Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
July 30, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 30, 1978 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 2, San Francisco Giants 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 0 1 0
Gross cf 3 1 1 0
  Clines ph 1 0 0 1
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Murcer rf 4 0 1 1
Biittner lf 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Scott 3b 2 0 0 0
  Kingman ph 1 0 0 0
Rader c 3 1 2 0
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 1 0
  White pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Madlock 2b 4 1 1 0
Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0
Clark rf 3 0 0 0
Evans 3b 3 3 2 0
Ivie 1b 3 0 1 1
Dwyer cf 0 0 0 1
  Herndon cf 1 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 0 2 1
Tamargo c 1 0 0 0
Barr p 3 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 1 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 6 3
Chicago 100 000 010272
San Francisco 001 101 01x460
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (9-9) 7.0 4 3 3 5 1
  Moore   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
6
4
4
6
1
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr  W (6-8) 7.1 6 2 2 1 0
  Lavelle   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Moffitt  SV (8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
1

  E–Buckner (3), Rader (6).  2B–Chicago Gross (7,off Barr), San Francisco Madlock (18,off R Reuschel); Evans (19,off R Reuschel).  SH–DeJesus (7,off Barr); Dwyer (2,off R Reuschel); Ivie (2,off Moore).  SF–Dwyer (4,off R Reuschel).  IBB–Tamargo 3 (4,by R Reuschel 2,by Moore).  SB–Metzger (5,2nd base off Moore/Rader).  WP–R Reuschel 3 (7).  IBB–R Reuschel 2 (6,Tamargo 2); Moore (10,Tamargo).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:05.
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