Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
September 5, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1978 at Wrigley Field. The Montreal Expos defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Montreal Expos 10, Chicago Cubs 8

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 1 1 1
  Frias 2b 0 0 0 0
Unser rf 2 0 0 0
  Mejias ph,rf 2 0 1 1
Dawson cf 4 1 1 0
Perez 1b 5 0 1 1
Cromartie lf 4 2 2 0
Carter c 5 2 3 1
Parrish 3b 4 2 2 3
Speier ss 4 1 1 1
Fryman p 0 0 0 0
  Pirtle p 0 0 0 0
  Herrmann ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Valentine ph 1 1 1 2
  Atkinson p 0 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 1 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 10 13 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 2 0 0 0
  Kelleher ss 0 0 0 0
  Murcer ph 1 0 0 0
  Roberts p 1 0 0 0
  Seoane p 0 0 0 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
Scott 3b,ss 2 0 0 1
  Meoli 3b 0 0 0 0
  Putman ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Biittner 1b 5 0 0 0
Kingman lf 5 2 3 1
Trillo 2b 5 2 2 1
Clines rf 4 1 1 1
White cf 3 1 2 1
Cox c 2 0 1 0
  Rader ph,c 2 1 2 0
  Vail ph 1 0 1 0
Moore p 1 0 0 1
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 0 1 0 0
  Sember 3b,ss 1 0 0 0
  Gross ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 12 6
Montreal 000 132 04010134
Chicago 030 050 0008123
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman   1.0 5 3 3 0 1
  Pirtle   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Miller   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Atkinson   0.1 4 4 3 0 0
  Twitchell  W (4-12) 2.2 1 1 0 2 1
  Knowles   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Bahnsen   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Garman  SV (11) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
6
7
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Moore   4.1 6 4 3 0 0
  McGlothen   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Roberts   2.0 2 3 3 1 2
  Seoane   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Sutter  L (7-7) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
10
9
3
3

  E–Unser (2), Perez (9), Speier 2 (16), Scott (12), Trillo (19), Cox (6).  DP–Montreal 1, Chicago 2.  2B–Montreal Carter 2 (25,off Moore,off Seoane); Cromartie (28,off Roberts); Cash (21,off Sutter), Chicago Trillo (15,off Fryman).  HR–Montreal Valentine (22,5th inning off Moore 1 on, 1 out); Parrish (15,6th inning off Roberts 1 on, 1 out), Chicago Kingman (25,5th inning off Atkinson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kelleher (3,off Miller); Clines (2,off Atkinson).  IBB–White (1,by Miller).  SB–Dawson (26,2nd base off Moore/Cox).  IBB–Miller (1,White).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–3:20.  A–7,579.
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