Chicago Cubs vs Montreal Expos
September 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1978 at Stade Olympique. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, Montreal Expos 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Gross lf 4 1 0 0
Scott 3b 4 0 2 4
Biittner 1b 5 0 0 0
Murcer rf 3 0 2 0
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
White cf 4 0 0 0
Rader c 3 1 0 0
DeJesus ss 3 2 2 0
Burris p 2 0 0 0
  Kelleher 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 1 1 1
Dawson cf 4 0 1 0
  Valentine cf 0 0 0 0
Unser rf 4 0 1 0
  Mejias pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 2 1
Cromartie lf 4 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
Carter c 2 0 0 0
  Fry c 1 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 1 0
Speier ss 4 1 2 0
Sanderson p 1 0 0 0
  Twitchell p 0 0 0 0
  Herrmann ph 1 0 0 0
  Bahnsen p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 8 2
Chicago 002 000 000 2470
Montreal 000 000 002 0280
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burris   8.2 7 2 2 0 7
  Sutter  W (8-7) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
8
2
2
1
7
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson   5.0 3 2 2 2 1
  Twitchell   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Bahnsen   3.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Garman  L (4-7) 1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
10.0
7
4
4
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Montreal 1.  2B–Chicago Scott (5,off Garman), Montreal Speier (17,off Burris).  SH–Burris (6,off Sanderson).  IBB–Gross (5,by Garman).  SB–Murcer (14,2nd base off Twitchell/Carter); DeJesus (28,2nd base off Garman/Fry).  CS–Scott (9,2nd base by Twitchell/Carter).  WP–Twitchell (10).  IBB–Garman (4,Gross).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:46.  A–11,621.
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