| Rick Reuschel pitched three-hit ball for eight innings and Bruce Sutter recorded his 31st save of the season as the Cubs topped the Padres, 3-1. The Cubs' first run came in the sixth inning on a sacrifice fly by Bill Buckner before Barry Foote provided the winning margin with a homer in the seventh following a walk to Jerry Martin. [The Sporting News] |
Chicago Cubs 3, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Sunday, August 19, 1979 (Day game) at Wrigley Field
Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 5 1 Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 x - 3 7 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .271 De Jesus ss 4 1 0 0 0 1 .275 Smith ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .212 Vail rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Winfield rf 3 0 0 0 1 3 .321 Buckner 1b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .280 Turner lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .253 Kingman lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Tenace 1b 3 1 3 0 1 0 .272 Thompson lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Fahey c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Ontiveros 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Dade 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .274 Martin cf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .290 Gonzalez 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .218 Foote c 3 1 2 2 0 0 .245 Johnstone ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Dillard 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .374 Jones p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .191 Reuschel p 1 0 1 0 1 0 .167 Briggs ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .203 Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Mura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Totals 32 1 5 1 3 9 Totals 27 3 7 3 3 2 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 31,750 Left on Base: Padres 7, Cubs 5 DP: Padres 2, Cubs 0 Errors: Fahey Home Runs: Foote (11) Stolen Bases: Smith (22), De Jesus (18) Sacrifice Hits: Reuschel (5) Sacrifice Flies: Buckner (4) GIDP: Martin (10), Dillard (2) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jones L(9-9) 6 5 1 0 1 2 0 22 3.72 Mura 0.1 2 2 2 2 0 1 5 3.21 Lee 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.60 Totals 8 7 3 2 3 2 1 32 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Reuschel W(14-7) 8 3 0 0 3 8 0 30 3.57 Sutter SV(31) 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 1.45 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 9 0 35 Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Joe West PADRES 1ST: Richards struck out; Smith singled; Smith stole second; Winfield struck out; Turner struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: De Jesus struck out; Vail singled; Buckner popped to shortstop; Kingman popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 0. PADRES 2ND: Tenace singled; Fahey grounded out (second to first) [Tenace to second]; Dade grounded out (first to pitcher) [Tenace to third]; Gonzalez was walked intentionally; Jones struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 2ND: Ontiveros singled; Martin grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Ontiveros out at second]; Foote grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 0. PADRES 3RD: Richards grounded out (first to pitcher); On a bunt Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); Winfield walked; Turner forced Winfield (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 3RD: Dillard singled; Reuschel out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Dillard to second]; De Jesus grounded out (shortstop to first); Vail flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 0. PADRES 4TH: Tenace walked; Fahey was called out on strikes; Dade flied out to right; Gonzalez forced Tenace (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 4TH: Buckner grounded out (pitcher to first); Kingman struck out; Ontiveros lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 0. PADRES 5TH: Jones grounded out (third to first); Richards flied out to right; Smith flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 5TH: Martin grounded out (shortstop to first); Foote singled; Dillard grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Foote out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 0. PADRES 6TH: Winfield struck out; Turner flied out to left; Tenace singled; Fahey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 6TH: Reuschel singled; On a bunt De Jesus forced Reuschel (catcher to shortstop); De Jesus stole second [De Jesus to third (error by Fahey)]; Vail walked; Buckner hit a sacrifice fly to right [De Jesus scored (unearned)]; Kingman forced Vail (second unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 1. PADRES 7TH: Dade lined to center; Gonzalez flied out to center; BRIGGS BATTED FOR JONES; Briggs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 1. CUBS 7TH: MURA REPLACED BRIGGS (PITCHING); Ontiveros flied out to left; Martin walked; Foote homered [Martin scored]; Dillard singled; Reuschel walked [Dillard to second]; LEE REPLACED MURA (PITCHING); De Jesus forced Reuschel (shortstop to second) [Dillard to third]; Vail grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 3. PADRES 8TH: THOMPSON REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING LF); Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith lined to center; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 3. CUBS 8TH: Buckner flied out to left; Thompson grounded out (first to pitcher); Ontiveros grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 3. PADRES 9TH: SUTTER REPLACED REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Turner struck out; Tenace singled; Fahey grounded out (second to first) [Tenace to second]; Dade singled [Tenace scored]; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR GONZALEZ; Johnstone out on an unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Cubs 3.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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