Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
August 25, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, Cincinnati Reds 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Gross cf 5 0 2 1
Scott 3b 4 0 1 0
  Clines lf 1 0 0 0
Buckner 1b 5 0 2 0
Murcer rf 4 0 0 0
Kingman lf 3 2 1 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 4 2 2 0
DeJesus ss 3 1 2 0
Blackwell c 3 0 2 1
Reuschel p 2 0 1 3
  Kelleher 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 13 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 1 0
Griffey rf 4 0 1 0
Foster lf 3 1 1 1
Driessen 1b 3 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 1 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Lum cf 3 0 1 0
LaCoss p 1 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Chicago 020 201 0005130
Cincinnati 000 100 010250
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  W (13-11) 7.0 4 1 1 2 5
  Sutter   2.0 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
4
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (3-4) 5.0 9 4 4 2 2
  Borbon   2.0 2 1 1 0 3
  Hume   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Chicago Buckner (18,off LaCoss); DeJesus 2 (20,off Borbon,off Hume), Cincinnati Lum (7,off R Reuschel).  SH–DeJesus (10,off LaCoss).  SF–R Reuschel (1,off LaCoss).  IBB–Blackwell (1,by LaCoss).  IBB–LaCoss (8,Blackwell).  U-HP–Les Treitel, 1B–Mick Sharkey, 2B–Cliff Schaller, 3B–Jerry Fick.  T–2:13.  A–39,070.
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