The second homer of the game by Dave Parker, leading off the 11th inning, enabled the Pirates to outlast the Cubs in a wild slugfest, 12-11, and move to within one game of the division-leading Phillies in the East division. Parker also homered in the first inning and had RBI singles in the third and eighth frames, raising his league-leading batting average to .327 and his RBI total to 111, also tops in the senior circuit.

Parker's first round-tripper, two by Bill Robinson and one by Phil Garner helped the Pirates take a 10-2 lead, but the Cubs came back and eventually tied the score with four runs in the ninth. Dave Kingman tripled and scored on a single by Mike Vail, pinch-hitter Davey Johnson drove in two runs with a single and Ivan DeJesus sent the game into overtime with a double. [The Sporting News]
Pittsburgh Pirates 12, Chicago Cubs 11

Game Played on Tuesday, September 19, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Pirates      1  1  1    3  2  2    0  1  0    0  1  -  12 16  0
Cubs         0  0  2    0  0  0    5  0  4    0  0  -  11 15  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .281      De Jesus ss           7   1   3   1     0   1   .271
Moreno cf             4   1   1   1     2   2   .229      Trillo 2b             6   1   1   1     0   0   .258
Parker rf             6   2   4   4     0   1   .327      Buckner 1b            5   2   3   4     1   1   .316
Stargell 1b           5   0   2   1     1   3   .297      Kingman lf            6   2   2   2     0   0   .258
Ott c                 6   1   0   0     0   3   .272      Vail rf               4   1   3   1     2   0   .318
B. Robinson 3b,lf     6   3   4   3     0   1   .251      Murcer cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .286
Milner lf             3   1   2   1     0   0   .281        Seoane p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Berra 3b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .207        Gross ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Garner 2b             5   1   1   2     0   0   .270        Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Candelaria p          2   2   1   0     1   0   .160        Thompson ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .444
  Whitson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .077
  Tekulve p           0   1   0   0     1   0   .095        Clines ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .269
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Cox c                 2   0   0   0     1   1   .288
  Bibby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .129        Rader ph,c          1   0   0   0     1   0   .200
  May ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .192        Scott pr,3b         1   1   0   0     0   1   .273
  Jones p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kelleher 3b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .234
                                                            Geisel p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            White cf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .264
                                                          R. Reuschel p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .130
                                                            Holtzman p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Putman 3b           1   1   0   0     1   0   .278
                                                            Biittner ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .258
                                                            Sember 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Johnson ph          1   0   1   2     0   0   .224
                                                            Meoli pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .115
                                                            Blackwell c         0   0   0   0     1   0   .228

Totals               43  12  16  12     5  11             Totals               47  11  15  11     8   5

Time of Game: 3:50   Attendance:  6,137
Left on Base: Pirates 6, Cubs 11
DP: Pirates 0, Cubs 1
Errors: Cox
Doubles: Candelaria (3), Buckner (25), Trillo (17), Vail (4), De Jesus (23)
Triples: Kingman (4)
Home Runs: Parker 2 (29), B. Robinson 2 (14), Garner (10), Buckner (4), Kingman (27)
Stolen Bases: B. Robinson (14), Parker (18), Moreno 2 (65), Taveras (41)
Caught Stealing: B. Robinson (10), Stargell (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Taveras 2 (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Milner (4)
GIDP: Garner (17)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Candelaria              6     4   2   2   2   2   1  24   3.31
Whitson                 0.2   3   5   5   2   0   1   7   3.21
Tekulve                 1.2   6   4   4   1   0   0  12   2.15
Jackson                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.99
Bibby                   0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.58
Jones W(1-0)            2     0   0   0   3   3   0   9   0.00
Totals                 11    15  11  11   8   5   2  55

Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. Reuschel             2.1   3   3   2   2   1   1  12   3.37
Holtzman                2     4   5   5   2   3   3  12   5.37
Geisel                  1.2   3   2   2   0   1   0   8   4.24
Seoane                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   9.00
Hernandez               2     2   1   1   1   3   0   8   3.79
Sutter L(8-9)           2     3   1   1   0   3   1   8   3.29
Totals                 11    16  12  11   5  11   5  51

Umpires: HP - Paul Pryor, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Ed Vargo


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); Moreno
grounded out (pitcher to first); Parker homered; Stargell was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Cubs 0.

CUBS 1ST: On a bunt De Jesus grounded out (pitcher to first);
Trillo grounded out (pitcher to first); Buckner doubled to
right; Kingman flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
1, Cubs 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Ott grounded out (second to first); B. Robinson
singled to center; B. Robinson stole second [B. Robinson to
third (error by Cox)]; Milner hit a sacrifice fly to center [B.
Robinson scored (unearned)]; Garner grounded out (third to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Cubs 0.

