Chicago Cubs vs Montreal Expos
August 12, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1978 at Stade Olympique. The Montreal Expos defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Montreal Expos 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 0 0 1
Gross rf,lf 7 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 5 0 0 0
  Rader c 0 0 0 0
Biittner lf,1b 6 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 0 1 0
  Scott pr,3b 2 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 5 1 0 0
White cf 4 2 2 0
Blackwell c 2 0 0 0
  Murcer ph,rf 1 0 1 2
Krukow p 3 0 2 0
  Clines pr 0 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
  Sutter p 1 0 0 0
  Burris p 0 0 0 0
  Kingman ph 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 3 7 3
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 6 0 2 1
Dawson cf 6 0 0 0
Valentine rf 5 0 1 0
Perez 1b 5 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 5 0 1 0
Cromartie lf 6 1 1 0
Carter c 6 2 3 1
Speier ss 5 0 2 1
  Mejias pr 0 1 0 0
  Papi ss 1 0 0 0
Rogers p 4 0 1 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph 1 0 0 0
  Dues p 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 51 4 12 4
Chicago 001 000 000 002 00371
Montreal 010 000 000 002 014120
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow   7.0 2 1 1 2 4
  McGlothen   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Sutter   3.0 4 2 2 0 2
  Burris   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Moore  L (7-5) 0.1 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
13.1
12
4
4
2
9
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   11.1 6 3 3 3 5
  Knowles   0.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Dues   1.1 0 0 0 4 1
  Bahnsen  W (1-4) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
14.0
7
3
3
9
8

  E–Johnson (7).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Johnson (3,off Rogers); Murcer (16,off Knowles), Montreal Speier (12,off Sutter).  HR–Montreal Carter (13,2nd inning off Krukow 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Blackwell (1,off Rogers); Perez (1,off Sutter).  SF–DeJesus (1,off Rogers).  IBB–DeJesus (4,by Knowles).  SB–White (5,2nd base off Rogers/Carter); Dawson (23,2nd base off Krukow/Blackwell); Cash (10,2nd base off Sutter/Blackwell).  CS–Rader (1,2nd base by Dues/Carter); Scott (4,2nd base by Dues/Carter).  IBB–Knowles (3,DeJesus).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–4:00.  A–26,767.
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