Paced by Steve Ontiveros and George Mitterwald, who drove in four runs apiece, the Cubs defeated the Astros, 11-5, for their sixth straight victory. Ontiveros accounted for his RBIs with a double and two singles, while Mitterwald homered with two men on base in the fourth inning and batted in another run with a single in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 11, Houston Astros 5
Game Played on Tuesday, May       10, 1977 (Night game) at Astrodome
Cubs         0  0  0    5  0  2    0  0  4  -  11 10  2
Astros       0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  3  -   5 10  2


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           5   1   1   0     0   2   .323      Cruz rf               5   2   2   0     0   0   .235
Clines lf             5   0   1   2     0   1   .222      Cabell 3b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .295
Biittner 1b           4   1   0   0     1   0   .303      Cedeno cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .182
Murcer rf             4   2   0   0     1   0   .322        Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Morales cf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .286        Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Trillo 2b             4   2   1   0     0   1   .381        Roberts ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .167
Ontiveros 3b          3   1   3   4     1   0   .269      Crawford lf           5   0   1   0     0   0   .254
  Cardenal pr         0   1   0   0     0   0   .175      Johnson 1b            4   0   2   0     1   1   .352
  Rosello 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ferguson c            4   0   1   0     1   0   .287
Mitterwald c          4   1   2   4     0   0   .289      Gonzalez ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .301
Krukow p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .375      Howe 2b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .250
  Sutter p            1   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Bannister p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  R. Hernandez p      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gardner ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .138
                                                            McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Howard ph,cf        2   1   1   1     0   1   .333

Totals               35  11  10  10     4   4             Totals               39   5  10   3     3   4

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  7,070
Left on Base: Cubs 2, Astros 10
DP: Cubs 0, Astros 2
Errors: De Jesus, Murcer, Cruz, Crawford
Doubles: Ontiveros (2), De Jesus (6), Cedeno (4), Crawford (3)
Triples: Trillo (3), Cruz (3), Cabell (3)
Home Runs: Mitterwald (4), Howard (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Krukow (1)
GIDP: Mitterwald (3)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krukow W(2-2)           7     7   2   1   2   1   1  31   6.92
Sutter                  1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   0.78
R. Hernandez            1     3   3   2   1   1   0   8   5.79
Totals                  9    10   5   3   3   4   1  42

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bannister L(1-3)        4     3   5   5   3   3   1  18   8.69
McLaughlin              3     2   2   1   1   1   0  11   2.45
Niekro                  1     3   3   3   0   0   0   6   4.86
Sambito                 1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   2.45
Totals                  9    10  11  10   4   4   1  40

Balks: McLaughlin (1)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jerry Crawford, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Paul Pryor


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus struck out; Clines struck out; Biittner
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Cabell grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cedeno doubled to left; Crawford flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 0.

CUBS 2ND: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Morales flied
out to left; Trillo lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Johnson singled to center; Ferguson singled to right
[Johnson to third]; Gonzalez popped to second; Howe popped to
second; Bannister forced Ferguson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 0.

CUBS 3RD: Ontiveros walked; Mitterwald popped to second; Krukow
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Ontiveros to
second]; De Jesus lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Cruz tripled to center; Cabell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cedeno popped to second; Crawford reached
on an error by De Jesus [Cruz scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Crawford to second]; Johnson popped to second; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Astros 1.

CUBS 4TH: Clines grounded out (pitcher to first); Biittner
walked; Murcer walked [Biittner to second]; Morales singled to
center [Biittner to third, Murcer to second]; Trillo was called
out on strikes; Ontiveros singled to right [Biittner scored,
Murcer scored, Morales to third]; Mitterwald homered [Morales
scored, Ontiveros scored]; Krukow grounded out (third to first);
5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Astros 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Ferguson grounded out (third to first); Gonzalez
lined to second; Howe walked; GARDNER BATTED FOR BANNISTER;
Gardner grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 5, Astros 1.

CUBS 5TH: MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED GARDNER (PITCHING); De Jesus
struck out; Clines lined to right; Biittner grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Astros 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); Cabell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 5, Astros 1.

CUBS 6TH: Murcer reached on an error by Crawford [Murcer to
second]; Morales walked; Trillo forced Morales (shortstop to
second) [Murcer to third]; McLaughlin balked [Murcer scored
(unearned), Trillo to second]; Ontiveros singled to center
[Trillo scored]; Mitterwald grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Ontiveros out at second]; 2 R (1
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 7, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Crawford flied out to right; Johnson singled to
left; Ferguson walked [Johnson to second]; Gonzalez lined to
center; Howe forced Ferguson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 7, Astros 1.

CUBS 7TH: Krukow singled to center; De Jesus popped to second;
Clines lined into a double play (right to first) [Krukow out at
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 7, Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: HOWARD BATTED FOR MCLAUGHLIN; Howard hit an inside
the park homer to right; Cruz grounded out (second to first);
Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 7, Astros 2.

CUBS 8TH: HOWARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); NIEKRO REPLACED
CEDENO (PITCHING); Biittner flied out to left; Murcer grounded
out (shortstop to first); Morales flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 7, Astros 2.

ASTROS 8TH: Crawford doubled to center; SUTTER REPLACED KRUKOW
(PITCHING); Johnson struck out; Ferguson popped to second;
Gonzalez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 7, Astros 2.

CUBS 9TH: Trillo tripled to left; Ontiveros doubled to left
[Trillo scored]; CARDENAL RAN FOR ONTIVEROS; Mitterwald singled
to center [Cardenal scored]; SAMBITO REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING);
On a bunt Sutter forced Mitterwald (catcher to shortstop); De
Jesus doubled to right [Sutter to third]; Clines singled to
right [Sutter scored, De Jesus scored, Clines to second (error
by Cruz)]; Biittner popped to left; Murcer grounded out (second
to first); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 11, Astros 2.

ASTROS 9TH: ROSELLO REPLACED CARDENAL (PLAYING 3B); R. HERNANDEZ
REPLACED SUTTER (PITCHING); Howe flied out to center; Howard was
called out on strikes; Cruz singled to center; Cabell tripled to
center [Cruz scored]; ROBERTS BATTED FOR SAMBITO; Roberts
singled to left [Cabell scored]; Crawford reached on an error by
Murcer [Roberts scored (unearned) (no RBI), Crawford to second];
Johnson walked; Ferguson grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R (2
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 11, Astros 5.