Chicago Cubs vs Montreal Expos
May 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1978 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, Montreal Expos 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 0 4 1
Gross cf 3 0 0 0
  Clines ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Biittner 1b 3 0 1 1
Kingman lf 4 0 0 0
Murcer rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 3 1 1 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 1 1 1
Rader c 3 1 1 0
Reuschel R. p 1 1 1 0
  Wallis ph 1 0 0 0
  Reuschel P. p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 1
Totals 33 4 10 4
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 0 2 0
  Frias 2b 0 0 0 0
Papi ss 4 0 0 0
Carter c 4 1 1 0
Perez 1b 3 0 0 0
  Unser 1b 1 1 1 1
Valentine rf 4 2 2 2
Cromartie lf 4 2 3 2
Dawson cf 4 1 2 2
Parrish 3b 2 0 0 0
Rogers p 3 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 11 7
Chicago 000 001 0034101
Montreal 000 300 04x7110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel R.  L (5-4) 7.0 7 3 3 0 2
  Reuschel P.   0.2 3 3 3 0 1
  Hernandez   0.1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
0
4
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers  W (6-5) 7.1 6 1 1 3 8
  Knowles   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Garman  SV (2) 1.1 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
8

  E–Ontiveros (4).  DP–Chicago 1, Montreal 2.  2B–Chicago Ontiveros (5,off Garman), Montreal Unser (2,off P Reuschel); Valentine (9,off P Reuschel).  HR–Montreal Valentine (5,4th inning off R Reuschel 0 on, 2 out); Dawson (7,4th inning off R Reuschel 1 on, 2 out); Cromartie (2,8th inning off Hernandez 1 on, 2 out).  SH–R Reuschel (4,off Rogers).  SF–Biittner (1,off Rogers).  HBP–Parrish (1,by R Reuschel).  SB–Murcer (4,2nd base off Rogers/Carter); Dawson (8,2nd base off R Reuschel/Rader).  CS–Cromartie (2,2nd base by R Reuschel/Rader).  HBP–R Reuschel (2,Parrish).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:26.  A–16,106.
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