Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
June 14, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 14, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 1, Cincinnati Reds 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 1 0
Gross cf 3 0 1 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Murcer rf 3 1 0 0
Biittner lf 4 0 2 0
Ontiveros 3b 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Rader c 3 0 0 0
Roberts p 1 0 0 0
  Cruz ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 4 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 1 2 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 1 2 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 1 1
Foster lf 2 1 0 0
Driessen 1b 3 0 1 1
Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 1
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
Werner c 3 0 0 0
Sarmiento p 1 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 3
Chicago 000 100 000140
Cincinnati 300 000 00x362
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L (3-1) 7.0 5 3 3 1 3
  Moore   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
1
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Sarmiento  W (6-3) 5.0 2 1 1 2 4
  Tomlin   3.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Bair  SV (11) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
4

  E–Concepcion (9), Tomlin (2).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Gross (6,off Sarmiento), Cincinnati Griffey (16,off Roberts).  IBB–Foster (6,by Roberts).  WP–Sarmiento (1).  IBB–Roberts (2,Foster).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–1:49.  A–34,658.
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