The Chicago Cubs couldn't pull it off against the Montreal Expos, 6 to 5, on September 4, 1978.

Final

Expos

65-73

6

Cubs

69-68

5

MON

CHC

1

0

2

1

2

3

0

4

1

0

5

3

0

6

0

7

0

8

0

1

9

0

2

10

1

0

R

6

5

H

11

10

E

1

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

MON

CHC

Double by Larry Parrish; Warren Cromartie scored.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

MON

CHC

Sacrifice fly by Jerry White; Dave Kingman scored.

1

Larry Cox grounded out; Manny Trillo scored.

1

2

Top 4th

MON

CHC

Home run by Larry Parrish.

2

Top 5th

MON

CHC

Single by Del Unser; Andre Dawson scored.

3

2

Single by Tony Perez; Tom Hutton scored.

4

2

Single by Warren Cromartie; Error by Dave Kingman; Del Unser scored.

5

2

Bottom 8th

MON

CHC

Sacrifice fly by Mike Vail; Greg Gross scored.

5

3

Bottom 9th

MON

CHC

Single by Ivan De Jesus; Error by Larry Parrish; Rudy Meoli scored.

5

4

Single by Bill Buckner; Mike Sember scored.

5

Top 10th

MON

CHC

Sacrifice hit by Gary Carter; Larry Parrish scored.

6

5

Expos

Cubs

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Dave Cash 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Pepe Frias 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Tom Hutton RF,1B	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0
Del Unser CF	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Perez 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1
Sam Mejias RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Warren Cromartie LF	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Stan Papi SS	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3
Larry Parrish 3B	2	2	2	2	1	3	0	0	6
Jerry Fry C	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Ellis Valentine PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Dan Schatzeder PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Atkinson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rudy May P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andre Dawson PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Stan Bahnsen P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darold Knowles P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Garman P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Carter PH,C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	41	6	11	6	1	5	8	1	16

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Rudy May	4.0	5	2	2	2	1
Stan Bahnsen	3.1	2	1	1	1	5
Darold Knowles	1.0	3	2	1	1	1
Mike Garman (W)	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Atkinson (S)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
Totals	10.0	10	5	4	5	8

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Ivan De Jesus SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
Rodney Scott 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Gross PH,CF	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Buckner 1B	5	0	3	1	0	0	2	3
Dave Kingman LF	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0
Manny Trillo 2B	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
Gene Clines RF	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
Larry Biittner PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Vail PH,RF	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jerry White CF	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Davey Johnson PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mick Kelleher 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Murcer PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Cox C	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Dave Rader C	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ed Putman PH	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rudy Meoli PR	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Blackwell C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Krukow P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Manny Seoane P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scot Thompson PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Dave Geisel P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Sember PH	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bruce Sutter P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	36	5	10	4	5	8	2	10

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Mike Krukow	4.1	8	5	5	2	3	1
Manny Seoane	2.2	2	0	0	2	1	0
Dave Geisel	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Bruce Sutter (L)	1.0	1	1	1	1	2	0
Totals	10.0	11	6	6	5	8	1

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More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Busch

RBI

17

Bellinger

AVG

.305

Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Imanaga

K

28

Wicks

ERA

0.84

Imanaga

Team Rankings

HR

27

7th

R

130

5th

SO

211

18th

ERA

3.94

16th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	15	8	.652
Cubs	15	9	.625	0.5
Reds	14	10	.583	1.5
Pirates	13	12	.520	3.0
Cardinals	11	14	.440	5.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 4/25	HOU	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Fri 4/26	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Sat 4/27	CHC	@	BOS	4:10 PM
Sun 4/28	CHC	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Mon 4/29	CHC	@	NYM	7:10 PM

Last Game

Cubs

15-9

4

Final

3

Astros

7-18

Wed 24 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

23

García

23

Ward

Batting Average Leaders

.371

Ohtani

.365

Betts

.359

Contreras

Hit Leaders

39

Ohtani

38

Betts

36

Altuve

Run Leaders

26

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.468

Betts

.439

Contreras

.433

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.695

Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

.651

Cruz

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

44

Glasnow

40

Crochet

39

Jones

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

0.85

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.55

Peralta

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

441.7

Betts

430.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

334

Betts

327

Cruz

319

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