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

.305

Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Imanaga

K

28

Imanaga

ERA

0.98

Imanaga

Team Rankings

HR

28

14th

R

140

6th

SO

232

15th

ERA

4.23

22nd

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	17	9	.654
Cubs	17	10	.630	0.5
Reds	15	12	.556	2.5
Pirates	14	14	.500	4.0
Cardinals	13	14	.481	4.5

Schedule

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

Last Game

Red Sox

15-13

17

Final

0

Cubs

17-10

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.354

Ozuna

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

40

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

25

Kwan

24

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.443

Soto

.434

Bohm

SLG Leaders

.698

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

515.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

393

Betts

347

Cruz

342

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