Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 25, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 25, 1978 at Three Rivers Stadium. 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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Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 0 1 0
Thompson cf 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 4 1 1 0
Kingman lf 4 2 3 1
Vail rf 4 1 2 3
Trillo 2b 4 0 2 0
Blackwell c 2 0 1 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Rader c 0 0 0 0
Kelleher 3b 3 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
Krukow p 1 0 0 0
  Geisel p 1 0 0 0
  Clines ph 1 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
  Murcer ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 11 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 1 2 2
Moreno cf 4 2 3 2
Parker rf 4 1 3 2
Stargell 1b 4 0 1 0
Ott c 5 1 2 1
Robinson 3b,lf 3 0 0 0
Milner lf 4 1 1 0
  Berra 3b 0 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 0 0
Candelaria p 2 1 1 0
  Boyland ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 13 7
Chicago 000 100 0304110
Pittsburgh 212 020 00x7130
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow  L (8-3) 2.2 8 5 5 3 1
  Geisel   3.1 3 2 2 2 2
  Moore   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
5
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  W (12-11) 7.0 7 1 1 1 4
  Tekulve   2.0 4 3 3 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Chicago Kingman (16,off Candelaria), Pittsburgh Parker (30,off Krukow); Stargell (17,off Moore).  3B–Pittsburgh Parker (11,off Geisel).  HR–Chicago Kingman (28,4th inning off Candelaria 0 on, 0 out); Vail (4,8th inning off Tekulve 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Moreno (5,off Krukow).  IBB–Parker (22,by Krukow); B Robinson (7,by Geisel).  SB–Moreno (68,2nd base off Krukow/Blackwell); Parker (20,2nd base off Geisel/Blackwell); Taveras (44,2nd base off Geisel/Blackwell).  CS–Moreno (20,2nd base by Moore/Rader).  WP–Krukow (1).  IBB–Krukow (4,Parker); Geisel (4,B Robinson).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:31.  A–5,937.
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