Atlanta Braves vs Chicago Cubs
August 15, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1978 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Atlanta Braves 8, Chicago Cubs 12

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster ss 4 1 1 0
  Skok p 0 0 0 0
Office cf 5 1 1 2
Matthews rf 5 1 2 1
Burroughs lf 5 0 2 1
Horner 3b 5 1 1 1
Nolan c 4 1 2 0
Murphy 1b 5 2 1 0
Ruiz 2b 4 1 2 0
McWilliams p 1 0 0 0
  Camp p 1 0 0 0
  Easterly p 0 0 0 0
  Beall ph 1 0 0 1
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
  Chaney ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 12 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 2 2 2
White cf 3 1 0 0
Buckner 1b 5 0 2 3
Vail rf 3 0 0 0
  Murcer ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Kingman lf 4 2 3 1
  Gross lf 1 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 3 1 1 0
  Kelleher pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Trillo 2b 2 0 1 1
  Scott 2b 2 0 1 1
Blackwell c 4 2 1 0
Lamp p 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 2 2 2 1
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 12 14 10
Atlanta 070 001 0008123
Chicago 050 313 00x12144
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
McWilliams   1.2 5 5 5 2 0
  Camp  L (2-3) 2.1 6 4 2 0 0
  Easterly   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Garber   2.0 3 3 2 2 2
  Skok   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
14
12
9
6
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp   1.2 7 7 1 0 2
  Moore  W (8-5) 6.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Sutter   1.1 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
8
2
2
6

  E–Burroughs (5), Nolan (2), Camp (2), White (1), Buckner (4), Johnson (9), Trillo (14).  DP–Atlanta 1, Chicago 1.  PB–Nolan (3).  2B–Atlanta Matthews (14,off Moore); Murphy (12,off Moore), Chicago Moore (1,off McWilliams); Buckner (16,off McWilliams); Scott (4,off Camp).  HR–Atlanta Horner (13,2nd inning off Lamp 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Murcer (7,6th inning off Garber 0 on, 2 out); Kingman (19,6th inning off Garber 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Moore (1,off Camp).  SB–DeJesus (26,2nd base off Camp/Nolan); Kelleher 2 (3,2nd base off Garber/Nolan,Home off Garber/Nolan); Scott (14,2nd base off Garber/Nolan).  CS–Scott (5,3rd base by Easterly/Nolan).  WP–McWilliams (1), Moore (7).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:51.  A–18,497.
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