The Chicago Cubs couldn't pull it off against the San Francisco Giants, 9 to 8, on July 20, 1978.

1978 Chicago Cubs

Final

SFG

Giants

58-38

9

CHC

Cubs

47-45

8

SFG

CHC

1

0

2

2

0

3

3

2

0

4

0

1

5

6

1

6

0

0

7

0

1

8

1

0

9

0

0

R

9

8

H

14

14

E

2

0

Bottom 1st

SFG

CHC

Cubs

Rodney Scott stole second; Errors by Marc Hill and Larry Herndon; Rodney Scott scored.

0

1

Cubs

Single by Larry Biittner; Jerry White scored.

0

2

Bottom 2nd

SFG

CHC

Cubs

Sacrifice fly by Jerry White; Dave Rader scored.

0

3

Cubs

Double by Bill Buckner; Mike Krukow and Rodney Scott scored.

0

5

Top 3rd

SFG

CHC

Giants

Home run by Jack Clark; Terry Whitfield scored.

2

5

Bottom 4th

SFG

CHC

Cubs

Jerry White grounded out; Mike Krukow scored.

2

6

Top 5th

SFG

CHC

Giants

Single by Terry Whitfield; John Tamargo scored.

3

6

Giants

Sacrifice fly by Willie McCovey; Bill Madlock scored.

4

6

Giants

Single by Larry Herndon; Terry Whitfield scored.

5

6

Giants

Roger Metzger walked; Jack Clark scored.

6

6

Giants

Single by Mike Ivie; Darrell Evans and Larry Herndon scored.

8

6

Bottom 5th

SFG

CHC

Cubs

Single by Mike Vail; Larry Biittner scored.

8

7

Bottom 7th

SFG

CHC

Cubs

Single by Gene Clines; Ivan De Jesus scored.

8

8

Top 8th

SFG

CHC

Giants

Single by Jack Clark; John Tamargo scored.

9

8

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Bill Madlock 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Terry Whitfield LF 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Jack Clark RF 4 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 5
Willie McCovey 1B 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Darrell Evans 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Gary Lavelle P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Randy Moffitt P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Herndon CF 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Roger Metzger SS 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Marc Hill C 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
John Curtis P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Dwyer PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Ivie PH 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Charlie Williams P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hector Cruz 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Halicki P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Tamargo C 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 37 9 14 9 1 5 4 0 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ed Halicki 3.1 6 6 5 4 1 0
John Curtis 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Charlie Williams 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 0
Gary Lavelle (W) 3.1 5 1 1 1 1 0
Randy Moffitt (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 14 8 7 6 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Rodney Scott SS,3B 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2
Greg Gross PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry White CF 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 1
Bill Buckner 1B 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Ed Putman 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Murcer RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Larry Biittner LF 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Manny Trillo 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Ontiveros 3B 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Ivan De Jesus PH,SS 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Dave Rader C 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Larry Cox C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tim Blackwell C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Krukow P 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Willie Hernandez P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lynn McGlothen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Geisel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Vail PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Holtzman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Clines PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Donnie Moore P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Sutter P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Kingman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 14 7 0 6 3 5 0 16

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Krukow 4.0 8 6 6 2 1 1
Willie Hernandez 0.1 0 1 1 1 0 0
Lynn McGlothen 0.0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Dave Geisel 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Holtzman 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Donnie Moore (L) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Bruce Sutter 1.2 3 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 14 9 9 5 4 1

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