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Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros

1982-07-07 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 17105 · 68°F, dome · 2:08

Houston Astros defeated Chicago Cubs 5–1. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 4th. Don Sutton earned the win. Phil Garner went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Don Sutton L: Allen Ripley SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Nick Colosi · 1B: Gerry Davis · 2B: Frank Pulli · 3B: Doug Harvey · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ryne Sandberg	4	0	0	0	0	0
Junior Kennedy	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bill Buckner	3	0	1	0	1	0
Leon Durham	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jay Johnstone	4	0	1	1	0	2
Gary Woods	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jody Davis	3	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Bowa	3	0	0	0	0	0
Allen Ripley	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bump Wills	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dickie Thon	3	2	1	0	1	0
Terry Puhl	4	2	2	0	0	0
Ray Knight	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jose Cruz	4	0	2	2	0	1
Phil Garner	4	1	1	2	0	0
Tony Scott	3	0	0	0	0	0
Art Howe	3	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Pujols	3	0	0	0	0	0
Don Sutton	3	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Allen Ripley	6.0	5	0	3
Mike Proly	1.0	0	0	0
Bill Campbell	1.0	2	2	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Sutton	9.0	4	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ryne Sandberg: 53/G56
Junior Kennedy: W
Bill Buckner: S9/L9S.1-2
Leon Durham: 4(B)3(1)/LDP/L4

Bot 1

Dickie Thon: 8/F
Terry Puhl: 3/L3
Ray Knight: K

Top 2

Jay Johnstone: K
Gary Woods: 7/F7D
Jody Davis: 5/P1S

Bot 2

Jose Cruz: S8/G6
Phil Garner: 53/G5.1-2
Tony Scott: 43/G34D.2-3
Art Howe: 8/F8D

Top 3

Larry Bowa: 31/G34
Allen Ripley: 6/P6D
Ryne Sandberg: 7/L7D

Bot 3

Luis Pujols: 6/P7S
Don Sutton: 43/G4
Dickie Thon: 43/G4

Top 4

Junior Kennedy: D9/L9L
Bill Buckner: 7/P7S
Leon Durham: 63/G6
Jay Johnstone: 43/G4

Bot 4

Terry Puhl: S9/L9
Ray Knight: BK.1-2
Ray Knight: 9/F9.2-3
Jose Cruz: K
Phil Garner: HR/F7L.3-H
Tony Scott: 43/G4

Top 5

Gary Woods: 9/F9S
Jody Davis: 63/G6
Larry Bowa: 4/P4

Bot 5

Art Howe: K
Luis Pujols: 7/F7D
Don Sutton: 63/G6M

Top 6

Allen Ripley: 53/G5
Ryne Sandberg: 8/F78
Junior Kennedy: 4/L4

Bot 6

Dickie Thon: D7/L7
Terry Puhl: 7/F78D.2-3
Ray Knight: WP.3-H
Ray Knight: D7/G5.BX3(765)
Jose Cruz: 31/G3

Top 7

Bill Buckner: 13/BG1S
Leon Durham: S8/G4M
Jay Johnstone: D9/L9LS.1-H
Gary Woods: K/C
Jody Davis: 9/F9L

Bot 7

Phil Garner: 53/BG5S
Tony Scott: 7/F7LS
Art Howe: 63/G6

Top 8

Larry Bowa: 7/F7S
Bump Wills: K
Ryne Sandberg: 8/F8D

Bot 8

Luis Pujols: 4/P4D
Don Sutton: 43/G4M
Dickie Thon: W
Terry Puhl: S9/G34.1-3
Ray Knight: SB2
Ray Knight: W
Jose Cruz: S7/L7S.1-2;2-H;3-H
Phil Garner: 8/F8D

Top 9

Junior Kennedy: 8/F8D
Bill Buckner: W
Leon Durham: 64(1)/FO/G6
Jay Johnstone: K/C

Notes & reviews

Running in from deep left, Johnstone caught the ball momentarily but his knee hit the glove and popped it back out
Johnstone's throw to 3B was in time but off target

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