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Wednesday May 24, 1978
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Extending their winning streak to four games, the Cubs took over first place in the N.L. East with a 6-4 triumph over the Phillies in 10 innings. With two out and nobody on in the bottom of the 10th, Dave Kingman was hit by a pitch and Manny Trillo followed with a drive into the left field bleachers for his first home run of the season. The Cubs trailed, 4-2, going into the bottom of the ninth but tied the game with two out when Steve Ontiveros and Dave Rader singled and Greg Gross tripled. [The Sporting News]


Chicago Cubs 6, Philadelphia Phillies 4

Game Played on Wednesday, May 24, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Phillies     0  1  0    0  0  1    2  0  0    0  -   4 10  2
Cubs         0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  2    2  -   6 10  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            4   1   1   0     1   0   .291      De Jesus ss           5   1   0   0     0   1   .258
Bowa ss               4   0   0   1     0   1   .304      Clines rf             5   0   2   0     0   1   .283
Schmidt 3b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .294      Buckner 1b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .330
Luzinski lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .258      Kingman lf            3   1   0   0     1   1   .241
  Martin lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Trillo 2b             4   1   1   2     1   0   .273
Johnstone 1b          5   0   0   0     0   1   .195      Murcer cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Maddox cf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .270        Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Boone c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .269        Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Harrelson 2b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .235        Cox c               0   0   0   0     0   0   .191
Kaat p                2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ontiveros 3b          3   1   2   0     1   0   .164
  Cardenal ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .385      Rader c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .239
  Brusstar p          1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000        Meoli pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .111
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Burris p              2   1   1   0     0   0   .158
                                                            Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gross cf            2   0   1   2     0   0   .324

Totals               37   4  10   4     2   3             Totals               36   6  10   5     3   4

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 17,901
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Cubs 6
DP: Phillies 3, Cubs 1
Errors: Bowa, Schmidt
Doubles: Boone (3), Brusstar (1), Ontiveros (4), Buckner (7)
Triples: McBride (2), Burris (1), Gross (5)
Home Runs: Maddox (1), Trillo (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Schmidt (2), Bowa (1), Buckner (2)
GIDP: Johnstone (1), Murcer (4), Biittner (2)
Hit by Pitch: Kingman (2,by Garber)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat                    6     5   2   1   2   2   0  24   2.37
Brusstar                2.2   4   2   2   1   1   0  12   2.95
Garber L(2-1)           1     1   2   2   0   1   1   5   1.99
Totals                  9.2  10   6   5   3   4   1  41

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burris                  6.1   8   4   4   1   1   1  27   4.41
Hernandez               0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.84
Moore                   2.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   9   4.03
Sutter W(4-2)           1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.67
Totals                 10    10   4   4   2   3   1  41

Hit by Pitch: Garber (3)
Wild Pitches: Kaat (1)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Charlie Williams, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Paul Pryor


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa
was called out on strikes; Schmidt singled to right; Luzinski
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus flied out to left; Clines singled to right;
Buckner forced Clines (pitcher to shortstop); Kingman struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Cubs 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnstone grounded out (second to first); Maddox
homered; Boone grounded out (second to first); Harrelson
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Trillo lined to center; Murcer grounded out (second to
first); Ontiveros doubled to right; Rader grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Kaat grounded out (second to first); McBride
popped to shortstop; Bowa popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Burris tripled to center [Burris scored (error by
Bowa) (no RBI)]; De Jesus reached on an error by Schmidt [De
Jesus to second]; On a bunt Clines singled to second [De Jesus
to third]; Buckner sacrifice flied into a double play (center to
second) [De Jesus scored (unearned), Clines out at second];
Kingman popped to second; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
1, Cubs 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt singled to shortstop; Luzinski forced
Schmidt (third to second); Johnstone grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [Luzinski out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 2.

CUBS 4TH: Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
struck out; Ontiveros walked; Rader flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Maddox grounded out (third to first); Boone
doubled to left; Harrelson flied out to center; Kaat grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 2.

CUBS 5TH: Burris flied out to center; De Jesus grounded out
(third to first); Clines flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 1, Cubs 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: McBride tripled to right; Bowa flied out to left;
Schmidt hit a sacrifice fly to center [McBride scored]; Luzinski
walked; Johnstone flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 2, Cubs 2.

CUBS 6TH: Buckner singled to center; Kaat threw a wild pitch
[Buckner to second]; Kingman walked; On a bunt Trillo forced
Buckner (first to third) [Kingman to second]; Murcer grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Trillo out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Cubs 2.

PHILLIES 7TH: Maddox popped to shortstop; Boone singled to
right; Harrelson singled to center [Boone to second]; CARDENAL
BATTED FOR KAAT; Cardenal singled to left [Boone scored,
Harrelson to second]; HERNANDEZ REPLACED BURRIS (PITCHING);
McBride walked [Harrelson to third, Cardenal to second]; Bowa
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Harrelson scored, Cardenal to
third, McBride to second]; MOORE REPLACED MURCER (PITCHING);
GROSS REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PLAYING CF); Schmidt grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs 2.

CUBS 7TH: BRUSSTAR REPLACED CARDENAL (PITCHING); Ontiveros lined
to center; Rader grounded out (second to first); Gross grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs
2.

PHILLIES 8TH: Luzinski struck out; Johnstone flied out to
center; Maddox singled to center; Boone popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs 2.

CUBS 8TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); De Jesus
grounded out (shortstop to first); Clines struck out; Buckner
doubled to center; Kingman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs 2.

PHILLIES 9TH: On a bunt Harrelson grounded out (pitcher to
first); Brusstar doubled to right; McBride flied out to center;
Bowa popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs 2.

CUBS 9TH: Trillo walked; BIITTNER BATTED FOR MOORE; Biittner
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Trillo out at second]; Ontiveros singled to left; Rader singled
to right [Ontiveros to second]; MEOLI RAN FOR RADER; Gross
tripled to left [Ontiveros scored, Meoli scored]; GARBER
REPLACED BRUSSTAR (PITCHING); De Jesus was called out on
strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs 4.

PHILLIES 10TH: SUTTER REPLACED MEOLI (PITCHING); COX REPLACED
BIITTNER (PLAYING C ); Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to
first); Martin grounded out (third to shortstop to first);
Johnstone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs 4.

CUBS 10TH: Clines flied out to left; Buckner grounded out
(second to first); Kingman was hit by a pitch; Trillo homered
[Kingman scored]; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Cubs 6.



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