Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
August 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 1978 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 9, Chicago Cubs 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 3 2 1 0
Sanguillen c 5 1 1 0
Stargell 1b 4 2 2 2
Parker rf 5 2 5 3
Robinson B. cf 3 1 0 0
  Moreno cf 1 0 0 0
Milner lf 4 1 1 4
Stennett 2b 5 0 1 0
Berra 3b 4 0 1 0
Robinson D. p 4 0 2 0
  Tekulve p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 14 9
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 1 1 0
  Kelleher ss 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
Gross cf 4 1 1 1
Buckner 1b 4 1 1 1
Murcer rf 4 0 1 1
Johnson 3b 4 1 2 2
Kingman lf 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 3 0 2 0
  Scott ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Rader c 3 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
Reuschel p 2 1 1 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 1 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Pittsburgh 003 051 0009140
Chicago 002 000 0305111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  W (7-5) 7.2 9 5 5 1 4
  Tekulve   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
1
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (10-10) 4.1 8 6 6 1 3
  Hernandez   1.1 3 3 3 1 1
  McGlothen   3.1 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
2
5

  E–Rader (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh D Robinson (2,off R Reuschel); Taveras (23,off R Reuschel); Parker (17,off R Reuschel); Stennett (7,off McGlothen), Chicago Murcer (15,off D Robinson).  3B–Pittsburgh Stargell (2,off R Reuschel).  HR–Pittsburgh Parker (17,3rd inning off R Reuschel 1 on, 2 out); Milner (4,5th inning off Hernandez 3 on, 1 out), Chicago Johnson (3,8th inning off D Robinson 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Taveras (7,off R Reuschel).  HBP–Stargell (4,by R Reuschel); Taveras (4,by Hernandez).  IBB–B Robinson (4,by Hernandez).  HBP–R Reuschel (4,Stargell); Hernandez (1,Taveras).  IBB–Hernandez (5,B Robinson).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:47.  A–26,037.
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