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Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs

1971-08-20 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 30711 · 2:59

Chicago Cubs defeated Houston Astros 5–4. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 4th. Phil Regan earned the win. Billy Williams went 3-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	8
CHN	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2		5	10

W: Phil Regan L: George Culver SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Shag Crawford · 1B: Mel Steiner · 2B: Satch Davidson · 3B: Stan Landes · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jesus Alou	4	1	2	0	0	0
Joe Morgan	4	1	1	1	0	1
Cesar Cedeno	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bob Watson	2	0	0	0	2	1
Doug Rader	4	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Wynn	3	0	0	0	1	2
Jack Hiatt	2	0	0	0	1	1
Marty Martinez	3	1	1	0	0	0
Ken Forsch	3	0	1	1	0	1
Johnny Edwards	1	0	0	0	0	1
Denis Menke	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Chiles	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Kessinger	4	1	0	0	1	0
Glenn Beckert	4	0	2	1	0	0
Billy Williams	3	1	3	1	1	0
Joe Pepitone	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ron Santo	4	1	2	0	0	0
Johnny Callison	3	1	0	0	1	2
Cleo James	3	1	2	1	1	0
J. C. Martin	3	0	1	2	1	0
Ken Holtzman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ramon Webster	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Hiser	1	0	0	0	0	1
Phil Regan	0	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Forsch	6.1	7	3	5
George Culver	0.2	2	2	0
Jim Ray	1.0	1	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ken Holtzman	3.2	6	3	2
Joe Decker	0.1	1	0	0
Bill Bonham	3.0	1	1	3
Ron Tompkins	0.0	0	1	0
Phil Regan	2.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jesus Alou: 13
Joe Morgan: 7
Cesar Cedeno: 31

Bot 1

Don Kessinger: 43
Glenn Beckert: S4
Billy Williams: S9.1-3
Joe Pepitone: FC5.3XH(525);1-3;B-1
Ron Santo: 9

Top 2

Bob Watson: W
Doug Rader: S9/P.1-2
Jim Wynn: W.2-3;1-2
Jack Hiatt: K
Marty Martinez: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Johnny Callison: K
Cleo James: 3/P
J. C. Martin: 9

Top 3

Ken Forsch: K
Jesus Alou: S9/G
Joe Morgan: 7
Cesar Cedeno: S9/L.1-3
Bob Watson: W.1-2
Doug Rader: S9/L.3-H;2-H;1-3
Jim Wynn: 9

Bot 3

Ken Holtzman: K
Don Kessinger: 43
Glenn Beckert: 63

Top 4

Jack Hiatt: 7
Marty Martinez: D7/G
Ken Forsch: S8.2-H;BX2(824)
Jesus Alou: S7
Joe Morgan: CS2(26)

Bot 4

Billy Williams: HR/8
Joe Pepitone: K
Ron Santo: S8/G
Johnny Callison: 3/G.1-2
Cleo James: D8.2-H
J. C. Martin: IW
Ramon Webster: 43

Top 5

Joe Morgan: HR/8
Cesar Cedeno: 53
Bob Watson: K/C
Doug Rader: 4/P

Bot 5

Don Kessinger: 7
Glenn Beckert: 6/P
Billy Williams: S9
Joe Pepitone: 43

Top 6

Jim Wynn: K/C
Jack Hiatt: W
Marty Martinez: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Ron Santo: S7/G
Johnny Callison: K
Cleo James: W.1-2
J. C. Martin: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Ken Forsch: 43
Jesus Alou: 43
Joe Morgan: K

Bot 7

Gene Hiser: K
Don Kessinger: W
Glenn Beckert: D7.1-H
Billy Williams: W
Joe Pepitone: WP.2-3;1-2
Joe Pepitone: 7
Ron Santo: 63

Top 8

Cesar Cedeno: W
Bob Watson: 16(1)/FO
Doug Rader: 64(1)/FO
Jim Wynn: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Jim Wynn: K

Bot 8

Johnny Callison: W
Cleo James: S7.1-3
J. C. Martin: D9.3-H;1-H
Phil Regan: 23/SH.2-3
Don Kessinger: 31
Glenn Beckert: CSH(25)#

Top 9

Johnny Edwards: K
Denis Menke: 8
Rich Chiles: 63

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Gene Hiser
Jack Hiatt ejected by HP umpire Shag Crawford
missing play in CHN197108202
HP umpire Shag Crawford examined the ball and talked to Phil Regan about moisture on the ball

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