CUBS 2ND: Vail walked; Murcer flied out to center; Cox struck
out; Kelleher lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Cubs 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Candelaria walked; Taveras out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Candelaria to second]; Moreno walked;
Parker singled to center [Candelaria scored, Moreno to third];
HOLTZMAN REPLACED R. REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Stargell struck out;
Parker stole second; Ott struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 3, Cubs 0.

CUBS 3RD: Holtzman grounded out (third to first); De Jesus
singled to left; Trillo lined to third; Buckner homered [De
Jesus scored]; Kingman popped to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 3, Cubs 2.

PIRATES 4TH: B. Robinson homered; Milner singled to left; Garner
homered [Milner scored]; Candelaria lined to left; Taveras lined
to second; Moreno walked; Moreno stole second; Parker struck
out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Cubs 2.

CUBS 4TH: Vail singled to left; Murcer forced Vail (second to
shortstop); Cox popped to shortstop; Kelleher popped to first; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 6, Cubs 2.

PIRATES 5TH: Stargell walked; Ott forced Stargell (first to
shortstop); B. Robinson homered [Ott scored]; GEISEL REPLACED
KELLEHER (PITCHING); PUTMAN REPLACED HOLTZMAN (PLAYING 3B);
Milner flied out to center; Garner grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 8, Cubs 2.

CUBS 5TH: Putman flied out to center; De Jesus grounded out
(second to first); Trillo lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Pirates 8, Cubs 2.

PIRATES 6TH: Candelaria doubled to left; Taveras flied out to
center; Moreno singled to center [Candelaria scored]; Parker
popped to shortstop; Moreno stole second; Stargell singled to
center [Moreno scored]; Ott struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 10, Cubs 2.

CUBS 6TH: Buckner struck out; Kingman popped to shortstop; Vail
walked; Murcer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 10, Cubs 2.

PIRATES 7TH: SEOANE REPLACED MURCER (PITCHING); WHITE REPLACED
GEISEL (PLAYING CF); B. Robinson flied out to left; Milner
singled to right; Garner grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Milner out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 10, Cubs 2.

CUBS 7TH: BERRA REPLACED MILNER (PLAYING 3B); B. ROBINSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); WHITSON REPLACED CANDELARIA
(PITCHING); Cox walked; White forced Cox (second to shortstop);
Putman walked [White to second]; De Jesus popped to first;
Trillo doubled to center [White scored, Putman to third];
Buckner singled to center [Putman scored, Trillo scored];
Kingman homered [Buckner scored]; TEKULVE REPLACED WHITSON
(PITCHING); Vail doubled to center; GROSS BATTED FOR SEOANE;
Gross flied out to left; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 10, Cubs
7.

PIRATES 8TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); Tekulve
walked; Taveras out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Tekulve to second]; Moreno struck out; Parker singled to right
[Tekulve scored]; Stargell struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 11, Cubs 7.

CUBS 8TH: RADER BATTED FOR COX; Rader grounded out (shortstop to
first); White singled to left; BIITTNER BATTED FOR PUTMAN;
Biittner lined to left; De Jesus singled to center [White to
second]; Trillo flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 11, Cubs 7.

PIRATES 9TH: RADER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); SEMBER REPLACED
BIITTNER (PLAYING 3B); Ott flied out to center; B. Robinson
singled to right; B. Robinson was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Berra was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 11, Cubs 7.

CUBS 9TH: Buckner grounded out (second to first); Kingman
tripled to center; Vail singled to center [Kingman scored];
THOMPSON BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Thompson singled to center [Vail
to second]; Rader walked [Vail to third, Thompson to second];
SCOTT RAN FOR RADER; JACKSON REPLACED TEKULVE (PITCHING); White
popped to first; JOHNSON BATTED FOR SEMBER; BIBBY REPLACED
JACKSON (PITCHING); Johnson singled to left [Vail scored,
Thompson scored, Scott to second]; MEOLI RAN FOR JOHNSON; De
Jesus doubled to left [Scott scored, Meoli out at third (left to
third)]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 11, Cubs 11.

PIRATES 10TH: BLACKWELL REPLACED MEOLI (PLAYING C ); SCOTT
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); SUTTER REPLACED THOMPSON
(PITCHING); Garner lined to left; MAY BATTED FOR BIBBY; May
grounded out (second to first); Taveras singled to center;
Taveras stole second; Moreno struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 11, Cubs 11.

CUBS 10TH: JONES REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Trillo popped to
catcher in foul territory; Buckner walked; Kingman popped to
left; Vail popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 11, Cubs 11.

PIRATES 11TH: Parker homered; Stargell singled to right; Ott
struck out; B. Robinson struck out; Stargell was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 12,
Cubs 11.

CUBS 11TH: CLINES BATTED FOR SUTTER; Clines walked; Scott was
called out on strikes; White struck out; Blackwell walked
[Clines to second]; De Jesus struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 12, Cubs 11.
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