A pair of homers by Bobby Murcer and the first N. L. victory by Dick Tidrow highlighted the Cubs' 4-1 triumph over the Phillies. Murcer tied the score at 1-1 with a solo homer in the seventh inning and connected again in the ninth off reliever Ron Reed with Jerry Martin on base. The Cubs snapped the 1-1 tie in the eighth on a pinch-single by Sam Mejias, a forceout and a triple by Bill Buckner. Tidrow yielded only one run in five innings of relief. [The Sporting News]



Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia Phillies 1
Game Played on Monday, May       28, 1979 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Cubs         0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  2  -   4  7  1
Phillies     0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1 11  1


Cubs                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
De Jesus ss           5   1   0   0     0   0   .247      McBride rf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .230
Sizemore 2b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .262      Maddox cf             3   1   2   0     0   1   .294
Buckner 1b            4   0   3   1     0   0   .292        Unser cf            2   0   1   0     0   1   .314
Kingman lf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Rose 1b               4   0   3   1     0   0   .371
  Sutter p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .264
Martin cf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .276      Schmidt 3b            2   0   1   0     2   0   .279
Murcer rf             4   2   2   3     0   1   .268      Boone c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Foote c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .197      Aviles 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .348
Kelleher 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Meoli ss              2   0   0   0     1   0   .196
Krukow p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .231        Gross ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  Tidrow p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Lerch p               3   0   0   0     0   0   .115
  Mejias ph,lf        2   0   1   0     0   0   .143        Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            McCarver ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .229

Totals               35   4   7   4     2   3             Totals               34   1  11   1     3   4

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 51,381
Left on Base: Cubs 6, Phillies 10
DP: Cubs 1, Phillies 0
Errors: Foote, Schmidt
Doubles: Buckner (13), McBride (3), Luzinski (8), McCarver (3)
Triples: Buckner (4)
Home Runs: Murcer 2 (6)
Stolen Bases: De Jesus (5), Maddox (9), Unser (2)
Caught Stealing: Rose (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Aviles (3)
GIDP: Luzinski (6)


Cubs                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krukow                  2     4   0   0   1   3   0  10   3.78
Tidrow W(1-0)           5     6   1   1   2   0   0  21   5.50
Sutter SV(9)            2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   1.40
Totals                  9    11   1   1   3   4   0  38

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch L(2-3)            7.2   5   2   2   2   3   1  30   3.49
Reed                    1.1   2   2   2   0   0   1   7   3.94
Totals                  9     7   4   4   2   3   2  37

Wild Pitches: Krukow (2), Tidrow (1)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Steve Fields, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Jerry Crawford


CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (second to first); Sizemore
walked; Buckner doubled to first [Sizemore to third]; Kingman
flied out to center; Martin was walked intentionally; Murcer
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: McBride doubled to left; Maddox struck out; Krukow
threw a wild pitch [McBride to third]; Rose singled to pitcher
[McBride stayed at third]; Luzinski was called out on strikes;
Rose was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

CUBS 2ND: Foote popped to catcher in foul territory; Kelleher
grounded out (second to first); Krukow flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt singled to left; Boone singled to third
[Schmidt to second]; Aviles out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Schmidt to third, Boone to second]; Meoli walked; Lerch
flied out to center; McBride struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

CUBS 3RD: De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Sizemore
flied out to center; Buckner grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: TIDROW REPLACED KRUKOW (PITCHING); Maddox singled
to left; 72 minute rain delay sometime this game; Maddox
stole second; Rose singled to left [Maddox scored]; Luzinski
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rose
out at second]; Schmidt walked; Boone popped to shortstop; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 1.

CUBS 4TH: Kingman popped to first; Martin struck out; Murcer
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Aviles lined to first; Meoli popped to third in
foul territory; Lerch grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 1.

CUBS 5TH: Foote flied out to left; Kelleher grounded out (second
to first); Tidrow was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: McBride grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first); Maddox singled to left [Maddox out at second (left to
second)]; Rose singled to right; Luzinski doubled to right [Rose
to third]; Schmidt was walked intentionally; Boone flied out to
center; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cubs 0, Phillies 1.

CUBS 6TH: UNSER REPLACED MADDOX (PLAYING CF); De Jesus flied out
to right; Sizemore lined to shortstop; Buckner singled to left;
Kingman flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Aviles made an out to second; Meoli flied out to
left; Lerch lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 0,
Phillies 1.

CUBS 7TH: Martin grounded out (shortstop to first); Murcer
homered; Foote flied out to left; Kelleher flied out to right; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: McBride popped to catcher in foul territory; Foote
dropped a foul fly hit by Unser for an error; Unser singled to
right; Unser stole second; Tidrow threw a wild pitch [Unser to
third]; Rose grounded out (second to first); Luzinski lined to
pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 1, Phillies 1.

CUBS 8TH: MEJIAS BATTED FOR TIDROW; Mejias singled to center; De
Jesus forced Mejias (pitcher to shortstop); De Jesus stole
second; Sizemore flied out to right; Buckner tripled to right
[De Jesus scored]; REED REPLACED LERCH (PITCHING); Kingman
popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cubs 2, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: MEJIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); SUTTER
REPLACED KINGMAN (PITCHING); Schmidt lined to second; Boone
grounded out (third to first); Aviles grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cubs 2, Phillies 1.

CUBS 9TH: Martin singled to third; Murcer homered [Martin
scored]; Foote flied out to left; Kelleher flied out to left;
Mejias reached on an error by Schmidt [Mejias to second]; De
Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cubs 4, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: GROSS BATTED FOR MEOLI; Gross grounded out (first
unassisted); MCCARVER BATTED FOR REED; McCarver doubled to
right; McBride lined to right; Unser struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Cubs 4, Phillies 1.