Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
June 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1978 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 1, Chicago Cubs 10

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 1 1 0
  Auerbach 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 0 2 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 2 1
  Kennedy 2b 0 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
Lum cf 4 0 1 0
Werner c 3 0 0 0
Norman p 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Knight ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 1 2 1
Clines cf 3 0 0 0
  Wallis cf 2 1 1 0
Biittner 1b 4 1 1 0
Kingman lf 3 2 1 0
Trillo 2b 4 1 3 1
Murcer rf 4 2 1 3
  Gross rf 1 0 1 2
Ontiveros 3b 4 1 2 0
Rader c 4 1 2 2
Reuschel p 3 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 14 9
Cincinnati 000 000 010174
Chicago 021 200 32x10140
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  L (6-3) 3.1 8 5 4 1 4
  Borbon   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Sarmiento   3.0 3 3 2 0 1
  Tomlin   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
14
10
8
3
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (7-4) 9.0 7 1 1 0 10
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
10

  E–Rose (6), Concepcion 2 (8), Lum (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Chicago 1.  2B–Cincinnati Griffey (15,off R Reuschel), Chicago Rader (8,off Norman).  HR–Chicago Murcer (3,7th inning off Sarmiento 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Concepcion (1,by R Reuschel); Kingman (3,by Borbon).  SH–R Reuschel (7,off Norman).  IBB–Biittner (3,by Borbon); Trillo (2,by Tomlin).  SB–DeJesus (4,2nd base off Borbon/Werner).  CS–Kingman (4,3rd base by Norman/Werner).  HBP–Borbon (3,Kingman); R Reuschel (3,Concepcion).  IBB–Borbon (3,Biittner); Tomlin (2,Trillo).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:18.  A–21,137.
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