Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
August 4, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1978 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 4, Chicago Cubs 6

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 0 0 0
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 0 1 0
Perez 1b 4 1 2 0
Parrish 3b 4 1 1 0
Cromartie lf 4 1 3 0
Carter c 4 1 1 2
Speier ss 3 0 1 2
Fryman p 1 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 1 0 0 0
  Unser ph 1 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Pirtle p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 2 1
Scott cf 2 0 1 0
  Murcer ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 1
  Kelleher pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Vail rf 4 1 1 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Kingman lf 3 1 1 2
  White cf 1 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 1 0
Putman 3b 3 1 1 0
  Rader c 0 1 0 0
Blackwell c 1 0 0 0
  Gross ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Reuschel p 2 0 1 0
  Biittner ph,1b 2 1 1 1
Totals 31 6 12 6
Montreal 030 000 100492
Chicago 030 000 21x6120
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman   1.2 5 3 3 1 0
  Twitchell   4.1 3 0 0 1 1
  Garman  L (2-5) 0.1 1 2 1 0 0
  Knowles   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Pirtle   1.2 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
8.0
12
6
5
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (10-9) 7.0 6 4 4 0 4
  McGlothen   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Sutter  SV (20) 1.1 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
7

  E–Cash (9), Carter (6).  2B–Montreal Perez (31,off R Reuschel); Carter (19,off R Reuschel), Chicago Vail (2,off Fryman).  HR–Chicago Kingman (17,2nd inning off Fryman 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Speier (5,off R Reuschel).  SH–Scott (2,off Twitchell); DeJesus (8,off Garman).  CS–Trillo (4,2nd base by Twitchell/Carter).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:39.  A–20,621.
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