Pinch-hitting with the bases loaded in the 10th inning, Jim Fregosi drew a walk, forcing in Steve Brye, to give the Pirates a 4-3 victory over the Cubs. Brye led off the frame with a double and Willie Stargell was passed intentionally. After Rennie Stennett flied out, Ed Ott drew a pass to fill the sacks and Fregosi then walked on five pitches from Bruce Sutter. The Cubs also scored on a pass with the bases loaded when they rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to tie the score. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Chicago Cubs 3
Game Played on Saturday, April     8, 1978 (Day game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0    0  -   3  8  1
Pirates      0  0  1    0  0  0    2  0  0    1  -   4  4  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           5   1   2   0     0   2   .556      Taveras ss            5   0   0   0     0   0   .111
Gross cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Moreno cf             4   0   1   0     1   0   .143
  Clines ph,cf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Parker rf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .250
Buckner 1b            5   1   2   1     0   0   .222      Milner lf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Murcer rf             5   0   1   1     0   2   .111        Brye lf             1   1   1   0     1   0  1.000
Kingman lf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .143      Stargell 1b           2   0   0   0     2   1   .000
  Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        B. Robinson pr      0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Meoli ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stennett 2b           5   0   1   0     0   0   .125
  Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ott c                 3   0   0   0     2   0   .000
Ontiveros 3b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Gonzalez 3b           2   1   0   0     1   2   .200
Trillo 2b             3   0   0   1     1   0   .167        Mendoza 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Rader c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Fregosi ph          0   0   0   1     1   0   .000
  Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Blyleven p            2   1   0   0     0   1   .000
  Cox c               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Burris p              2   0   1   0     0   0   .500        Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Biittner ph,lf      2   1   1   0     0   0   .500        McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bibby p             0   0   0   0     1   0   .000

Totals               39   3   8   3     2   7             Totals               32   4   4   2    10   5

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance:  9,387
Left on Base: Cubs 8, Pirates 12
DP: Cubs 0, Pirates 0
Errors: Buckner, Gonzalez
Doubles: Brye (1)
Home Runs: Parker (1)
Stolen Bases: Moreno (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Blyleven (1)
Hit by Pitch: Stargell (1,by Burris)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burris                  7     1   3   1   5   3   1  29   1.29
Hernandez               2     2   0   0   2   2   0  10   0.00
Sutter L(0-1)           0.1   1   1   1   3   0   0   5  27.00
Totals                  9.1   4   4   2  10   5   1  44

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven                7     6   2   2   0   6   0  28   2.57
Jackson                 0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3  27.00
Tekulve                 0.1   0   0   0   2   0   0   3   0.00
McEnaney                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Bibby W(1-0)            2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.00
Totals                 10     8   3   3   2   7   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Burris (1)

Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Joe West, 3B - John Kibler


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus flied out to center; Gross popped to third;
Buckner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Taveras grounded out (second to first); Moreno
walked; Parker lined to center; Moreno stole second; Milner
walked; Stargell grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

CUBS 2ND: Murcer struck out; Kingman lined to shortstop;
Ontiveros struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stennett lined to first; Ott walked; Gonzalez
struck out; Blyleven grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

CUBS 3RD: Trillo grounded out (second to first); Rader grounded
out (second to first); Burris singled to center; De Jesus struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Taveras grounded out (third to first); Moreno
grounded out (second to first); Parker homered; Milner grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 1.

CUBS 4TH: Gross singled to left; Buckner singled to center
[Gross to second]; Murcer forced Buckner (second to shortstop)
[Gross to third]; Kingman struck out; Ontiveros flied out to
left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Stargell was hit by a pitch; Stennett flied out to
right; Ott flied out to left; Gonzalez was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 1.

CUBS 5TH: Trillo popped to second; Rader flied out to left;
Burris reached on an error by Gonzalez [Burris to first]; De
Jesus singled to third [Burris to second]; Gross popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Blyleven struck out; Taveras grounded out (second
to first); Moreno flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 0, Pirates 1.

CUBS 6TH: Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); Murcer struck
out; Kingman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates
1.

PIRATES 6TH: Parker grounded out (first to pitcher); Milner
lined to first; Stargell walked; Stennett grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 1.

CUBS 7TH: BRYE REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING LF); Ontiveros popped to
center; Trillo grounded out (second to first); Rader grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 7TH: Ott lined to second; Gonzalez walked; Blyleven
reached on an error by Buckner on a sacrifice bunt [Gonzalez
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Blyleven scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Taveras popped to second; Moreno grounded out (second to
first); 2 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Pirates 3.

CUBS 8TH: MENDOZA REPLACED GONZALEZ (PLAYING 3B); BIITTNER
BATTED FOR BURRIS; Biittner singled to right; De Jesus singled
to center [Biittner to second]; JACKSON REPLACED BLYLEVEN
(PITCHING); CLINES BATTED FOR GROSS; Clines popped to second;
Buckner singled to right [Biittner scored, De Jesus to second];
Murcer singled to right [De Jesus scored, Buckner to second];
TEKULVE REPLACED JACKSON (PITCHING); Kingman flied out to center
[Buckner to third]; Ontiveros walked [Murcer to second]; Trillo
walked [Buckner scored, Murcer to third, Ontiveros to second];
MCENANEY REPLACED TEKULVE (PITCHING); CRUZ BATTED FOR RADER;
Cruz popped to catcher in foul territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cubs 3, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 8TH: COX REPLACED CRUZ (PLAYING C ); CLINES STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); BIITTNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
HERNANDEZ REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Parker struck out; Brye
walked; Stargell was called out on strikes; Stennett singled to
center [Brye to third]; Ott popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Pirates 3.

CUBS 9TH: BIBBY REPLACED MCENANEY (PITCHING); Biittner flied out
to center; De Jesus struck out; Clines grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 9TH: On a bunt Mendoza grounded out (second to first);
Bibby walked; Taveras flied out to center; Moreno singled to
first [Bibby to second]; Parker flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 3, Pirates 3.

CUBS 10TH: Buckner grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
popped to left; MEOLI BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Meoli lined to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 3, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 10TH: SUTTER REPLACED MEOLI (PITCHING); Brye doubled to
left; Stargell was walked intentionally; B. ROBINSON RAN FOR
STARGELL; Stennett flied out to right; Ott walked [Brye to
third, B. Robinson to second]; FREGOSI BATTED FOR MENDOZA;
Fregosi walked [Brye scored, B. Robinson to third, Ott to
second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 3, Pirates 4.