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Although three of their runners were thrown out at home trying to score, the Cubs were able to defeat the Expos, 6-4. The Expos jumped ahead with three runs in the third, but the Cubs came right back with a matching trio in their half on a double by Mike Vail, homer by Dave Kingman and singles by Ed Putman, Rick Reuschel and Ivan DeJesus. Chicago Cubs 6, Montreal Expos 4Game Played on Friday, August 4, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley FieldExpos 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 9 2
Cubs 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 x - 6 12 0
Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Cash 2b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .261 De Jesus ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 .280
Dawson cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Scott cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .298
Valentine rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .302 Murcer ph,rf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .278
Perez 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .298 Buckner 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .320
Parrish 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .281 Kelleher pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Cromartie lf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .293 Vail rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .324
Carter c 4 1 1 2 0 2 .245 McGlothen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100
Speier ss 3 0 1 2 0 1 .251 Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091
Fryman p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .075 Kingman lf 3 1 1 2 0 0 .236
Twitchell p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .095 White cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239
Unser ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Trillo 2b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .261
Garman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Putman 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .231
Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Rader c 0 1 0 0 1 0 .207
Pirtle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blackwell c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .083
Hutton ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .239 Gross ph,lf 1 1 1 0 1 0 .252
R. Reuschel p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .109
Biittner ph,1b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .262
Totals 35 4 9 4 1 7 Totals 31 6 12 6 4 3
Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 20,621
Left on Base: Expos 6, Cubs 7
DP: Expos 0, Cubs 0
Errors: Cash, Carter
Doubles: Perez (31), Carter (19), Vail (2)
Home Runs: Kingman (17)
Caught Stealing: Trillo (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Scott (2), De Jesus (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Speier (5)
Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Fryman 1.2 5 3 3 1 0 1 10 3.64
Twitchell 4.1 3 0 0 1 1 0 15 5.67
Garman L(2-5) 0.1 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 5.20
Knowles 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.62
Pirtle 1.2 1 1 1 2 2 0 7 5.40
Totals 8 12 6 5 4 3 1 37
Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
R. Reuschel W(10-9) 7 6 4 4 0 4 0 27 2.83
McGlothen 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.14
Sutter SV(20) 1.1 2 0 0 1 3 0 7 1.68
Totals 9 9 4 4 1 7 0 37
Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Terry Tata
EXPOS 1ST: Cash grounded out (second to first); Dawson struck
out; Valentine grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Expos 0, Cubs 0.
CUBS 1ST: De Jesus flied out to right; Scott popped to first in
foul territory; Buckner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 0, Cubs 0.
EXPOS 2ND: Perez doubled to right; Parrish grounded out (second
to first); Cromartie singled to left [Perez to third]; Carter
doubled to right [Perez scored, Cromartie scored, Carter to
third (on throw to home)]; Speier lined out on a sacrifice fly
to right [Carter scored]; Fryman grounded out (third to first);
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Cubs 0.
CUBS 2ND: Vail doubled to left; Kingman homered [Vail scored];
Trillo walked; Putman singled to center [Trillo to second]; On a
bunt Blackwell made an out to first; R. Reuschel singled to
right [Trillo out at home (right to catcher), Putman to third];
De Jesus singled to center [Putman scored, R. Reuschel to
second]; TWITCHELL REPLACED FRYMAN (PITCHING); Scott singled to
shortstop [R. Reuschel out at home (shortstop to catcher), De
Jesus to second]; 3 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 3, Cubs 3.
EXPOS 3RD: Cash popped to first in foul territory; Dawson lined
to first; Valentine grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Cubs 3.
CUBS 3RD: Buckner popped to third in foul territory; Vail lined
to center; Kingman flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 3, Cubs 3.
EXPOS 4TH: Perez grounded out (third to first); Parrish grounded
out (third to first); Cromartie flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Cubs 3.
CUBS 4TH: Trillo singled to right; Trillo was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Putman flied out to center;
Blackwell walked; R. Reuschel lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Expos 3, Cubs 3.
EXPOS 5TH: Carter flied out to center; Speier grounded out
(second to first); Twitchell grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Cubs 3.
CUBS 5TH: De Jesus singled to second; Scott out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [De Jesus to second]; Buckner flied out
to center; Vail grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Expos 3, Cubs 3.
EXPOS 6TH: Cash popped to first in foul territory; Dawson popped
to third; Valentine struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3,
Cubs 3.
CUBS 6TH: Kingman popped to shortstop; Trillo struck out; Putman
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Expos 3, Cubs 3.
EXPOS 7TH: Perez flied out to right; Parrish singled to third;
Cromartie singled to right [Parrish to third]; Carter was called
out on strikes; Speier singled to right [Parrish scored,
Cromartie to second]; UNSER BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Unser was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Expos 4, Cubs 3.
CUBS 7TH: GARMAN REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); GROSS BATTED FOR
BLACKWELL; Gross singled to center; BIITTNER BATTED FOR R.
REUSCHEL; Biittner reached on an error by Cash [Gross to second,
Biittner to first]; De Jesus out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Gross to third, Biittner to second]; MURCER BATTED FOR
SCOTT; KNOWLES REPLACED GARMAN (PITCHING); On a bunt Murcer
singled to pitcher [Gross scored, Biittner to third]; Buckner
singled to right [Biittner scored (unearned), Murcer to third];
KELLEHER RAN FOR BUCKNER; PIRTLE REPLACED KNOWLES (PITCHING);
Murcer was out trying to advance to home and Kelleher advanced
to second (catcher to pitcher); Vail struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3
H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Expos 4, Cubs 5.
EXPOS 8TH: MURCER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); KELLEHER STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
BIITTNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MCGLOTHEN REPLACED VAIL
(PITCHING); RADER REPLACED PUTMAN (PLAYING C ); WHITE REPLACED
KINGMAN (PLAYING CF); Cash flied out to right; Dawson flied out
to left; Valentine singled to center; SUTTER REPLACED MCGLOTHEN
(PITCHING); Perez singled to left [Valentine to second]; Parrish
forced Valentine (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 4, Cubs 5.
CUBS 8TH: White flied out to center; Trillo grounded out
(pitcher to first); Rader walked; Rader was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Carter [Rader to third]; Gross walked;
Biittner singled to center [Rader scored, Gross to second]; De
Jesus struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Expos 4, Cubs 6.
EXPOS 9TH: Cromartie singled to center; Carter struck out;
Speier struck out; HUTTON BATTED FOR PIRTLE; Hutton walked
[Cromartie to second]; Cash struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Expos 4, Cubs 6.
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