Led by Bill Buckner, who drove in four runs with a homer and two doubles, the Cubs outlasted the Astros, 14-11, in a slugfest marked by a total of 31 hits. The Cubs' 16-hit attack also included homers by Bobby Murcer, Manny Trillo and Dave Rader.

Bruce Bochy produced the Astros' only homer among their 15 hits. Buckner's homer after a pass to Rodney Scott sent the Cubs ahead, 11-9, in the sixth and they added what proved to be the deciding run in the seventh on a double by Ivan DeJesus, a sacrifice, and a single by Jerry White. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 14, Houston Astros 11
Game Played on Friday, September 1, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Astros       0  6  0    3  0  0    1  1  0  -  11 15  1
Cubs         5  1  1    1  1  2    1  2  x  -  14 16  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Landestoy ss          5   3   4   1     0   1   .271      Gross cf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .267
Drumright 2b          4   2   2   1     1   0   .500        White ph,cf         2   0   1   1     1   1   .243
Puhl cf               3   0   0   3     2   0   .289      Scott 3b              3   3   1   0     2   1   .281
Cruz rf               4   1   3   2     1   0   .304      Buckner 1b            4   2   3   4     1   0   .313
Cabell 3b             4   0   1   2     0   0   .289      Kingman lf            5   1   2   2     0   1   .247
Watson 1b             5   0   0   0     0   2   .293      Murcer rf             5   1   2   2     0   2   .277
  Andujar p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .130      Trillo 2b             4   3   2   1     1   0   .260
Bergman lf,1b         4   1   1   0     1   2   .248      Rader c               4   1   1   1     0   0   .205
Bochy c               5   2   2   1     0   1   .262        Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .077
Richard p             2   2   2   1     0   0   .176      De Jesus ss           3   2   2   1     2   0   .265
  Bannister p         1   0   0   0     0   1   .172      Krukow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
  Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Roberts p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .327
  Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .330        Moore p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .286
  Dixon p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        McGlothen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Walling lf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .232        Clines ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .263
                                                            Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Blackwell c         0   0   0   0     0   0   .253
                                                            Biittner ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .269
                                                            Cox c               0   0   0   0     0   0   .269

Totals               39  11  15  11     5   8             Totals               37  14  16  13     7   7

Time of Game: 3:33   Attendance: 16,117
Left on Base: Astros 7, Cubs 9
DP: Astros 0, Cubs 3
Errors: Andujar, Trillo
Doubles: Buckner 2 (23), Kingman (12), De Jesus 2 (22), Murcer (18)
Triples: Cruz (7)
Home Runs: Bochy (2), Murcer (8), Trillo (4), Rader (3), Buckner (3)
Stolen Bases: Richard (1), Landestoy (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Blackwell (4), Scott (5), Sutter (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Cabell (4)
GIDP: Watson 2 (16), Bochy (6)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Richard                 3.2   9   8   8   2   5   3  22   3.26
Bannister               1.1   2   1   1   0   2   0   6   4.65
Sambito L(4-7)          1     2   2   2   1   0   1   6   2.87
Dixon                   1     2   1   1   1   0   0   6   3.91
Andujar                 1     1   2   2   3   0   0   7   3.26
Totals                  8    16  14  14   7   7   4  47

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krukow                  1.2   4   5   5   1   2   0  10   3.92
Roberts                 0     1   1   1   2   0   0   3   5.24
Moore                   1.2   5   3   3   0   2   0  10   4.08
McGlothen               1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.51
Hernandez W(8-2)        1.2   2   1   1   1   1   1   8   3.96
Sutter SV(24)           2.1   2   1   1   1   2   0  10   2.66
Totals                  9    15  11  11   5   8   1  45

Wild Pitches: Sutter (5)
Balks: Andujar (5)

Umpires: HP - Andy Olsen, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Doug Harvey


ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy struck out; Drumright flied out to
left; Debut game for Keith Drumright; Puhl flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: Gross grounded out (second to first); Scott walked;
Buckner doubled to right [Scott scored]; Kingman doubled to
right [Buckner scored]; Murcer homered [Kingman scored]; Trillo
homered; Rader flied out to center; De Jesus lined to center; 5
R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Cubs 5.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz tripled to center; Cabell hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Cruz scored]; Watson struck out; Bergman walked; Bochy
singled to right [Bergman to third]; Richard singled to right
[Bergman scored, Bochy to second]; Landestoy singled to left
[Bochy scored, Richard to second]; ROBERTS REPLACED KRUKOW
(PITCHING); Drumright walked [Richard to third, Landestoy to
second]; Puhl walked [Richard scored, Landestoy to third,
Drumright to second]; Cruz singled to center [Landestoy scored,
Drumright scored, Puhl to third]; MOORE REPLACED ROBERTS
(PITCHING); Cabell flied out to center; 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 6, Cubs 5.

