The Chicago Cubs lost to 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

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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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Busch

Michael Busch

RBI

17

Busch

Michael Busch

AVG

.305

Suzuki

Seiya Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

K

28

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

ERA

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

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