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Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros

1996-08-27 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 15374 · 68°F, dome, dry · Wind to LF · 2:40

Houston Astros defeated Chicago Cubs 6–5. Houston Astros put up 3 in the 4th. Alvin Morman earned the win and Xavier Hernandez picked up the save. Luis Gonzalez went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
HOU	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	2		6	8

W: Alvin Morman L: Terry Adams SV: Xavier Hernandez

Umpires — HP: Gary Darling · 1B: Rich Rieker · 2B: Charlie Reliford · 3B: Bruce Dreckman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian McRae	4	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Bullett	4	0	0	0	0	3
Mark Grace	3	2	2	0	1	0
Luis Gonzalez	3	2	1	2	1	1
Dave Magadan	3	1	1	1	0	0
Ryne Sandberg	4	0	2	2	0	2
Scott Servais	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Hernandez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Castillo	2	0	0	0	0	1
Leo Gomez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Haney	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Hunter	4	0	1	0	0	0
Craig Biggio	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jeff Bagwell	2	1	2	0	1	0
Derek Bell	4	2	0	0	0	0
Bill Spiers	4	1	2	1	0	1
Tony Eusebio	3	1	1	4	0	0
James Mouton	3	0	1	1	1	1
Orlando Miller	4	0	0	0	0	1
Danny Darwin	2	0	0	0	0	2
Derrick May	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Frank Castillo	5.1	7	0	3
Kent Bottenfield	1.2	0	0	1
Terry Adams	0.2	1	2	0
Turk Wendell	0.1	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Darwin	7.0	6	1	4
Alvin Morman	1.0	0	1	2
Xavier Hernandez	1.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brian McRae: 8/F89D
Scott Bullett: K
Mark Grace: DGR/L9LD
Luis Gonzalez: HR/L89XD.2-H
Dave Magadan: 43/G4

Bot 1

Brian Hunter: 8/L8RXD
Craig Biggio: 63/G6
Jeff Bagwell: S8/G4M/R4
Derek Bell: 13/G15S

Top 2

Ryne Sandberg: S5/G5L/R3
Scott Servais: 3/P23
Jose Hernandez: 5/P56S
Frank Castillo: 53/G5S

Bot 2

Bill Spiers: K
Tony Eusebio: 53/G56
James Mouton: 53/G56

Top 3

Brian McRae: 43/G4M
Scott Bullett: K
Mark Grace: D98/L89M/R6
Luis Gonzalez: W
Dave Magadan: S7/L7S/R2.2-H;1-3;B-2
Ryne Sandberg: D8/L89M/R43.3-H;2-H
Scott Servais: 53/G5

Bot 3

Orlando Miller: 8/F8RS
Danny Darwin: K
Brian Hunter: S6/G56D
Craig Biggio: 8/L8LD

Top 4

Jose Hernandez: 8/F8LXD
Frank Castillo: K
Brian McRae: 3/G3L

Bot 4

Jeff Bagwell: D9/L9LM/R6
Derek Bell: FC6/G6M.2X3(6541);B-2
Bill Spiers: S8/G6M/R6.2-3
Tony Eusebio: D8/L89M/R46.3-H;1-H
James Mouton: D7/L78D/R6.2-H
Orlando Miller: 1/L13+/LDP.2X2(14)

Top 5

Scott Bullett: 23/BG2L
Mark Grace: 7/F78S
Luis Gonzalez: 6/P6

Bot 5

Danny Darwin: K
Brian Hunter: 3/P3
Craig Biggio: 53/G56

Top 6

Dave Magadan: 1/G34S
Ryne Sandberg: K
Scott Servais: 3/P3F

Bot 6

Jeff Bagwell: HP
Derek Bell: 46(1)/FO/G4
Bill Spiers: D7/L7LS/R6.1-3
Tony Eusebio: 31/G3+/R5.3-H;2-3
James Mouton: K

Top 7

Jose Hernandez: 53/G56S
Leo Gomez: 9/L9LM
Brian McRae: 7/F7S

Bot 7

Orlando Miller: 9/L9M
Derrick May: 3/G3L
Brian Hunter: 13/G13

Top 8

Scott Bullett: K
Mark Grace: W
Luis Gonzalez: K
Todd Haney: 6/P6MD

Bot 8

Craig Biggio: D9/L89D/R6
Jeff Bagwell: W
Derek Bell: E6/TH/G56/R4.2-3;1-2
Bill Spiers: 46(1)/FO/G34D.3-H;2-3
Tony Eusebio: 9/SF/F89D/R4.3-H(UR)
James Mouton: SB2/R6
James Mouton: W
Orlando Miller: K

Top 9

Ryne Sandberg: K
Scott Servais: K
Jose Hernandez: 53/G5