With Tom Dixon and Joe Sambito combining on a four-hitter and Art Howe driving in two runs, the Astros gained a 3-1 verdict over the Cubs. Dixon ran into trouble in the eighth inning when the Cubs put first two runners on base. Sambito came on and yielded a sacrifice fly to Bobby Murcer before retiring the side.

The Astros scored in the first on a sacrifice fly by Enos Cabell after singles by Denny Walling and Dave Bergman. A single by Bob Watson and double by Howe made it 2-0 in the fourth and an eighth-inning tally resulted from a double by Cabell, an infield out and a fielder's choice grounder by Howe. [The Sporting News]

Houston Astros 3, Chicago Cubs 1

Game Played on Sunday, June 18, 1978 (Night game) at Astrodome

Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 4 1 Astros 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 x - 3 6 1 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 2 1 1 0 2 1 .271 Walling cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .261 Gross cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .303 Bergman lf,1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .121 Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Cabell 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .296 Murcer rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .233 Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Biittner lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .303 Watson 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .268 Ontiveros 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Howard pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .261 Howe 2b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .283 Rader c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Ferguson c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Clines ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Fischlin ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Lamp p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .207 Dixon p 2 0 0 0 1 1 .083 Kingman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holtzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGlothen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 4 1 3 3 Totals 29 3 6 3 3 1 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 14,770 Left on Base: Cubs 7, Astros 6 DP: Cubs 0, Astros 0 Errors: Ontiveros, Cruz Doubles: Howe (18), Cabell (7) Stolen Bases: Gross (1), Fischlin (1) Caught Stealing: Howe (2) Sacrifice Flies: Murcer (2), Cabell (2) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lamp L(2-7) 6 5 2 2 0 1 0 24 3.11 Holtzman 1.1 1 1 1 2 0 0 7 4.76 McGlothen 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4.11 Totals 8 6 3 3 3 1 0 33 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dixon W(3-2) 7 4 1 1 3 2 0 29 2.26 Sambito SV(5) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.38 Totals 9 4 1 1 3 3 0 35 Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Eric Gregg CUBS 1ST: De Jesus struck out; Gross singled; Gross stole second; Buckner flied out to right; Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Walling singled; Bergman singled [Walling to third]; Cabell hit a sacrifice fly to right [Walling scored]; Cruz flied out to right; Watson forced Bergman (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 2ND: Biittner grounded out (second to first); Ontiveros flied out to center; Trillo reached on an error by Cruz [Trillo to first]; Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 2ND: Howe singled; Ferguson forced Howe (third to second); Fischlin forced Ferguson (third to second); Dixon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 3RD: Lamp struck out; De Jesus walked; Gross made an out to third; Buckner flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Walling flied out to center; Bergman grounded out (pitcher to first); Cabell reached on an error by Ontiveros [Cabell to first]; Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. CUBS 4TH: Murcer flied out to left; Biittner singled; Ontiveros flied out to left; Trillo flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Watson singled; Howe doubled [Watson scored]; Ferguson grounded out (second to first) [Howe to third]; Fischlin reached on a fielder's choice [Howe out at home (first to catcher)]; Dixon flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 2. CUBS 5TH: Rader flied out to right; Lamp made an out to second; De Jesus singled; Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 5TH: Walling grounded out (pitcher to first); Bergman grounded out (second to first); Cabell made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 2. CUBS 6TH: Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); Murcer flied out to right; Biittner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 6TH: Cruz flied out to right; Watson flied out to center; Howe grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 2. CUBS 7TH: Ontiveros flied out to center; Trillo walked; Rader flied out to center; KINGMAN BATTED FOR LAMP; Kingman forced Trillo (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 7TH: HOLTZMAN REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Ferguson grounded out (shortstop to first); Fischlin walked; Fischlin stole second; Dixon walked; Walling flied out to center; Bergman made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 2. CUBS 8TH: De Jesus walked; Gross singled [De Jesus to second]; SAMBITO REPLACED DIXON (PITCHING); Buckner forced Gross (second to shortstop) [De Jesus to third]; Murcer hit a sacrifice fly to right [De Jesus scored]; Biittner made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 2. ASTROS 8TH: Cabell doubled; Cruz grounded out (first unassisted) [Cabell to third]; MCGLOTHEN REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PITCHING); Watson walked; HOWARD RAN FOR WATSON; Howe forced Howard (first to shortstop) [Cabell scored]; Howe was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 3. CUBS 9TH: HOWARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BERGMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Ontiveros grounded out (pitcher to first); Trillo struck out; CLINES BATTED FOR RADER; Clines grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Astros 3.

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