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July 25, 1979

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Cubs 4 5 2
Astros 6 12 1
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 4 5 2
Astros 6 12 1

Ken Henderson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .302
OBP .000 .464
At Bats 1 43
Hits 0 13
• Singles 0 9
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 12
RBI’s 0 4

Joe Sambito Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 11
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Astrodome - July 25, 1979
Out
Joe Sambito
Alan Ashby
Enos Cabell
Julio Gonzalez
Art Howe
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Terry Puhl
Jeffrey Leonard
Ken Henderson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 4 5 2 5
Houston Astros 6 12 1 9
Winning Pitcher J.R. Richard
Losing Pitcher Rick Reuschel
Save Joe Sambito
Game Winning RBI Jose Cruz
Attendance 21,910
Time of Game 2 hours 47 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Henderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Dillard strikes out.
Top 9 Blackwell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Puhl for the out.
Bottom 8 Reynolds hits a fly ball into center field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 There goes Gonzalez. The throw from Blackwell and he is safe. Gonzalez steals second.
Bottom 8 Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Miguel Dilone now playing center field. Dick Tidrow now pitching. Ken Henderson now playing left field. Steve Dillard now playing second base. LaSambito hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dillard scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Martin is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Ontiveros is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Miguel Dilone pinch runs for Bill Buckner. Biittner takes first base on ball four. De Jesus scores. Thompson moves to third. Dilone moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe juggles the ball. That's an error on Howe. De Jesus moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Top 8 Joe Sambito now pitching. Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dillard scores. De Jesus moves to second.
Top 8 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blackwell scores. Dillard moves to third.
Top 8 Steve Dillard pinch runs for Mike Vail. Ken Henderson pinch hits for Guillermo Hernandez. Henderson strikes out.
Top 8 Mike Vail pinch hits for Ted Sizemore. Vail hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blackwell moves to second.
Top 8 Blackwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Hernandez covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Howe hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cabell tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Cabell moves to third.
Bottom 7 Cabell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Biittner. Cabell reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Martin strikes out.
Top 7 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reynolds moves to third.
Bottom 6 Reynolds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gonzalez scores.
Bottom 6 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Ashby trying to get to home. Biittner throws the ball in to Blackwell who tags Ashby, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 6 Richard bunts towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Sizemore covering, for the out. Ashby moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ashby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Buckner strikes out.
Top 6 Thompson strikes out.
Top 6 De Jesus is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Reuschel fires to first and has Howe trapped. There's the throw to De Jesus who tags Howe for the out.
Bottom 5 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cruz moves to third.
Bottom 5 Leonard hits a fly ball into center field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuschel fields it and throws to first for the out. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Reuschel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Sizemore strikes out.
Top 5 Blackwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Martin strikes out.
Bottom 4 Puhl hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner fields it and throws to home to get Richard. Gonzalez moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Gonzalez is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 4 Richard hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thompson who is chasing the ball. Richard reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Ontiveros strikes out.
Top 4 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out. Buckner moves to second.
Top 4 Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson scores.
Top 4 Thompson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz who is chasing the ball. Thompson reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 De Jesus strikes out.
Bottom 3 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Leonard. The throw from Blackwell and he is safe. Leonard steals second.
Bottom 3 Leonard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There go the runners. The throw from Blackwell and he throws it away. That's a double steal and an error. Cruz scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Cabell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Reuschel covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Reynolds hits a fly ball into left field. Biittner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Reuschel strikes out.
Top 3 Sizemore hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gonzalez for the out.
Bottom 2 Richard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore misplays the ball. That's an error on Sizemore. Leonard scores. Howe moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 There goes Leonard. The throw from Blackwell and he is safe. Leonard steals second.
Bottom 2 Leonard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ontiveros strikes out.
Top 2 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Cabell. The throw from Blackwell and he is out, Sizemore applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cruz scores.
Bottom 1 Cruz hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Biittner. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Puhl goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Puhl is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 1 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Buckner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 De Jesus strikes out.