Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
August 7, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1978 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Chicago Cubs 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 5 1 1 1
Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 1
  Moreno pr 0 0 0 0
Parker rf 5 0 3 1
Robinson cf 4 0 0 0
Milner lf 4 0 1 0
Stennett 2b 4 1 1 0
Garner 3b 2 1 0 0
Reuss p 2 1 2 0
  Whitson p 0 0 0 0
  Dyer ph 1 0 1 1
  Kison p 0 0 0 0
  Ott ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 2 1 0 0
  Kelleher ss 0 0 0 0
Scott cf,3b 3 0 1 1
Buckner 1b 4 0 1 2
Vail rf 4 1 1 0
  Gross rf 0 0 0 0
Kingman lf 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 1 2 0
Johnson 3b 3 1 2 0
  White pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Blackwell c 3 1 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Krukow p 1 0 0 0
  Clines ph 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 1
  Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Rader c 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 4
Pittsburgh 003 001 0004102
Chicago 000 500 00x570
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  L (0-2) 3.1 5 4 4 2 0
  Whitson   1.2 1 1 1 2 2
  Kison   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow   4.0 6 3 3 1 1
  Hernandez   2.1 3 1 1 2 1
  Moore  W (7-4) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Sutter  SV (22) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
4

  E–Parker (9), Tekulve (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Parker (16,off Krukow); Reuss (1,off Krukow).  SH–Sanguillen (2,off Krukow); DeJesus (9,off Reuss).  BK–Reuss (1).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Joe West, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–3:02.  A–18,615.
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