) Caught Stealing: Cedeno (14), Swisher (2) GIDP: Metzger (9) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Richard 5 4 2 1 1 4 1 20 2.84 Cosgrove 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.48 Forsch L(4-4) 1.1 3 3 1 1 2 0 8 3.03 York 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 2.28 Totals 8 8 5 2 3 9 1 35 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuschel 6.1 5 3 0 1 5 0 28 4.15 Zamora 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.11 Todd W(3-2) 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 4.41 Frailing 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.90 Totals 9 6 3 0 3 7 0 37 Passed Balls: M. May (4) Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Shag Crawford ASTROS 1ST: Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger grounded out (pitcher to first); Cedeno singled to center; L. May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: Kessinger flied out to center; Cardenal flied out to left; Williams flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 0. ASTROS 2ND: On a bunt M. May grounded out (third to first); Watson doubled to left; Rader flied out to center; Helms flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Thornton popped to first in foul territory; Morales homered; Madlock singled to left; Madlock stole second; Sperring struck out; Swisher grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 1. ASTROS 3RD: Richard grounded out (third to first); Gross grounded out (third to first); Metzger grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 1. CUBS 3RD: Reuschel grounded out (third to first); Kessinger tripled to center; M. May allowed a passed ball [Kessinger scored (unearned)]; Cardenal was called out on strikes; Williams grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Cubs 2. ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno reached on an error by Kessinger; Cedeno stole second; L. May struck out; M. May doubled to right [Cedeno scored (unearned)]; Watson struck out; Rader was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 2. CUBS 4TH: Thornton made an out to second; Morales walked; Madlock singled to right [Morales to second]; Sperring struck out; Swisher flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 2. ASTROS 5TH: Helms lined to third; Richard struck out; Gross struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 2. CUBS 5TH: Reuschel grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger struck out; Cardenal grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 2. ASTROS 6TH: Metzger walked; Cedeno flied out to center; L. May made an out to shortstop; M. May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 2. CUBS 6TH: COSGROVE REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Williams struck out; Thornton singled; Morales lined to center; Madlock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Cubs 2. ASTROS 7TH: Watson lined to left; Rader singled to center; Helms reached on an error by Sperring [Rader to second]; MILBOURNE RAN FOR HELMS; C. JOHNSON BATTED FOR COSGROVE; C. Johnson reached on an error by Madlock [Rader to third, Milbourne to second]; Gross singled to left [Rader scored (unearned), Milbourne scored (unearned), C. Johnson to second]; ZAMORA REPLACED REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Metzger grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Gross out at second]; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cubs 2. CUBS 7TH: MILBOURNE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FORSCH REPLACED C. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Sperring flied out to center; Swisher singled to left; WARD BATTED FOR ZAMORA; Ward was called out on strikes; Kessinger lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cubs 2. ASTROS 8TH: TODD REPLACED WARD (PITCHING); Cedeno walked; L. May struck out while Cedeno was caught stealing second (catcher to second); M. May doubled to right; Watson was walked intentionally; HOWARD RAN FOR WATSON; Rader grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Cubs 2. CUBS 8TH: HOWARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Cardenal struck out; Williams singled to right; Thornton walked [Williams to second]; TYRONE RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Morales singled to right [Tyrone scored, Thornton to third]; YORK REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); Madlock was walked intentionally [Morales to second]; MITTERWALD BATTED FOR SPERRING; Mitterwald struck out; Swisher reached on an error by Milbourne [Thornton scored (unearned) (no RBI), Morales scored (unearned) (no RBI), Madlock to third]; GRABARKEWITZ BATTED FOR TODD; Swisher was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 3 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Cubs 5. ASTROS 9TH: TYRONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); GRABARKEWITZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); FRAILING REPLACED MITTERWALD (PITCHING); Milbourne lined to right; BUSSE BATTED FOR YORK; Busse was called out on strikes; Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Cubs 5. |
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