The Chicago Cubs lost to the San Francisco Giants, 8 to 6, on June 2, 1979.

Final

Giants

26-27

8

Cubs

21-26

6

SFG

CHC

1

2

0

3

0

2

4

0

5

2

0

6

0

1

7

2

0

8

0

1

9

1

0

R

8

6

H

14

11

E

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

SFG

CHC

Single by Willie McCovey; Bill North scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

SFG

CHC

Bill Buckner grounded out; Ivan De Jesus scored.

1

Home run by Dave Kingman.

1

2

Top 2nd

SFG

CHC

Home run by Mike Ivie.

2

Bill North stole second and Johnnie LeMaster stole home.

3

2

Bottom 3rd

SFG

CHC

Home run by Jerry Martin; Bill Buckner scored.

3

4

Top 5th

SFG

CHC

Home run by Jack Clark.

4

Home run by Willie McCovey.

5

4

Bottom 6th

SFG

CHC

Home run by Jerry Martin.

5

Top 7th

SFG

CHC

Single by Terry Whitfield; Jack Clark and Bill Madlock scored.

7

5

Bottom 8th

SFG

CHC

Scot Thompson grounded out; Bobby Murcer scored.

7

6

Top 9th

SFG

CHC

Single by Mike Sadek; Roger Metzger scored.

8

6

Giants

Cubs

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Bill North CF	3	1	3	0	0	2	0	3	1	3
Larry Herndon LF	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Jack Clark RF	4	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Willie McCovey 1B	5	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	6
Bill Madlock 2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Rob Andrews 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Ivie 3B	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	4
Roger Metzger SS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Johnnie LeMaster SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Darrell Evans PH,3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Marc Hill C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Terry Whitfield PH	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Sadek C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Knepper P	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Randy Moffitt P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Lavelle P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	39	8	14	7	3	5	5	4	1	23

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Bob Knepper	5.2	8	5	5	3	3	3
Randy Moffitt (W)	1.2	3	1	1	0	1	0
Gary Lavelle (S)	1.2	0	0	0	0	3	0
Totals	9.0	11	6	6	3	7	3

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Ivan De Jesus SS	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
Ted Sizemore 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Biittner PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Tidrow P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Vail PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bill Buckner 1B	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
Dave Kingman LF	5	1	1	1	1	0	2	4
Jerry Martin CF	4	2	2	3	2	0	0	8
Bobby Murcer RF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Steve Ontiveros 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Barry Foote C	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Sam Mejias PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Blackwell C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Holtzman P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lynn McGlothen P	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Dillard PH,2B	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Scot Thompson PH	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Mick Kelleher 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	37	6	11	5	3	3	7	21

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Ken Holtzman	3.2	7	3	3	1	1	1
Lynn McGlothen	2.1	3	2	2	0	3	2
Dick Tidrow (L)	3.0	4	3	3	4	1	0
Totals	9.0	14	8	8	5	5	3

Explore

More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Busch

RBI

17

Busch

AVG

.307

Tauchman

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Imanaga

K

28

Imanaga

ERA

0.98

Imanaga

Team Rankings

HR

30

17th

R

149

9th

SO

248

21st

ERA

4.03

20th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	19	11	.633
Cubs	18	12	.600	1.0
Reds	16	14	.533	3.0
Pirates	14	17	.452	5.5
Cardinals	14	17	.452	5.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 5/1	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Thu 5/2	CHC	@	NYM	1:10 PM
Fri 5/3	MIL	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sat 5/4	MIL	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Sun 5/5	MIL	@	CHC	2:20 PM

Last Game

Mets

15-14

4

Final

2

Cubs

18-12

Tue 30 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Henderson

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

30

Bohm

27

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.368

Betts

.366

Bohm

.362

Smith

Hit Leaders

46

Betts

45

Turner

44

Ohtani

Run Leaders

29

Betts

28

Contreras

27

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.477

Betts

.438

Bohm

.438

Soto

SLG Leaders

.636

Ozuna

.624

Betts

.624

Henderson

SB Leaders

18

Cruz

14

Turang

13

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Minter

5

Lugo

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

50

Flaherty

49

Castillo

ERA Leaders

1.32

Suárez

1.35

Crawford

1.44

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Gilbert

K/9 Leaders

12.50

Flaherty

12.20

Crochet

12.03

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

10.00

Flaherty

9.50

Kirby

9.00

Eflin

Walk Leaders

4

Kirby

4

Eflin

5

Harrison

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

533.3

Betts

494.9

Cruz

464.5

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

406

Betts

376

Cruz

357

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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