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Sunday June 6, 1976
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Houston Astros 5, Chicago Cubs 1 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, June 6, 1976 (Night game) at Astrodome

Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  7  1
Astros       4  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   5 10  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Monday cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Howard rf,lf          3   1   1   0     0   0   .217
Wallis lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Andrews 2b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .304
Madlock 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .301      Cedeno cf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .317
Morales rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .264      Watson 1b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .272
Summers 1b            4   1   2   1     0   0   .255      Roberts lf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .301
Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .204        Cruz rf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Trillo 2b             3   0   2   0     0   0   .280      Cabell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .287
Rosello ss            2   0   1   0     1   0   .248      DaVanon ss            3   0   2   1     0   0   .389
Frailing p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jutze c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .131
  LaCock ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .128      Rondon p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .273
  P. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pentz p             1   1   1   0     0   0   .333
  Cardenal ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .305
  Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   7   1     2   0             Totals               31   5  10   3     0   5

Time of Game: 2:03   Attendance: 19,438
Left on Base: Cubs 5, Astros 4
DP: Cubs 1, Astros 3
Errors: Trillo
Doubles: Trillo (10), Roberts (5), DaVanon (1)
Home Runs: Summers (2)
Stolen Bases: Howard (2), Cedeno (23)
Sacrifice Hits: Howard (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Watson (2)
GIDP: Mitterwald (2)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Frailing L(1-2)         4     7   4   4   0   2   0  18   2.41
P. Reuschel             2     2   0   0   0   2   0   8   5.67
Sutter                  2     1   1   1   0   1   0   7   2.38
Totals                  8    10   5   5   0   5   0  33

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rondon W(2-1)           6.1   6   1   1   2   0   1  26   5.08
Pentz SV(2)             2.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.53
Totals                  9     7   1   1   2   0   1  33

Wild Pitches: Sutter 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Ed Montague


CUBS 1ST: Monday flied out to center; Wallis singled to center;
Madlock flied out to left; Morales lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Howard singled to left; Howard stole second; Andrews
singled to center [Howard scored]; Cedeno singled to right
[Andrews to third]; Cedeno stole second; Watson hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Andrews scored, Cedeno scored (error by Trillo)];
Roberts doubled to left; Cabell struck out; DaVanon singled to
left [Roberts scored, DaVanon to second (on throw to home)];
Jutze struck out (catcher to first); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
0, Astros 4.

CUBS 2ND: Summers grounded out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald
flied out to center; Trillo doubled to left; Rosello lined to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 4.

ASTROS 2ND: Rondon singled to center; Howard lined into a double
play (second to first) [Rondon out at first]; Andrews flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 4.

CUBS 3RD: Frailing lined to right; Monday grounded out (second
to first); Wallis made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Astros 4.

ASTROS 3RD: Cedeno popped to catcher in foul territory; Watson
popped to second; Roberts popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 4.

CUBS 4TH: Madlock flied out to center; Morales singled to right;
Summers forced Morales (shortstop to second); Mitterwald
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Astros 4.

ASTROS 4TH: Cabell grounded out (third to first); DaVanon
doubled to left; Jutze popped to second; Rondon grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 4.

CUBS 5TH: Trillo flied out to center; Rosello singled to center;
LACOCK BATTED FOR FRAILING; LaCock walked [Rosello to second];
Monday lined into a double play (third to second) [Rosello out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 4.

ASTROS 5TH: P. REUSCHEL REPLACED LACOCK (PITCHING); Howard
popped to center; Andrews grounded out (second to first); Cedeno
singled to right; Watson singled to center [Cedeno to second];
Roberts struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 4.

CUBS 6TH: Wallis flied out to left; Madlock grounded out
(shortstop to first); Morales grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 4.

ASTROS 6TH: Cabell struck out; DaVanon popped to second; Jutze
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Astros 4.

CUBS 7TH: Summers homered; Mitterwald flied out to center;
Trillo singled to shortstop; Rosello walked [Trillo to second];
PENTZ REPLACED RONDON (PITCHING); CARDENAL BATTED FOR P.
REUSCHEL; Cardenal lined into a double play (first to shortstop)
[Trillo out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Astros 4.

ASTROS 7TH: SUTTER REPLACED CARDENAL (PITCHING); Pentz singled
to shortstop; Howard out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Pentz to second]; Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sutter threw a wild pitch [Pentz to third]; Sutter threw a wild
pitch [Pentz scored]; Cedeno struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 1, Astros 5.

CUBS 8TH: Monday grounded out (second to first); Wallis popped
to third; Madlock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Astros 5.

ASTROS 8TH: Watson grounded out (third to first); Roberts flied
out to left; Cabell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Astros 5.

CUBS 9TH: HOWARD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); CRUZ REPLACED
ROBERTS (PLAYING RF); Morales grounded out (shortstop to first);
Summers singled to center; Mitterwald grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Summers out at second]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Astros 5.



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