George Foster and Johnny Bench hit back-to-back homers in the first inning and consecutive doubles in the ninth, driving in four runs between them. to power the Reds to an 8-3 victory over the Cubs. Dave Concepcion singled in the first before Foster and Bench smashed their homers to give the Reds a 3-0 lead.

The Cubs came back with homers by Dave Kingman and Manny Trillo in the second and an unearned run in the fourth to tie the score, but the Reds broke away with two tainted tallies in the sixth and iced their victory with three runs in the ninth on doubles by Foster and Bench, a single by Tom Hume and a double by Pete Rose. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 8, Chicago Cubs 3
Game Played on Friday, August    18, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Reds         3  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  3  -   8 14  1
Cubs         0  2  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  7  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   0   3   1     1   0   .313      De Jesus ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .265
Morgan 2b             5   0   1   1     0   1   .248      White cf              3   0   1   0     1   2   .237
Concepcion ss         5   1   2   1     0   0   .306      Buckner 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .302
Foster lf             5   2   2   2     0   1   .291      Murcer rf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .278
Bench 1b,c            4   2   2   2     1   0   .261      Kingman lf            4   1   1   1     0   1   .241
Henderson cf          3   0   0   0     1   3   .193      Johnson 3b            4   0   0   0     0   2   .211
  Geronimo cf         0   1   0   0     1   0   .230      Trillo 2b             3   2   1   1     1   1   .262
Griffey rf            5   1   2   0     0   0   .287      Blackwell c           1   0   0   0     0   1   .205
Correll c             2   1   1   0     0   1   .244        Rader ph,c          2   0   1   0     0   0   .204
  Driessen ph,1b      1   0   0   0     1   1   .276      Roberts p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Norman p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .156        McGlothen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Borbon p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Gross ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .257
  Collins ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .224        Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Hume p              2   0   1   1     0   1   .026        Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .266

Totals               39   8  14   8     5  10             Totals               31   3   7   2     4   9

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 33,416
Left on Base: Reds 12, Cubs 6
DP: Reds 1, Cubs 0
Errors: Bench, Johnson
Doubles: Foster (23), Bench (11), Rose (40), Buckner (17)
Home Runs: Foster (27), Bench (18), Kingman (21), Trillo (3)
Caught Stealing: De Jesus (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Correll (2), Collins (1), Blackwell (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Morgan (11)
GIDP: Buckner (7)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norman                  2.1   4   2   2   2   3   2  13   3.67
Borbon W(6-2)           2.2   1   1   0   2   1   0   9   4.34
Hume SV(1)              4     2   0   0   0   5   0  14   4.83
Totals                  9     7   3   2   4   9   2  36

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts L(5-8)          5.2   8   5   3   3   6   2  29   5.09
McGlothen               1.1   2   0   0   1   2   0   7   3.72
Moore                   1     2   2   2   0   0   0   5   3.77
Hernandez               1     2   1   1   1   2   0   6   4.17
Totals                  9    14   8   6   5  10   2  47

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Jim Quick, 3B - Jerry Crawford


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Morgan grounded
out (second to first); Concepcion singled to right; Foster
homered [Concepcion scored]; Bench homered; Henderson walked;
Griffey lined to left; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: De Jesus flied out to center; White was called out on
strikes; Buckner doubled to right; Murcer lined to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 0.

REDS 2ND: On a bunt Correll singled to third; On a bunt Norman
struck out; Rose singled to left [Correll to third]; Morgan
flied out to right [Rose to second]; Concepcion grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Kingman homered; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Trillo homered; Blackwell struck out; Roberts struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 2.

REDS 3RD: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Bench
walked; Henderson struck out; Griffey forced Bench (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 2.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus lined to right; White walked; Buckner singled
to right [White to third]; Murcer walked [Buckner to second];
BORBON REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Kingman struck out; Johnson
forced Murcer (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 3,
Cubs 2.

REDS 4TH: Correll struck out; Borbon struck out; Rose singled to
shortstop; Morgan singled to right [Rose to second]; Concepcion
forced Rose (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3,
Cubs 2.

CUBS 4TH: Trillo walked; Blackwell out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Trillo to second]; Roberts grounded out
(second to first) [Trillo scored (error by Bench) (unearned) (no
RBI)]; De Jesus walked; De Jesus was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3,
Cubs 3.

REDS 5TH: Foster struck out; Bench lined to second; Henderson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Cubs 3.

CUBS 5TH: White singled to left; Buckner grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [White out at second];
Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 3, Cubs 3.

REDS 6TH: Griffey singled to center; Correll reached on an error
by Johnson on a sacrifice bunt [Griffey to second, Correll to
first]; COLLINS BATTED FOR BORBON; Collins out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Griffey to third, Correll to second];
Rose was walked intentionally; Morgan lined out on a sacrifice
fly to right [Griffey scored (unearned), Correll to third];
MCGLOTHEN REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Concepcion singled to
center [Correll scored (unearned), Rose to third]; Foster flied
out to center; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 3.

CUBS 6TH: HUME REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Kingman grounded out
(third to first); Johnson was called out on strikes; Trillo was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 3.

REDS 7TH: Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); Henderson was
called out on strikes; On a bunt Griffey singled to third;
DRIESSEN BATTED FOR CORRELL; Driessen walked [Griffey to
second]; Hume struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 3.

CUBS 7TH: DRIESSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); BENCH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); GERONIMO REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING
CF); RADER BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; Rader grounded out (shortstop
to first); GROSS BATTED FOR MCGLOTHEN; Gross struck out; De
Jesus popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 3.

REDS 8TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MOORE REPLACED
GROSS (PITCHING); Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan
flied out to center; Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 3.

CUBS 8TH: White struck out; Buckner grounded out (shortstop to
first); Murcer singled to right; Kingman popped to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 5, Cubs 3.

REDS 9TH: Foster doubled to right; Bench doubled to left [Foster
scored]; HERNANDEZ REPLACED MOORE (PITCHING); Geronimo walked;
Griffey lined to center; Driessen was called out on strikes;
Hume singled to center [Bench scored, Geronimo to third]; Rose
doubled to center [Geronimo scored, Hume to third]; Morgan
struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 8, Cubs 3.

CUBS 9TH: Johnson was called out on strikes; Trillo flied out to
center; Rader singled to first; BIITTNER BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ;
Biittner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Reds 8, Cubs 3.