CUBS 2ND: Moore struck out; Gross singled to left; Scott was
called out on strikes; Buckner doubled to right [Gross scored];
Kingman struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 6, Cubs 6.

ASTROS 3RD: Watson struck out; Bergman grounded out (second to
first); Bochy was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 6, Cubs 6.

CUBS 3RD: Murcer struck out; Trillo grounded out (second to
first); Rader homered; De Jesus walked; Moore struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 6, Cubs 7.

ASTROS 4TH: Richard singled to center; Landestoy singled to left
[Richard to second]; Richard stole third; Drumright singled to
left [Richard scored, Landestoy to third]; Puhl grounded out
(second to first) [Landestoy scored, Drumright to second]; Cruz
singled to second [Drumright to third]; Cabell singled to center
[Drumright scored, Cruz to third]; MCGLOTHEN REPLACED MOORE
(PITCHING); Watson grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Cabell out at second]; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
9, Cubs 7.

CUBS 4TH: Gross grounded out (first unassisted); Scott singled
to pitcher; Buckner flied out to right [Scott to second];
Kingman singled to left [Scott scored]; BANNISTER REPLACED
RICHARD (PITCHING); Murcer was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 9, Cubs 8.

ASTROS 5TH: Bergman singled to shortstop; Bochy grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Bergman out at second];
Bannister struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 9, Cubs 8.

CUBS 5TH: Trillo singled to left; Rader flied out to left; De
Jesus doubled to right [Trillo scored]; CLINES BATTED FOR
MCGLOTHEN; Clines grounded out (third to first); WHITE BATTED
FOR GROSS; White struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 9,
Cubs 9.

ASTROS 6TH: WHITE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); HERNANDEZ
REPLACED CLINES (PITCHING); On a bunt Landestoy singled to
third; Drumright flied out to center; Landestoy stole second;
Puhl walked; Cruz popped to second; Cabell popped to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 9, Cubs 9.

CUBS 6TH: SAMBITO REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING); Scott walked;
Buckner homered [Scott scored]; Kingman flied out to center;
Murcer doubled to right; Trillo flied out to center; Rader flied
out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 9, Cubs 11.

ASTROS 7TH: Watson flied out to center; Bergman struck out;
Bochy homered; ALOU BATTED FOR SAMBITO; SUTTER REPLACED RADER
(PITCHING); BLACKWELL REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PLAYING C ); Alou
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 10,
Cubs 11.

CUBS 7TH: DIXON REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); De Jesus doubled to
center; Blackwell out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [De
Jesus to third]; White singled to center [De Jesus scored];
Scott out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [White to
second]; Buckner was walked intentionally; Kingman forced
Buckner (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 10,
Cubs 12.

ASTROS 8TH: Landestoy singled to left; Drumright singled to
center [Landestoy to third]; Puhl reached on an error by Trillo
[Landestoy scored (RBI), Drumright to second, Puhl to first];
Sutter threw a wild pitch [Drumright to third, Puhl to second];
Cruz was walked intentionally; Cabell forced Drumright (third to
catcher) [Puhl to third, Cruz to second]; Watson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cabell out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 11, Cubs 12.

CUBS 8TH: ANDUJAR REPLACED WATSON (PITCHING); WALLING REPLACED
DIXON (PLAYING LF); BERGMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); Trillo walked; Sutter
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Trillo to second];
De Jesus was walked intentionally; BIITTNER BATTED FOR
BLACKWELL; Biittner singled to pitcher [Trillo scored, De Jesus
to third (error by Andujar), Biittner to second]; White walked;
Andujar balked [De Jesus scored, Biittner to third, White to
second]; Scott grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 11, Cubs 14.

ASTROS 9TH: COX REPLACED BIITTNER (PLAYING C ); Bergman struck
out; Bochy grounded out (shortstop to first); Walling struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 11, Cubs 14.