San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
July 19, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 19, 1978 at Wrigley Field. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 7, Chicago Cubs 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Whitfield lf 5 2 2 1
Andrews 2b 5 1 3 1
Clark rf 5 2 2 0
McCovey 1b 5 0 0 0
Evans 3b 5 1 1 1
Herndon cf 5 0 3 4
Metzger ss 5 1 1 0
Hill c 3 0 2 0
Blue p 3 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 14 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 0 1 0
White cf 5 0 2 1
Biittner 1b 5 0 2 1
Vail lf 5 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0
Clines rf 4 0 0 0
Scott 3b 4 2 2 0
Cox c 2 0 1 1
  Rader c 1 1 0 0
Burris p 2 0 0 0
  Geisel p 0 0 0 0
  Kelleher ph 1 1 1 0
  Holtzman p 0 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 38 4 11 4
San Francisco 300 100 201–7140
Chicago 010 000 102–4112
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Blue  W (13-4) 8.0 10 4 4 2 3
  Lavelle  SV (11) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burris  L (5-8) 6.0 9 6 6 1 3
  Geisel   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Holtzman   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
2
5
  E–DeJesus (17), Scott (4).  DP–Chicago 2.  2B–San Francisco Hill (9,off Holtzman); Clark (27,off Holtzman).  3B–Chicago Scott (1,off Blue).  HR–San Francisco Whitfield (7,7th inning off Burris 0 on, 0 out).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:37.
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