Chicago Cubs vs Atlanta Braves
August 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1978 at Fulton County Stadium. The Atlanta Braves 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, Atlanta Braves 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Gross cf 5 0 3 0
Scott 3b 3 1 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 0 0 0
Murcer rf 3 0 1 0
Kingman lf 4 1 3 1
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
Trillo 2b 3 1 0 0
DeJesus ss 3 0 0 0
Blackwell c 1 0 0 0
  Rader ph,c 2 0 0 0
Lamp p 2 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 1 2
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Vail lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Royster ss 4 0 0 0
Beall 1b 2 1 0 0
Matthews rf 4 0 0 0
Burroughs lf 4 2 2 3
  Garber p 0 0 0 0
Horner 3b 3 1 2 0
Nolan c 3 0 1 0
Office cf 3 0 1 0
Hubbard 2b 3 0 1 1
Niekro p 3 0 0 0
  Bonnell lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Chicago 001 002 000390
Atlanta 010 012 00x470
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp   5.0 5 2 2 0 4
  Moore  L (8-6) 0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Hernandez   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  McGlothen   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
2
7
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (16-14) 8.0 8 3 3 3 6
  Garber  SV (20) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
8

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1, Atlanta 2.  2B–Chicago Biittner (13,off Niekro).  HR–Atlanta Burroughs 2 (20,2nd inning off Lamp 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Moore 1 on, 1 out).  SH–DeJesus (11,off Niekro).  HBP–Scott (3,by Niekro); Blackwell (1,by Niekro).  CS–Scott (7,2nd base by Niekro/Nolan); Beall (4,2nd base by McGlothen/Rader).  HBP–Niekro 2 (10,Scott,Blackwell).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:24.  A–4,007.
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