Chicago Cubs vs Atlanta Braves
April 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1978 at Fulton County Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 7, Atlanta Braves 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 2 1 1
Gross lf 5 1 3 3
Buckner 1b 5 0 0 0
Murcer rf 4 1 1 1
Ontiveros 3b 4 1 2 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 2
Rader c 2 1 0 0
  Cox c 1 0 0 0
Wallis cf 4 0 0 0
Lamp p 2 1 2 0
  Moore p 1 0 1 0
  Sutter p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster 2b 5 1 1 0
Office cf 5 1 2 2
Asselstine rf 3 0 1 0
Burroughs lf 3 0 0 1
Nolan c 3 1 1 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
  Solomon p 0 0 0 0
Murphy 1b 3 1 1 2
Bonnell 3b 4 0 0 0
Rockett ss 2 0 0 0
  Chaney ph,ss 2 1 1 0
Boggs p 0 0 0 0
  Mahler p 2 0 0 0
  Pocoroba ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
Chicago 140 000 0207111
Atlanta 020 001 200571
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp   5.0 4 3 3 1 0
  Moore   1.1 2 2 2 1 2
  Sutter  W (2-2) 2.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
3
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Boggs   1.2 4 5 5 2 1
  Mahler   5.1 4 0 0 0 2
  Devine  L (1-1) 0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Solomon   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
2
4

  E–Buckner (2), Boggs (2).  DP–Atlanta 1.  2B–Atlanta Asselstine (2,off Lamp); Chaney (1,off Moore).  3B–Chicago Trillo (1,off Devine).  HR–Chicago Gross (1,2nd inning off Boggs 2 on, 2 out), Atlanta Murphy (2,2nd inning off Lamp 1 on, 1 out); Office (2,6th inning off Lamp 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Burroughs (2,off Sutter).  WP–Sutter (3).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:44.  A–7,269.
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