The Pittsburgh Pirates managed to stay ahead of the Chicago Cubs, 4 to 3, on April 8, 1978.

1978 Pittsburgh Pirates

Final

CHC

Cubs

0-2

3

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

1

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

0

0

7

0

2

8

3

0

9

0

0

10

0

1

R

3

4

H

8

4

E

1

1

Bottom 3rd

CHC

PIT

Pirates

Home run by Dave Parker.

0

1

Bottom 7th

CHC

PIT

Pirates

Bert Blyleven ground ball; Error by Bill Buckner; Fernando Gonzalez and Bert Blyleven scored.

0

3

Top 8th

CHC

PIT

Cubs

Single by Bill Buckner; Larry Biittner scored.

1

3

Cubs

Single by Bobby Murcer; Ivan De Jesus scored.

2

3

Cubs

Manny Trillo walked; Bill Buckner scored.

3

3

Bottom 10th

CHC

PIT

Pirates

Jim Fregosi walked; Steve Brye scored.

3

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ivan De Jesus SS 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Greg Gross CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gene Clines PH,CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Buckner 1B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bobby Murcer RF 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
Dave Kingman LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Willie Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rudy Meoli PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Sutter P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Ontiveros 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Manny Trillo 2B 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dave Rader C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hector Cruz PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Cox C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ray Burris P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larry Biittner PH,LF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 39 3 8 3 0 2 7 0 0 8

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ray Burris 7.0 1 3 1 5 3 1
Willie Hernandez 2.0 2 0 0 2 2 0
Bruce Sutter (L) 0.1 1 1 1 3 0 0
Totals 9.1 4 4 2 10 5 1

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Frank Taveras SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Omar Moreno CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Dave Parker RF 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
John Milner LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Steve Brye LF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Willie Stargell 1B 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0
Bill Robinson PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rennie Stennett 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ed Ott C 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Fernando Gonzalez 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
Mario Mendoza 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Fregosi PH 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Bert Blyleven P 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Grant Jackson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kent Tekulve P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Will McEnaney P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Bibby P 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 4 2 1 10 5 1 0 8

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bert Blyleven 7.0 6 2 2 0 6 0
Grant Jackson 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0
Kent Tekulve 0.1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Will McEnaney 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Bibby (W) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 10.0 8 3 3 2 7 0

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More Pirates Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

4

Reynolds

Bryan Reynolds

RBI

17

Reynolds

Bryan Reynolds

AVG

.296

Joe

Connor Joe

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Jones

Jared Jones

K

39

Jones

Jared Jones

ERA

1.29

Fleming

Josh Fleming

Team Rankings

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HR

23

25th

R

113

19th

SO

242

14th

ERA

3.71

11th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
17 9 .654
Cubs Cubs
17 10 .630 0.5
Reds Reds
15 13 .536 3.0
Pirates Pirates
14 14 .500 4.0
Cardinals Cardinals
13 15 .464 5.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
PIT PIT
@
SFG SFG
4:05 PM
Mon
4/29
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Tue
4/30
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
9:40 PM
Wed
5/1
PIT PIT
@
OAK OAK
3:37 PM
Fri
5/3
COL COL
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM

Last Game

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SFG Giants

13-15

3

Final

4

PIT Pirates

14-14

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1-3
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
3-4
Sat
4/27
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1-4
Sat
4/27
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
12-9
Sat
4/27
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
2-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
HOU HOU
@
COL COL
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
PIT PIT
@
SFG SFG
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
4:07 PM
Sun
4/28
PHI PHI
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Sun
4/28
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
4:10 PM