The Chicago Cubs defeated the Atlanta Braves, 12 to 8, on August 15, 1978.

1978 Chicago Cubs

Final

ATL

Braves

54-64

8

CHC

Cubs

61-56

12

1

0

0

2

7

5

3

0

0

4

0

3

5

0

1

6

1

3

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

8

12

H

12

14

E

3

4

Top 2nd

ATL

CHC

Braves

Home run by Bob Horner.

1

0

Braves

Single by Chico Ruiz; Error by Manny Trillo; Joe Nolan scored.

2

0

Braves

Single by Rowland Office; Dale Murphy and Chico Ruiz scored.

4

0

Braves

Single by Gary Matthews; Jerry Royster scored.

5

0

Braves

Single by Jeff Burroughs; Error by Jerry White; Rowland Office and Gary Matthews scored.

7

0

Bottom 2nd

ATL

CHC

Cubs

Single by Manny Trillo; Dave Kingman scored.

7

1

Cubs

Double by Donnie Moore; Tim Blackwell scored.

7

2

Cubs

Single by Ivan De Jesus; Donnie Moore scored.

7

3

Cubs

Double by Bill Buckner; Ivan De Jesus and Jerry White scored.

7

5

Bottom 4th

ATL

CHC

Cubs

Donnie Moore ground ball; Error by Rick Camp; Tim Blackwell scored.

7

6

Cubs

Single by Ivan De Jesus; Donnie Moore scored.

7

7

Cubs

Single by Bill Buckner; Ivan De Jesus scored.

7

8

Bottom 5th

ATL

CHC

Cubs

Double by Rodney Scott; Davey Johnson scored.

7

9

Top 6th

ATL

CHC

Braves

Bob Beall grounded out; Dale Murphy scored.

8

9

Bottom 6th

ATL

CHC

Cubs

Home run by Bobby Murcer.

8

10

Cubs

Home run by Dave Kingman.

8

11

Cubs

Rodney Scott stole second and Mick Kelleher stole home.

8

12

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jerry Royster SS 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Craig Skok P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rowland Office CF 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Gary Matthews RF 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jeff Burroughs LF 5 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
Bob Horner 3B 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Joe Nolan C 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Dale Murphy 1B 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Chico Ruiz 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Larry McWilliams P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rick Camp P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Jamie Easterly P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Beall PH 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Garber P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Darrel Chaney PH,SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 12 6 1 2 6 0 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Larry McWilliams 1.2 5 5 5 2 0 0
Rick Camp (L) 2.1 6 4 2 0 0 0
Jamie Easterly 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Gene Garber 2.0 3 3 2 2 2 2
Craig Skok 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 8.0 14 12 9 6 3 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ivan De Jesus SS 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 2
Jerry White CF 3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0
Bill Buckner 1B 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mike Vail RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Murcer PH,RF 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
Dave Kingman LF 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Greg Gross LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Davey Johnson 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mick Kelleher PR,3B 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0
Manny Trillo 2B 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rodney Scott 2B 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2
Tim Blackwell C 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dennis Lamp P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Donnie Moore P 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Bruce Sutter P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 12 14 10 2 6 3 4 1 23

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Dennis Lamp 1.2 7 7 1 0 2 1
Donnie Moore (W) 6.0 3 1 1 1 3 0
Bruce Sutter 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 0
Totals 9.0 12 8 2 2 6 1

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