Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
September 19, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1978 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 12, Chicago Cubs 11

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 1 0
Moreno cf 4 1 1 1
Parker rf 6 2 4 4
Stargell 1b 5 0 2 1
Ott c 6 1 0 0
Robinson 3b,lf 6 3 4 3
Milner lf 3 1 2 1
  Berra 3b 1 0 0 0
Garner 2b 5 1 1 2
Candelaria p 2 2 1 0
  Whitson p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 1 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Bibby p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 12 16 12
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 7 1 3 1
Trillo 2b 6 1 1 1
Buckner 1b 5 2 3 4
Kingman lf 6 2 2 2
Vail rf 4 1 3 1
Murcer cf 3 0 0 0
  Seoane p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph 1 1 1 0
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
  Clines ph 0 0 0 0
Cox c 2 0 0 0
  Rader ph,c 1 0 0 0
  Scott pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Kelleher 3b 2 0 0 0
  Geisel p 0 0 0 0
  White cf 4 1 1 0
Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Holtzman p 1 0 0 0
  Putman 3b 1 1 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Sember 3b 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 2
  Meoli pr 0 0 0 0
  Blackwell c 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 11 15 11
Pittsburgh 111 322 010 0112160
Chicago 002 000 504 0011151
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria   6.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Whitson   0.2 3 5 5 2 0
  Tekulve   1.2 6 4 4 1 0
  Jackson   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bibby   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Jones  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 3 3
Totals
11.0
15
11
11
8
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel   2.1 3 3 2 2 1
  Holtzman   2.0 4 5 5 2 3
  Geisel   1.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Seoane   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez   2.0 2 1 1 1 3
  Sutter  L (8-9) 2.0 3 1 1 0 3
Totals
11.0
16
12
11
5
11

  E–Cox (7).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Candelaria (3,off Geisel), Chicago Buckner (25,off Candelaria); Trillo (17,off Whitson); Vail (4,off Tekulve); DeJesus (23,off Bibby).  3B–Chicago Kingman (4,off Tekulve).  HR–Pittsburgh Parker 2 (29,1st inning off R Reuschel 0 on, 2 out,11th inning off Sutter 0 on, 0 out); B Robinson 2 (14,4th inning off Holtzman 0 on, 0 out,5th inning off Holtzman 1 on, 1 out); Garner (10,4th inning off Holtzman 1 on, 0 out), Chicago Buckner (4,3rd inning off Candelaria 1 on, 2 out); Kingman (27,7th inning off Whitson 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Taveras 2 (12,off R Reuschel,off Hernandez).  SF–Milner (4,off R Reuschel).  SB–B Robinson (14,2nd base off R Reuschel/Cox); Parker (18,2nd base off Holtzman/Cox); Moreno 2 (65,2nd base off Holtzman/Cox,2nd base off Geisel/Cox); Taveras (41,2nd base off Sutter/Blackwell).  CS–B Robinson (10,2nd base by Hernandez/Rader); Stargell (2,2nd base by Sutter/Blackwell).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–3:50.  A–6,137.
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