Getting two runs in the ninth, the Cubs prevailed, 4-3, over the Padres. Bobby Murcer opened the ninth with a single. After Manny Trillo struck out, Steve Ontiveros drew a walk and Dave Freisleben relieved Mark Lee on the mound for the Padres. Freisleben walked Joe Wallis to load the bases and was replaced by Dan Spillner when the count went to 3-0 on pinch-hitter Larry Biittner.

The fourth ball to Biittner forced in Murcer with the tying run. Pinch-hitter Rudy Meoli then hit a ball into short left for a single to score Ontiveros. The Padres had gone ahead in the eighth when Cub reliever Bruce Sutter walked pinch-hitter Rick Sweet with the bases loaded. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 4, San Diego Padres 3
Game Played on Thursday, May       11, 1978 (Day game) at San Diego Stadium
Cubs         0  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   4  7  0
Padres       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  8  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           4   1   0   0     1   0   .256      Richards 1b,lf        4   1   2   0     1   1   .247
Gross lf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Smith ss              4   0   2   1     0   0   .290
Buckner 1b            3   0   2   1     1   0   .348      Gamble lf             3   1   0   0     0   0   .239
Murcer rf             3   2   1   0     1   0   .279        Lee p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Trillo 2b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .258        Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Ontiveros 3b          3   1   0   0     1   0   .141        Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wallis cf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .345        Baker ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Cox c                 3   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Winfield rf           5   0   1   0     0   0   .280
  Biittner ph         0   0   0   1     1   0   .262      Hendrick cf           5   0   1   0     0   3   .198
  Rader c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Tenace c,1b           3   1   1   1     1   0   .200
R. Reuschel p         2   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Thomas 2b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .241
  Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Almon 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .317
  Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perry p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Meoli ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .125        Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .194
  Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sweet ph,c          0   0   0   1     1   0   .167

Totals               31   4   7   4     6   5             Totals               34   3   8   3     5   6

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 14,756
Left on Base: Cubs 7, Padres 11
DP: Cubs 0, Padres 1
Doubles: Smith (3), Tenace (5)
Triples: Richards (2)
Stolen Bases: Murcer 2 (2)
Caught Stealing: Buckner (2)
Sacrifice Hits: R. Reuschel (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Smith (1)
GIDP: Trillo (5)
Hit by Pitch: Gamble (2,by Sutter)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. Reuschel             6.2   5   1   1   3   3   0  28   1.92
Sutter                  1     2   2   2   2   1   0   8   2.18
Hernandez W(3-1)        0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.45
Moore SV(3)             1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.60
Totals                  9     8   3   3   5   6   0  41

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry                   7     5   2   2   3   4   0  27   2.23
Fingers                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.72
Lee L(0-1)              0.1   1   2   2   1   1   0   3   3.38
Freisleben              0     0   0   0   2   0   0   2   6.17
Spillner                0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.11
Totals                  9     7   4   4   6   5   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Sutter (1)
Balks: Sutter (1), Perry 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Joe West, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Nick Colosi


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus lined to center; Gross singled to center;
Perry balked [Gross to second]; Buckner walked; Murcer walked
[Gross to third, Buckner to second]; Trillo grounded into a
double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Gross out at home]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (pitcher to first); Smith
doubled to right; Gamble popped to shortstop; Winfield popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Padres 0.

CUBS 2ND: Ontiveros lined to shortstop; Wallis grounded out
(second to pitcher); Cox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs
0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Hendrick struck out; Tenace grounded out (third to
first); Thomas walked; Almon singled to shortstop [Thomas to
second]; Perry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Padres
0.

CUBS 3RD: R. Reuschel struck out; De Jesus walked; Perry balked
[De Jesus to second]; Gross grounded out (shortstop to first)
[De Jesus to third]; Buckner singled to shortstop [De Jesus
scored]; Buckner was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Richards tripled to center; Smith lined out on a
sacrifice fly to center [Richards scored]; Gamble flied out to
center; Winfield grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 1, Padres 1.

CUBS 4TH: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Trillo grounded
out (shortstop to first); Ontiveros lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Hendrick struck out; Tenace grounded out (shortstop
to first); Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Padres 1.

CUBS 5TH: Wallis singled to right; Cox lined to center; R.
Reuschel out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Wallis to
second]; De Jesus flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
1, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Perry flied
to right in foul territory; Richards singled to right; Smith
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1,
Padres 1.

CUBS 6TH: Gross lined to left; Buckner singled to center; Murcer
forced Buckner (second to shortstop); Murcer stole second;
Trillo singled to left [Murcer scored, Trillo to second (on
throw to home)]; Ontiveros lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Cubs 2, Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: Gamble popped to center; Winfield grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hendrick singled to left; Tenace walked
[Hendrick to second]; Thomas forced Tenace (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 2, Padres 1.

CUBS 7TH: Wallis struck out; Cox flied out to left; R. Reuschel
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Padres 1.

PADRES 7TH: Almon grounded out (second to first); TURNER BATTED
FOR PERRY; Turner grounded out (second to first); Richards
walked; SUTTER REPLACED R. REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Sutter balked
[Richards to second]; Smith lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 2, Padres 1.

CUBS 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); De Jesus grounded
out (pitcher to first); Gross grounded out (first unassisted);
Buckner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 2, Padres 1.

PADRES 8TH: Gamble was hit by a pitch; Rick Reuschel left
with an index finger blister; Winfield singled to left
[Gamble to second]; Hendrick struck out; Tenace doubled to left
[Gamble scored, Winfield to third]; Thomas was walked
intentionally; Almon forced Winfield (pitcher to catcher)
[Tenace to third, Thomas to second]; SWEET BATTED FOR FINGERS;
Sweet walked [Tenace scored, Thomas to third, Almon to second];
HERNANDEZ REPLACED SUTTER (PITCHING); Richards struck out; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 2, Padres 3.

CUBS 9TH: SWEET STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); RICHARDS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
LEE REPLACED GAMBLE (PITCHING); Murcer singled to right; Murcer
stole second; Trillo struck out; Ontiveros walked; FREISLEBEN
REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Wallis walked [Murcer to third,
Ontiveros to second]; BIITTNER BATTED FOR COX; SPILLNER REPLACED
FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); Biittner walked (walk was charged to
Freisleben) [Murcer scored, Ontiveros to third, Wallis to
second]; MEOLI BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Meoli singled to left
[Ontiveros scored, Wallis to third, Biittner to second]; De
Jesus forced Wallis (first to catcher) [Biittner to third, Meoli
to second]; Gross flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs
4, Padres 3.

PADRES 9TH: RADER REPLACED BIITTNER (PLAYING C ); MOORE REPLACED
MEOLI (PITCHING); Smith singled to left; BAKER BATTED FOR
SPILLNER; Baker struck out; Winfield popped to second; Hendrick
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Padres 3.