The Chicago Cubs lost to the Philadelphia Phillies, 23 to 22, on May 17, 1979.

1979 Chicago Cubs

Final

PHI

23

CHC

Cubs

16-16

22

1

7

6

2

0

0

3

8

0

4

2

3

5

4

7

6

0

3

7

1

0

8

0

3

9

0

0

10

1

0

R

23

22

H

24

26

E

2

2

Top 1st

PHI

CHC

Phillies

Home run by Mike Schmidt; Larry Bowa and Pete Rose scored.

3

0

Phillies

Home run by Bob Boone; Del Unser and Garry Maddox scored.

6

0

Phillies

Home run by Randy Lerch.

7

0

Bottom 1st

PHI

CHC

Cubs

Single by Bill Buckner; Ivan De Jesus scored.

7

1

Cubs

Home run by Dave Kingman; Mike Vail and Bill Buckner scored.

7

4

Cubs

Single by Ted Sizemore; Jerry Martin scored.

7

5

Cubs

Triple by Donnie Moore; Ted Sizemore scored.

7

6

Top 3rd

PHI

CHC

Phillies

Single by Bob Boone; Error by Dave Kingman; Garry Maddox scored.

8

6

Phillies

Single by Bake McBride; Bob Boone scored.

9

6

Phillies

Double by Pete Rose; Doug Bird and Bake McBride scored.

11

6

Phillies

Del Unser grounded out; Larry Bowa scored.

12

6

Phillies

Home run by Garry Maddox; Pete Rose and Mike Schmidt scored.

15

6

Top 4th

PHI

CHC

Phillies

Double by Pete Rose; Larry Bowa scored.

16

6

Phillies

Double by Garry Maddox; Pete Rose scored.

17

6

Bottom 4th

PHI

CHC

Cubs

Home run by Dave Kingman; Mike Vail scored.

17

8

Cubs

Home run by Steve Ontiveros.

17

9

Top 5th

PHI

CHC

Phillies

Double by Larry Bowa; Nino Espinosa scored.

18

9

Phillies

Pete Rose ground ball; Error by Ivan De Jesus; Bake McBride scored.

19

9

Phillies

Sacrifice fly by Del Unser; Larry Bowa scored.

20

9

Phillies

Sacrifice fly by Greg Gross; Pete Rose scored.

21

9

Bottom 5th

PHI

CHC

Cubs

Ivan De Jesus walked; Barry Foote scored.

21

10

Cubs

Home run by Bill Buckner; Ted Sizemore, Steve Dillard, and Ivan De Jesus scored.

21

14

Cubs

Home run by Jerry Martin; Dave Kingman scored.

21

16

Bottom 6th

PHI

CHC

Cubs

Mike Vail grounded out; Steve Dillard scored.

21

17

Cubs

Bill Buckner grounded out; Ivan De Jesus scored.

21

18

Cubs

Home run by Dave Kingman.

21

19

Top 7th

PHI

CHC

Phillies

Double by Bob Boone; Greg Gross scored.

22

19

Bottom 8th

PHI

CHC

Cubs

Single by Bill Buckner; Ivan De Jesus scored.

22

20

Cubs

Single by Jerry Martin; Scot Thompson scored.

22

21

Cubs

Single by Barry Foote; Steve Ontiveros scored.

22

22

Top 10th

PHI

CHC

Phillies

Home run by Mike Schmidt.

23

22

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bake McBride RF 8 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3
Larry Bowa SS 8 4 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
Pete Rose 1B 7 4 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 5
Mike Schmidt 3B 4 3 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 8
Del Unser LF 7 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
Garry Maddox CF 4 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 9
Greg Gross PR,CF 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bob Boone C 4 2 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 7
Rudy Meoli 2B 5 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 1
Randy Lerch P 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Doug Bird P 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Greg Luzinski PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Nino Espinosa PR 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tug McGraw P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Reed P 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tim McCarver PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rawly Eastwick P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 53 23 24 23 5 12 7 2 0 48

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Randy Lerch 0.1 5 5 5 0 0 1
Doug Bird 3.2 8 4 4 0 2 2
Tug McGraw 0.2 4 7 4 3 1 2
Ron Reed 3.1 9 6 6 0 0 1
Rawly Eastwick (W) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 10.0 26 22 19 3 4 6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ivan De Jesus SS 6 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 4
Mike Vail RF 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Ray Burris P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scot Thompson PH,RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bill Buckner 1B 7 2 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 7
Dave Kingman LF 6 4 3 6 3 1 1 0 0 12
Steve Ontiveros 3B 7 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Jerry Martin CF 6 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 7
Bruce Sutter P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Foote C 6 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Ted Sizemore 2B 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Bill Caudill P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Murcer RF,CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dennis Lamp P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donnie Moore P 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Willie Hernandez P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Steve Dillard PH,2B 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Larry Biittner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mick Kelleher 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 56 22 26 22 6 3 4 0 0 49

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dennis Lamp 0.1 6 6 6 0 0 2
Donnie Moore 2.0 6 7 7 2 1 1
Willie Hernandez 2.2 7 8 6 7 1 1
Bill Caudill 1.1 3 1 1 2 3 0
Ray Burris 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Bruce Sutter (L) 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Totals 10.0 24 23 21 12 7 5

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Busch

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RBI

17

Busch

Michael Busch

AVG

.305

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Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

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Shota Imanaga

K

28

Imanaga

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ERA

0.98

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Team Rankings

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HR

28

14th

R

140

6th

SO

232

15th

ERA

4.23

22nd

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 12 .556 2.5
Pirates Pirates
14 14 .500 4.0
Cardinals Cardinals
13 14 .481 4.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Mon
4/29
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Tue
4/30
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Wed
5/1
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM
Thu
5/2
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
1:10 PM

Last Game

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BOS Red Sox

15-13

17

Final

0

CHC Cubs

17-10

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
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
16-5
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM