The Reds ended the 10-game home winning streak of the Cubs by pounding out a 9-6 decision. The onslaught began with four runs in the first inning. Ken Griffey tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Joe Morgan. George Foster was hit by a pitch, Dan Driessen drew a walk, and Dave Concepcion doubled in one run. A single by Mike Lum plated two more.

Sacrifice flies by Morgan and Foster produced a pair of tallies in the second frame and the Reds got another pair in the fifth on a single by Dave Concepcion and doubles by Lum and Bill Bonham. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 9, Chicago Cubs 6
Game Played on Wednesday, June      7, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Reds         4  2  1    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   9 14  2
Cubs         0  1  0    0  2  0    1  2  0  -   6 13  0


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   1   2   0     0   1   .283      De Jesus ss           6   1   1   0     0   2   .266
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gross cf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .304
  Bair p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cruz ph             1   0   0   1     0   0   .232
Griffey rf            4   1   1   0     1   1   .318        Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Morgan 2b             2   0   0   2     1   0   .234      Biittner 1b           4   1   3   1     1   0   .269
Foster lf             3   1   2   1     0   0   .318      Kingman lf            5   1   1   2     0   2   .232
Driessen 1b           3   1   0   0     2   0   .305      Murcer rf             3   1   2   0     2   0   .247
Concepcion ss         5   3   3   1     0   0   .312      Trillo 2b             4   0   2   0     1   0   .284
Lum cf                5   1   2   2     0   0   .292      Ontiveros 3b          4   1   2   1     1   1   .180
  Geronimo cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Rader c               5   0   2   1     0   1   .252
Werner c              5   0   1   1     0   1   .194      Burris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .174
Bonham p              2   1   2   2     0   0   .125        Fryman p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .063
  Knight ph,3b        2   0   1   0     0   1   .185        Buckner ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .321
                                                            P. Reuschel p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Meoli ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .100
                                                            Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Clines ph,cf        2   1   0   0     0   1   .282

Totals               37   9  14   9     4   4             Totals               40   6  13   6     6   9

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance: 21,093
Left on Base: Reds 10, Cubs 13
DP: Reds 1, Cubs 0
Errors: Bonham, Knight
Doubles: Concepcion (16), Lum (3), Bonham (2), Knight (2), Rader (7), De Jesus (7)
Triples: Griffey (4), Concepcion (2)
Home Runs: Kingman (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Bonham (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Morgan 2 (6), Foster (2)
GIDP: Kingman (1)
Hit by Pitch: Foster (4,by Burris)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bonham W(7-0)           6     8   3   3   4   4   1  29   2.60
Tomlin                  1.1   4   3   2   1   2   0  10   3.60
Bair SV(9)              1.2   1   0   0   1   3   0   7   0.79
Totals                  9    13   6   5   6   9   1  46

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burris L(3-4)           1     5   6   6   1   1   0  10   4.82
Fryman                  3     2   1   1   2   0   0  13   5.17
P. Reuschel             2     4   2   2   1   1   0  11   6.38
Hernandez               2     2   0   0   0   2   0   8   2.73
Moore                   1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.75
Totals                  9    14   9   9   4   4   0  46

Hit by Pitch: Burris (4)
Wild Pitches: Hernandez (2)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Montague


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffey
tripled to left; Morgan hit a sacrifice fly to center [Griffey
scored]; Foster was hit by a pitch; Driessen walked [Foster to
second]; Concepcion doubled to right [Foster scored, Driessen to
third]; Lum singled to right [Driessen scored, Concepcion
scored]; Werner struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Cubs
0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus struck out; Gross walked; Gross was picked
off first but was safe on an error by Bonham [Gross to second];
Biittner walked; Kingman grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Biittner out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 4, Cubs 0.

REDS 2ND: Bonham singled to center; Rose singled to left [Bonham
to second]; FRYMAN REPLACED BURRIS (PITCHING); Griffey walked
[Bonham to third, Rose to second]; Morgan hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Bonham scored, Rose to third]; Foster hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Rose scored]; Driessen grounded out (first to
pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: On a bunt Murcer grounded out (pitcher to first);
Trillo grounded out (second to first); Ontiveros walked; Rader
doubled to right [Ontiveros scored]; Fryman struck out; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 6, Cubs 1.

REDS 3RD: Concepcion tripled to center; Lum grounded out
(shortstop to first); Werner singled to left [Concepcion
scored]; Bonham out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Werner to second]; Rose flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 7, Cubs 1.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus grounded out (third to first); Gross grounded
out (second to first); Biittner singled to left; Kingman
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7,
Cubs 1.

REDS 4TH: Griffey grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan
walked; Foster lined to center; Driessen popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 7, Cubs 1.

CUBS 4TH: Murcer singled to right; Trillo singled to center
[Murcer to second]; Ontiveros singled to left [Murcer to third,
Trillo to second]; Rader popped to third in foul territory;
BUCKNER BATTED FOR FRYMAN; Buckner was called out on strikes; De
Jesus lined to third; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 7, Cubs 1.

REDS 5TH: P. REUSCHEL REPLACED BUCKNER (PITCHING); Concepcion
singled to center; Lum doubled to center [Concepcion to third];
Werner flied out to center; Bonham doubled to left [Concepcion
scored, Lum scored]; Rose struck out; Griffey flied out to left;
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 9, Cubs 1.

CUBS 5TH: Gross popped to third in foul territory; Biittner
singled to left; Kingman homered [Biittner scored]; Murcer
walked; Trillo singled to right [Murcer to second]; Ontiveros
flied out to center [Murcer to third]; Rader popped to
shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 9, Cubs 3.

REDS 6TH: Morgan popped to catcher in foul territory; Foster
singled to center; Driessen walked [Foster to second];
Concepcion flied out to right; Lum popped to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 9, Cubs 3.

CUBS 6TH: MEOLI BATTED FOR P. REUSCHEL; Meoli flied out to left;
De Jesus struck out; Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 9, Cubs 3.

REDS 7TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED MEOLI (PITCHING); Werner lined to
second; KNIGHT BATTED FOR BONHAM; Knight was called out on
strikes; Rose singled to right; Griffey struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Reds 9, Cubs 3.

CUBS 7TH: KNIGHT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); TOMLIN REPLACED
ROSE (PITCHING); Biittner lined to left; Kingman struck out;
Murcer singled to right; Trillo walked [Murcer to second];
Ontiveros singled to left [Murcer scored, Trillo to second];
Rader struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 9, Cubs 4.

REDS 8TH: Morgan flied out to center; Foster singled to center;
Hernandez threw a wild pitch [Foster to second]; Driessen
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Foster to third]; Concepcion
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 9,
Cubs 4.

CUBS 8TH: CLINES BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Clines reached on an
error by Knight [Clines to first]; De Jesus doubled to right
[Clines to third]; CRUZ BATTED FOR GROSS; Cruz grounded out
(second to first) [Clines scored (unearned), De Jesus to third];
Biittner singled to center [De Jesus scored]; BAIR REPLACED
TOMLIN (PITCHING); Kingman struck out; Murcer walked [Biittner
to second]; Trillo grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first);
2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 9, Cubs 6.

REDS 9TH: CLINES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); MOORE REPLACED
CRUZ (PITCHING); Lum flied out to right; Werner lined to
pitcher; Knight doubled to center; Bair grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 9, Cubs 6.

CUBS 9TH: GERONIMO REPLACED LUM (PLAYING CF); Ontiveros was
called out on strikes; Rader singled to left; Clines struck out;
De Jesus flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 9, Cubs
6.