The Astros' speed paid off when Rafael Landestoy scored on a two-out infield hit by Enos Cabell in the ninth inning to beat the Cubs, 6-5. Landestoy reached base with a single, stole second after one out and took third on a groundout by Joe Morgan. Cabell then bounced deep to Ivan DeJesus and beat the shortstop's throw to first as Landestoy scored. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 6, Chicago Cubs 5
Game Played on Friday, August    29, 1980 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Astros       2  0  0    0  0  2    0  1  1  -   6 12  0
Cubs         0  1  3    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   5 10  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Morgan 2b             5   1   2   0     0   0   .235      De Jesus ss           5   1   2   0     0   1   .265
Cabell 3b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .278      Randle 3b             4   1   1   0     1   0   .279
Puhl rf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .277      Buckner lf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .318
Cruz lf               5   1   2   1     0   1   .314      Kingman 1b            4   1   1   2     0   1   .259
Cedeno cf             4   2   2   2     0   0   .303      Biittner rf           4   0   1   2     0   1   .257
Walling 1b            3   0   1   1     1   0   .316      Thompson cf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .214
Ashby c               3   0   0   1     0   1   .245      Blackwell c           3   0   1   0     1   1   .264
Landestoy ss          4   1   2   0     0   0   .248      Tyson 2b              2   0   0   0     0   2   .245
Ryan p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .085        Figueroa ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .248
  Leonard ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .209        Kelleher 2b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .188
  Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Krukow p              2   1   1   0     0   0   .218
  Bergman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .233        Capilla p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
  LaCorte p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Vail ph             1   0   1   1     0   0   .287
                                                            Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                            Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .233
                                                            Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .222

Totals               37   6  12   6     1   4             Totals               36   5  10   5     3   8

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance:  9,994
Left on Base: Astros 7, Cubs 8
DP: Astros 0, Cubs 1
Doubles: Cedeno (27)
Triples: Cruz (6)
Home Runs: Kingman (14)
Stolen Bases: Cruz (27), Cedeno (39), Landestoy (20)
Caught Stealing: Walling (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Ashby (3), Kingman (4)
Hit by Pitch: Puhl (4,by Tidrow)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan                    5     6   4   4   1   2   1  22   3.22
Smith W(4-5)            3     4   1   1   1   5   0  14   2.07
LaCorte SV(10)          1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   2.22
Totals                  9    10   5   5   3   8   1  40

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krukow                  5     7   4   4   1   3   0  23   4.23
Capilla                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.86
Sutter                  2     2   1   1   0   1   0   7   2.40
Tidrow L(5-5)           0.2   2   1   1   0   0   0   5   2.74
Hernandez               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.99
Totals                  9    12   6   6   1   4   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Tidrow (5)
Balks: Sutter (3)

Umpires: HP - Lanny Harris, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Joe West


ASTROS 1ST: Morgan singled to right; Cabell flied out to right;
Puhl singled to right [Morgan to third]; Cruz singled to right
[Morgan scored, Puhl to third]; Cruz stole second; Cedeno
grounded out (second to first) [Puhl scored, Cruz to third];
Walling made an out to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Randle
flied out to left; Buckner made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Cubs 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Ashby grounded out (second to first); Landestoy
grounded out (second to first); Ryan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Kingman homered; Biittner flied out to right; Thompson
flied out to left; Blackwell singled to right; Tyson struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Cubs 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Morgan flied out to center; Cabell flied out to
center; Puhl made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
2, Cubs 1.

CUBS 3RD: Krukow singled to center; De Jesus singled to right
[Krukow to second]; Randle singled to pitcher [Krukow to third,
De Jesus to second]; Buckner flied out to left; Kingman hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Krukow scored, De Jesus to third, Randle
to second]; Biittner singled to right [De Jesus scored, Randle
scored]; Thompson walked [Biittner to second]; Blackwell
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2,
Cubs 4.

ASTROS 4TH: Cruz was called out on strikes; Cedeno grounded out
(second to first); Walling walked; Ashby grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Cubs 4.

CUBS 4TH: Tyson struck out; Krukow grounded out (shortstop to
first); De Jesus flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 2, Cubs 4.

ASTROS 5TH: Landestoy flied out to left; Ryan flied out to
right; Morgan singled to center; Cabell singled to left [Morgan
to third]; Puhl struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2,
Cubs 4.

CUBS 5TH: Randle flied out to left; Buckner grounded out (third
to first); Kingman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 2, Cubs 4.

ASTROS 6TH: Cruz tripled to left; Cedeno singled to center [Cruz
scored]; CAPILLA REPLACED KRUKOW (PITCHING); Cedeno stole
second; Walling grounded out (first to pitcher) [Cedeno to
third]; Ashby hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cedeno scored];
Landestoy singled to right; LEONARD BATTED FOR RYAN; Leonard
flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Cubs 4.

CUBS 6TH: SMITH REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Biittner struck
out; Thompson singled to pitcher; Blackwell walked [Thompson to
second]; FIGUEROA BATTED FOR TYSON; Figueroa made an out to
second; VAIL BATTED FOR CAPILLA; Vail singled to center
[Thompson scored, Blackwell to second]; De Jesus singled to
shortstop [Blackwell to third, Vail to second]; Randle grounded
out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 4, Cubs 5.

ASTROS 7TH: KELLEHER REPLACED FIGUEROA (PLAYING 2B); SUTTER
REPLACED VAIL (PITCHING); Morgan flied out to right; Cabell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Cubs 5.

CUBS 7TH: Buckner singled to second; Kingman struck out;
Biittner forced Buckner (shortstop to second); Thompson grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Cubs 5.

ASTROS 8TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno
doubled to left; Sutter balked [Cedeno to third]; Walling
singled to right [Cedeno scored]; Ashby struck out while Walling
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Cubs 5.

CUBS 8TH: Blackwell struck out; Kelleher was called out on
strikes; JOHNSON BATTED FOR SUTTER; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Cubs 5.

ASTROS 9TH: TIDROW REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Landestoy
singled to center; Landestoy stole second; BERGMAN BATTED FOR
SMITH; Bergman made an out to first; Morgan grounded out (second
to first) [Landestoy to third]; Cabell singled to shortstop
[Landestoy scored]; Puhl was hit by a pitch [Cabell to second];
HERNANDEZ REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); Cruz forced Puhl
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 6, Cubs 5.

CUBS 9TH: LACORTE REPLACED BERGMAN (PITCHING); De Jesus was
called out on strikes; Randle walked; Buckner flied out to
right; Kingman flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 6, Cubs 5.