Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
August 18, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1978 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 8, Chicago Cubs 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 0 3 1
Morgan 2b 5 0 1 1
Concepcion ss 5 1 2 1
Foster lf 5 2 2 2
Bench 1b,c 4 2 2 2
Henderson cf 3 0 0 0
  Geronimo cf 0 1 0 0
Griffey rf 5 1 2 0
Correll c 2 1 1 0
  Driessen ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Norman p 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
  Collins ph 0 0 0 0
  Hume p 2 0 1 1
Totals 39 8 14 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 0 0 0
White cf 3 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 2 0
Murcer rf 3 0 1 0
Kingman lf 4 1 1 1
Johnson 3b 4 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 3 2 1 1
Blackwell c 1 0 0 0
  Rader ph,c 2 0 1 0
Roberts p 2 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 2
Cincinnati 300 002 0038141
Chicago 020 100 000371
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   2.1 4 2 2 2 3
  Borbon  W (6-2) 2.2 1 1 0 2 1
  Hume  SV (1) 4.0 2 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
4
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L (5-8) 5.2 8 5 3 3 6
  McGlothen   1.1 2 0 0 1 2
  Moore   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Hernandez   1.0 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
14
8
6
5
10

  E–Bench (8), Johnson (10).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Foster (23,off Moore); Bench (11,off Moore); Rose (40,off Hernandez), Chicago Buckner (17,off Norman).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (27,1st inning off Roberts 1 on, 2 out); Bench (18,1st inning off Roberts 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Kingman (21,2nd inning off Norman 0 on, 0 out); Trillo (3,2nd inning off Norman 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Correll (2,off Roberts); Collins (1,off Roberts); Blackwell (2,off Borbon).  SF–Morgan (11,off Roberts).  IBB–Rose (6,by Roberts).  CS–DeJesus (8,2nd base by Borbon/Correll).  IBB–Roberts (13,Rose).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:45.  A–33,416.
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