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Sunday August 6, 1978
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Chicago Cubs 4, Montreal Expos 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, August 6, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Expos        0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  1  -   3  9  1
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  1    0  3  x  -   4  9  1


Expos                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Papi 2b               4   1   2   0     1   0   .275      De Jesus ss           5   0   1   0     0   0   .278
Dawson cf             4   1   2   0     1   1   .255      Scott 3b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .298
Valentine rf          5   1   2   1     0   1   .300      Biittner 1b           4   1   2   0     0   1   .268
Parrish 3b            4   0   0   0     1   1   .276      Murcer rf             3   0   2   0     0   0   .281
Cromartie lf          4   0   1   1     0   0   .294        White pr,cf         0   2   0   0     1   0   .239
Carter c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .251      Kingman lf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Unser 1b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .208      Gross cf,rf           4   1   2   1     0   0   .264
Speier ss             3   0   0   0     1   2   .248      Trillo 2b             2   0   0   1     1   1   .260
Sanderson p           2   0   1   0     0   0   .500      Blackwell c           0   0   0   0     2   0   .143
  Garman p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Buckner ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .316
  Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Rader c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .204
  Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .238        Vail ph             0   0   0   1     0   0   .315
                                                            Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                          Burris p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .119
                                                            Clines ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .268
                                                            McGlothen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
                                                            Putman ph,c         1   0   1   1     0   0   .333

Totals               35   3   9   2     5   8             Totals               30   4   9   4     5   4

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance: 39,234
Left on Base: Expos 10, Cubs 9
DP: Expos 0, Cubs 1
Errors: Valentine, Blackwell
Doubles: Papi (8), Carter (21), Dawson (12), Gross (9)
Triples: Dawson (6)
Stolen Bases: Valentine (10), De Jesus (24)
Caught Stealing: Scott (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Trillo (5), Vail (1)
GIDP: Papi (4)


Expos                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sanderson               5.1   6   1   1   3   4   0  24   1.69
Garman L(2-6)           2     2   3   3   2   0   0  10   5.50
Knowles                 0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.57
Totals                  8     9   4   4   5   4   0  37

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Burris                  7     6   2   2   4   6   0  30   5.13
McGlothen W(3-1)        1     1   0   0   1   2   0   5   3.92
Sutter SV(21)           1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   1.78
Totals                  9     9   3   3   5   8   0  40

Wild Pitches: Burris (4)

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Pryor


EXPOS 1ST: Papi doubled to center; Debut game for Scott
Sanderson; Dawson struck out; Valentine popped to left;
Parrish reached on a fielder's choice [Papi out at third (third
unassisted)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus popped to first in foul territory; Scott
struck out; Biittner singled to center; Murcer singled to right
[Biittner to second]; Kingman popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 0.

EXPOS 2ND: Cromartie flied out to left; Carter struck out; Unser
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Trillo struck
out; Blackwell walked; Burris forced Blackwell (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 0.

EXPOS 3RD: Speier grounded out (second to first); Sanderson
singled to right; Papi grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Sanderson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus singled to center; De Jesus stole second;
Scott walked; Expos Manager Dick Williams ejected by 3B
umpire Paul Pryor; Biittner was called out on strikes;
Murcer popped to shortstop; Kingman flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 0.

EXPOS 4TH: Dawson tripled to right; Valentine grounded out
(third to first); Parrish grounded out (third to first);
Cromartie flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0,
Cubs 0.

CUBS 4TH: Gross grounded out (catcher to first); Trillo popped
to center; Blackwell walked; Burris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 0.

EXPOS 5TH: Carter grounded out (third to first); Unser grounded
out (third to first); Speier walked; Burris threw a wild pitch
[Speier to second]; Sanderson grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 0, Cubs 0.

CUBS 5TH: De Jesus flied out to left; Scott singled to
shortstop; Scott was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Biittner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Expos 0, Cubs 0.

EXPOS 6TH: Papi walked; Dawson popped to third in foul
territory; Valentine singled to right [Papi to third]; Valentine
stole second [Papi scored (error by Blackwell), Valentine to
third]; Parrish walked; Cromartie singled to first [Valentine
scored, Parrish to second]; Carter flied out to right; Unser
flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 6TH: Murcer singled to right; WHITE RAN FOR MURCER; Kingman
lined to left; Gross singled to right [White to third, Gross to
second (error by Valentine)]; GARMAN REPLACED SANDERSON
(PITCHING); Trillo hit a sacrifice fly to left [White scored];
BUCKNER BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; Buckner flied out to left; 1 R, 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Expos 2, Cubs 1.

EXPOS 7TH: RADER REPLACED BUCKNER (PLAYING C ); WHITE STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); GROSS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Speier
struck out; Garman struck out; Papi singled to center; Dawson
walked [Papi to second]; Valentine struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Expos 2, Cubs 1.

CUBS 7TH: CLINES BATTED FOR BURRIS; Clines grounded out (pitcher
to first); De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Expos 2,
Cubs 1.

EXPOS 8TH: MCGLOTHEN REPLACED CLINES (PITCHING); Parrish struck
out; Cromartie grounded out (second to first); Carter doubled to
left; Unser was walked intentionally; Speier struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Cubs 1.

CUBS 8TH: Biittner singled to center; White walked [Biittner to
second]; On a bunt Kingman made an out to catcher [Biittner
stayed at second, White stayed at first]; Dave Kingman called
for interference; Gross doubled to center [Biittner scored,
White to third]; Trillo was walked intentionally; KNOWLES
REPLACED GARMAN (PITCHING); VAIL BATTED FOR RADER; Vail hit a
sacrifice fly to right [White scored, Gross to third]; PUTMAN
BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Putman singled to center [Gross scored,
Trillo to third]; De Jesus forced Putman (second to shortstop);
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Expos 2, Cubs 4.

EXPOS 9TH: SUTTER REPLACED VAIL (PITCHING); PUTMAN STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); HUTTON BATTED FOR KNOWLES; On a bunt Hutton
grounded out (pitcher to first); Papi flied out to right; Dawson
doubled to left; Valentine singled to center [Dawson scored];
Parrish forced Valentine (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Expos 3, Cubs 4.



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