Completing the suspended contest of July 20, the Giants posted a 9-8 victory before running afoul of Dennis Lamp's pitching and losing the regularly-scheduled game to the Cubs, 1-0. The suspended game was transferred from Chicago, where it had been halted by darkness with two out in the top half of the eighth inning after the Giants had taken what proved to be the final 9-8 score.

While Lamp's victory was only his fourth against 10 defeats, the shutout was the third to the credit of the rookie. The Cubs scored their run off Bob Knepper in the seventh inning when Ivan DeJesus walked, stole second and crossed the plate on a single by Jerry White. It was the second straight game the Giants failed to score for Knepper. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 1, San Francisco Giants 0
Game Played on Friday, July      28, 1978 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  6  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           3   1   2   0     1   0   .276      Madlock 2b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .307
White cf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .254      Whitfield lf          4   0   2   0     1   0   .313
Clines lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Clark rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .317
Kingman 1b            4   0   0   0     0   3   .239      Evans 3b              1   0   0   0     3   0   .256
  Biittner 1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Ivie 1b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .315
Vail rf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .314      Herndon cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .295
Trillo 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .261      Metzger ss            3   0   2   0     0   0   .267
Putman 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .000        McCovey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .221
  Kelleher 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .295        LeMaster ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Blackwell c           4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hill c                4   0   1   0     0   0   .243
Lamp p                4   0   1   0     0   0   .217        Andrews pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .248
                                                          Knepper p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .074
                                                            Dwyer ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222

Totals               32   1   6   1     4   3             Totals               33   0   7   0     4   3

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 25,908
Left on Base: Cubs 8, Giants 11
DP: Cubs 0, Giants 0
Doubles: De Jesus (15), Lamp (2), Whitfield (15), Clark (31)
Stolen Bases: De Jesus 2 (18), Metzger (4)
Caught Stealing: White (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Dwyer (1)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lamp W(4-10)            9     7   0   0   4   3   0  38   3.55
Totals                  9     7   0   0   4   3   0  38

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knepper L(11-7)         9     6   1   1   4   3   0  36   2.58
Totals                  9     6   1   1   4   3   0  36

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Eric Gregg


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus doubled to left; White flied out to right;
Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitfield
singled to right; Clark flied out to center; Evans walked
[Whitfield to second]; Ivie singled to shortstop [Whitfield to
third, Evans to second]; Herndon was called out on strikes; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

CUBS 2ND: Vail grounded out (second to first); Trillo grounded
out (shortstop to first); Putman popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Metzger singled to first; Hill grounded out (third
to first) [Metzger to second]; Knepper grounded out (pitcher to
first); Madlock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

CUBS 3RD: Blackwell grounded out (third to first); Lamp grounded
out (third to first); De Jesus singled to center; De Jesus stole
second; White walked; Clines popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Whitfield doubled to center; On a bunt Clark
grounded out (pitcher to first); Evans walked; Ivie struck out;
Herndon forced Whitfield (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

CUBS 4TH: Kingman struck out; Vail singled to left; Trillo
grounded out (second to first) [Vail to second]; Putman flied to
right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Hill lined
to center; Knepper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

CUBS 5TH: Blackwell lined to center; Lamp doubled to right; De
Jesus grounded out (pitcher to first); White lined to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Madlock grounded out (second to first); Whitfield
walked; Clark doubled to right [Whitfield to third]; Evans was
walked intentionally; Ivie flied out to right; Herndon grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 0, Giants 0.

CUBS 6TH: Clines lined to right; Kingman grounded out (third to
first); Vail singled to catcher; Trillo walked [Vail to second];
Putman walked [Vail to third, Trillo to second]; Blackwell
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 6TH: Metzger singled to left; Metzger stole second; Hill
grounded out (pitcher to first); Knepper struck out; Madlock
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs
0, Giants 0.

CUBS 7TH: Lamp popped to center; De Jesus walked; De Jesus stole
second; White singled to center [De Jesus scored]; Clines popped
to first; White was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 7TH: Whitfield flied out to left; Clark lined to center;
Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Giants
0.

CUBS 8TH: Kingman struck out; Vail grounded out (shortstop to
first); Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 8TH: BIITTNER REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING 1B); Ivie flied
out to center; Herndon popped to first in foul territory;
MCCOVEY BATTED FOR METZGER; McCovey grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Giants 0.

CUBS 9TH: LEMASTER REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING SS); Putman
grounded out (third to first); Blackwell popped to shortstop;
Lamp grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Cubs 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 9TH: KELLEHER REPLACED PUTMAN (PLAYING 3B); Hill singled
to right; ANDREWS RAN FOR HILL; DWYER BATTED FOR KNEPPER; Dwyer
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Andrews to second];
Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitfield lined to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Giants 0.