Houston Hoots ace Bob Gibson hurled a complete game against the Chicago Docs at the Astrodome, allowing just 6 hits and striking out 7. Unfortunately, one of those hits was a Todd Helton 2-run homer in the 3rd inning. Houston’s Gary Carter accounted for 3 of just 5 hits allowed by Dwight Gooden, including an RBI single scoring Ryne Sandberg, who led off the 7th with a triple. That was the only run the Hoots could plate. Twice with 2 outs, Troy Tulowitzki threw the ball away, putting men on 2nd and 3rd, but Houston couldn’t take advantage. Gooden pitched into the 9th, but was replaced by closer Billy Wagner with one out after Carter’s 3rd single. Wagner picked up his 8th save. Chicago snapped a 3-game losing streak and improved to 11-21. The Hoots fell to 13-19.