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July 12, 1974

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 4 6 1
Astros 9 13 0
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Cubs 4 6 1
Astros 9 13 0

Billy Williams Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .286
OBP .250 .387
At Bats 3 280
Hits 0 80
• Singles 0 54
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 1 47
RBI’s 0 48

Ken Forsch Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 4
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Astrodome - July 12, 1974
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Out
Ken Forsch
Milt May
Bob Watson
Larry Milbourne
Doug Rader
Roger Metzger
Wilbur Howard
Cesar Cedeno
Greg Gross
Billy Williams
Jose Cardenal
Rick Monday
Don Kessinger

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 4 6 1 9
Houston Astros 9 13 0 6
Winning Pitcher Don Wilson
Losing Pitcher Rick Reuschel
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Cesar Cedeno
Attendance 16,946
Time of Game 2 hours 33 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Forsch fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Cardenal takes first base on ball four. Swisher scores. Kessinger moves to third. Monday moves to second.
Top 9 Monday hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Swisher moves to third. Kessinger moves to second.
Top 9 Kessinger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Swisher moves to second.
Top 9 Andre Thornton pinch hits for Ken Frailing. Thornton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Swisher is hit by the pitch.
Top 9 Ken Forsch now pitching. Grabarkewitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Metzger hits a popup, foul, towards first. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Madlock hits a line drive towards short. Metzger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Morales takes first base on ball four. Cardenal moves to second.
Top 8 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cardenal takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Larry Milbourne now playing second base. Monday strikes out.
Bottom 7 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rader hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Morales. Rader reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Ken Frailing now pitching. May strikes out.
Top 7 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Chris Ward pinch hits for Jim Todd. Ward hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grabarkewitz tags and scores.
Top 7 Swisher hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Swisher reaches second base with a double. Madlock scores. Grabarkewitz moves to third.
Top 7 Grabarkewitz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Madlock moves to third.
Top 7 Madlock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bob Watson now playing first base. Wilbur Howard now playing left field. Morales hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Helms settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 May hits a fly ball into right field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cedeno moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grabarkewitz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cardenal hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Monday hits a popup in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Kessinger. The throw from May and he is safe. Kessinger steals second.
Top 6 Kessinger takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Jim Todd now pitching. Gross hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Wilson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Helms moves to second.
Bottom 5 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Rader strikes out.
Bottom 5 May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cardenal throws the ball in to Grabarkewitz who tags May trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 5 May hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Horacio Pina now pitching. Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Carmen Fanzone pinch hits for Steve Stone. Fanzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Swisher hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Grabarkewitz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 4 Metzger hits a popup towards short. Kessinger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Gross. The throw from Swisher and he is safe. Gross steals second.
Bottom 4 Gross hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Morales hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Steve Stone now pitching. Rader hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. May scores. May moves to third.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Watson scores. May moves to third. May moves to second.
Bottom 3 May is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 May hits a line drive into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Gross scores. Metzger scores. Watson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gross moves to third. Metzger moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wilson tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Metzger takes first base on ball four. Wilson moves to third. Gross moves to second.
Bottom 3 Gross bunts towards third. Madlock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Wilson is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Cardenal strikes out.
Top 3 Monday takes first base on ball four. Kessinger moves to second.
Top 3 Kessinger takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Reuschel hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Swisher hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Helms strikes out.
Bottom 2 Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Monday settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 May hits a fly ball into right field. Cardenal settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Grabarkewitz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Madlock hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Morales hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a line drive towards first. Williams catches it and steps on first to double up Cedeno.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Metzger scores.
Bottom 1 Metzger hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Morales who is chasing the ball. Metzger reaches third base with a triple. Gross scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Gross hits a fly ball towards left. Morales settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Morales. Gross moves to second.
Top 1 There goes Williams. The throw from May and he is out, Helms applying the tag.
Top 1 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Cardenal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Monday hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Wilson covering, for the out.
Top 1 Kessinger hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.