Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 26, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 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."

"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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Chicago Cubs 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 4 0 1 0
Thompson cf 4 0 1 0
Buckner 1b 3 0 0 0
Kingman lf 4 0 0 0
Vail rf 4 0 1 0
Trillo 2b 3 1 1 0
Rader c 4 1 1 1
Kelleher 3b 2 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 1
  Seoane p 0 0 0 0
Lamp p 1 0 1 0
  Gross ph 0 0 0 0
  Holtzman p 0 0 0 0
  Meoli ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 0 0
Moreno cf 4 1 2 0
Parker rf 3 2 2 0
Stargell 1b 3 2 2 3
Ott c 4 0 1 1
Robinson B. 3b,lf 4 0 1 1
Milner lf 3 0 1 0
  Berra 3b 0 0 0 0
Garner 2b 3 0 0 0
Robinson D. p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 5 10 5
Chicago 000 000 200261
Pittsburgh 003 002 00x5100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lamp  L (7-15) 5.0 6 3 3 1 2
  Holtzman   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Seoane   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  W (14-6) 9.0 6 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
3
1

  E–Rader (11).  DP–Chicago 1, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Moreno (15,off Lamp).  3B–Chicago Rader (3,off D Robinson), Pittsburgh Parker (12,off Holtzman).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (26,3rd inning off Lamp 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Parker (23,by Lamp).  CS–Moreno (21,2nd base by Lamp/Rader); B Robinson (11,2nd base by Holtzman/Rader).  WP–Seoane (1).  IBB–Lamp (8,Parker).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:20.  A–6,515.
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