Chicago Cubs (8) Houston Astros (3)

| 1979

Date of Game: Saturday, July 07, 1979
Stadium: Wrigley Field

Houston Astros (NL)	Chicago Cubs (NL)
Record: 53-34	Record: 42-36
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Attendance: 36,135 Time of Game: 2:32

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Tim Blackwell 2B in 2nd inning (8.78)

Ivan DeJesus 1B in 2nd inning (8.63)

Mike Vail HR in 3rd inning (8.09)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston Astros	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	7	1
Chicago Cubs	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	x	8	10	1

Houston Astros Batting Stats

Houston Astros	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Rafael Landestoy	2b	26.040	4	0	1	1	0	0	.195	66	140	0	8	2
Craig Reynolds	ss	26.192	4	0	0	0	0	0	.281	79	400	0	23	7
Terry Puhl	cf	22.364	4	1	1	0	0	0	.278	85	294	6	22	16
Jose Cruz	lf	31.334	3	0	1	0	0	0	.284	86	1093	5	47	21
Jesus Alou	lf	37.105	1	1	1	0	0	0	.143	22	1355	0	2	0
Denny Walling	rf	25.081	4	0	1	1	0	2	.328	42	177	3	18	0
Art Howe	1b	32.204	3	0	0	1	0	0	.234	69	425	4	22	0
Julio Gonzalez	3b	26.194	2	0	0	0	0	0	.241	34	222	0	6	1
Jimmy Sexton	3b	27.205	2	0	1	0	0	0	.200	27	129	0	0	0
Alan Ashby	c	27.365	2	0	1	0	0	0	.232	72	475	2	28	0
Bert Roberge	p	24.277	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	9	9	0	0	0
Jeff Leonard	ph	23.289	1	1	0	0	0	0	.277	65	84	0	20	6
Tom Dixon	p	24.075	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	15	54	0	0	0
Randy Niemann	p	23.235	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	9	9	0	0	0
George Throop	p	28.225	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	9	21	0	0	0
Reggie Baldwin	ph-c	24.322	2	0	0	0	0	0	.300	6	44	0	0	0
Totals:			33	3	7	3	0	2	.212	695	4931

Chicago Cubs Batting Stats

Chicago Cubs	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Ivan DeJesus	ss	26.179	2	1	1	0	3	0	.284	76	479	2	22	14
Ted Sizemore	2b	34.083	3	0	1	0	0	1	.260	75	1352	2	20	2
Mick Kelleher	2b	31.348	1	0	0	0	0	0	.262	27	373	0	5	1
Bill Buckner	1b	29.205	5	1	1	1	0	0	.292	78	1089	9	45	4
Dave Kingman	lf	30.198	4	1	1	0	0	2	.293	77	994	29	67	3
Ken Henderson	lf	33.022	1	0	0	0	0	0	.227	18	1346	0	2	0
Jerry Martin	cf	30.057	3	2	2	0	1	0	.290	76	520	13	50	1
Miguel Dilone	cf	24.248	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	33	243	1	6	4
Mike Vail	rf	27.240	3	1	3	4	1	0	.368	40	327	4	19	0
Steve Ontiveros	3b	27.255	4	1	0	0	0	1	.278	70	619	2	22	0
Tim Blackwell	c	26.322	3	0	1	2	1	1	.213	23	196	0	7	0
Dennis Lamp	p	26.287	3	1	0	0	0	0	.222	18	64	0	1	0
Totals:			32	8	10	7	6	5	.313	611	7602

Game Stats

2B: Jesus Alou (2), Alan Ashby (11), Tim Blackwell (1), Jerry Martin (18)
HR: Mike Vail (4)
RBIs: Tim Blackwell 2 (7), Bill Buckner (45), Art Howe (22), Rafael Landestoy (8), Mike Vail 4 (19), Denny Walling (18)
SH: Dennis Lamp (3), Ted Sizemore (7)
SF: Art Howe (3)

Houston Astros Pitching Stats

Houston Astros	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Randy Niemann (L 3-1)	23.235	3.2	9	8	7	2	1	1	2.81	1.29	0	0	0	9	9
George Throop	28.225	1.1	1	0	0	3	1	0	7.36	2.82	0	0	0	9	21
Bert Roberge	24.277	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	1.38	1.08	0	0	0	9	9
Tom Dixon	24.075	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.71	1.71	0	0	0	15	54
Pitching Totals:		8	10	8	7	6	5	1			0	0	0	42	93

Chicago Cubs Pitching Stats

Chicago Cubs	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Dennis Lamp (W 6-4)	26.287	9	7	3	2	0	2	0	4.70	1.47	0	0	0	20	68
Pitching Totals:		9	7	3	2	0	2	0			0	0	0	20	68

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Randy Niemann 0-0-0; George Throop 0-0-0; Bert Roberge 0-0-0; Tom Dixon 0-0-0; Dennis Lamp 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Randy Niemann 22; George Throop 8; Bert Roberge 7; Tom Dixon 3; Dennis Lamp 34;
Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 36,135
Umpires: Home: Doug Harvey 1B Lanny Harris 2B Frank Pulli 3B Eric Gregg

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