Chicago Cubs vs Montreal Expos
September 9, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 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 6, Montreal Expos 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 3 2 2 0
Scott 3b 4 1 2 2
Murcer cf 5 0 1 1
Vail rf 5 1 2 2
Trillo 2b 4 0 1 0
Clines lf 4 0 1 0
Biittner 1b 5 0 0 0
Blackwell c 1 1 0 0
Krukow p 4 1 1 1
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 4 0 0 0
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0
Valentine rf 4 1 1 0
Perez 1b 3 1 2 0
  Frias pr 0 0 0 0
Cromartie lf 3 1 2 0
  Mejias lf 1 0 0 0
Parrish 3b 4 0 2 2
Speier ss 3 0 0 1
Fry c 3 0 0 0
  Carter ph 0 0 0 0
Schatzeder p 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
  Atkinson p 0 0 0 0
  Garman p 0 0 0 0
  Unser ph 0 0 0 0
  Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Herrmann ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Chicago 200 300 1006100
Montreal 000 020 001370
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  W (7-2) 8.2 7 3 3 3 5
  Sutter  SV (25) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
5
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Schatzeder  L (7-5) 3.2 7 5 5 4 2
  Miller   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Atkinson   1.2 2 1 1 3 1
  Garman   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Palmer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
8
5

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Montreal 2.  2B–Chicago Krukow (3,off Schatzeder).  HR–Chicago Vail (3,7th inning off Atkinson 0 on, 1 out).  SB–DeJesus 3 (31,2nd base off Schatzeder/Fry 2,2nd base off Atkinson/Fry); Scott 2 (26,2nd base off Garman/Fry,3rd base off Garman/Fry).  WP–Sutter (7), Schatzeder (2).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:44.  A–15,217.
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