Montreal Expos vs Chicago Cubs
August 6, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 1978 at Wrigley Field. 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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Montreal Expos 3, Chicago Cubs 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Papi 2b 4 1 2 0
Dawson cf 4 1 2 0
Valentine rf 5 1 2 1
Parrish 3b 4 0 0 0
Cromartie lf 4 0 1 1
Carter c 4 0 1 0
Unser 1b 3 0 0 0
Speier ss 3 0 0 0
Sanderson p 2 0 1 0
  Garman p 1 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Hutton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
DeJesus ss 5 0 1 0
Scott 3b 3 0 1 0
Biittner 1b 4 1 2 0
Murcer rf 3 0 2 0
  White pr,cf 0 2 0 0
Kingman lf 4 0 0 0
Gross cf,rf 4 1 2 1
Trillo 2b 2 0 0 1
Blackwell c 0 0 0 0
  Buckner ph 1 0 0 0
  Rader c 0 0 0 0
  Vail ph 0 0 0 1
  Sutter p 0 0 0 0
Burris p 2 0 0 0
  Clines ph 1 0 0 0
  McGlothen p 0 0 0 0
  Putman ph,c 1 0 1 1
Totals 30 4 9 4
Montreal 000 002 001391
Chicago 000 001 03x491
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson   5.1 6 1 1 3 4
  Garman  L (2-6) 2.0 2 3 3 2 0
  Knowles   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
5
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Burris   7.0 6 2 2 4 6
  McGlothen  W (3-1) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Sutter  SV (21) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
5
8

  E–Valentine (7), Blackwell (1).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Montreal Papi (8,off Burris); Carter (21,off McGlothen); Dawson (12,off Sutter), Chicago Gross (9,off Garman).  3B–Montreal Dawson (6,off Burris).  IBB–Unser (4,by McGlothen); Trillo (3,by Garman).  SF–Trillo (5,off Garman); Vail (1,off Knowles).  SB–Valentine (10,2nd base off Burris/Blackwell); DeJesus (24,2nd base off Sanderson/Carter).  CS–Scott (3,2nd base by Sanderson/Carter).  WP–Burris (4).  IBB–Garman (3,Trillo); McGlothen (3,Unser).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Paul Pryor.  T–2:55.  A–39,234.
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