The Chicago Cubs were defeated by the Philadelphia Phillies, 9 to 8, on September 8, 1979.

Final

Phillies

71-70

9

Cubs

72-67

8

PHI

CHC

1

0

2

0

2

3

1

6

4

1

0

5

2

0

6

4

0

7

0

8

1

0

9

0

R

9

8

H

14

E

1

2

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 2nd

PHI

CHC

Home run by Barry Foote; Dave Kingman scored.

0

2

Top 3rd

PHI

CHC

Single by Steve Carlton; Larry Bowa scored.

1

2

Bottom 3rd

PHI

CHC

Home run by Dave Kingman; Ivan De Jesus and Mike Vail scored.

1

5

Home run by Jerry Martin; Barry Foote scored.

1

7

Double by Willie Hernandez; Steve Dillard scored.

1

8

Top 4th

PHI

CHC

Sacrifice fly by Larry Bowa; Mike Schmidt scored.

2

8

Top 5th

PHI

CHC

Single by Bob Boone; Error by Jerry Martin; Manny Trillo and Mike Schmidt scored.

4

8

Top 6th

PHI

CHC

Single by Greg Gross; Larry Bowa scored.

5

8

Single by Manny Trillo; Greg Gross scored.

6

8

Double by Mike Schmidt; John Poff scored.

7

8

Sacrifice fly by Greg Luzinski; Manny Trillo scored.

8

Top 8th

PHI

CHC

Single by Greg Luzinski; Pete Rose scored.

9

8

Phillies

Cubs

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	CS	TB
Lonnie Smith RF	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
John Poff PH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Rawly Eastwick P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Manny Trillo 2B	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	4
Pete Rose 1B	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Schmidt 3B	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	2
Greg Luzinski LF	3	0	1	2	1	1	0	1
Mike Anderson PR,RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Boone C	4	0	3	2	1	0	0	3
Garry Maddox CF	3	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Larry Bowa SS	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	4
Steve Carlton P	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Doug Bird P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Del Unser PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jack Kucek P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greg Gross PH,RF,LF	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Totals	36	9	14	9	8	6	2	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR
Steve Carlton	2.2	8	7	7	3	3
Doug Bird	0.1	3	1	1	0	0
Jack Kucek	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Rawly Eastwick (W)	4.0	3	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	14	8	8	4	3

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	CS	TB
Ivan De Jesus SS	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	3
Larry Biittner 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Mike Vail RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Kingman LF	4	2	3	3	1	0	0	7
Steve Ontiveros 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Barry Foote C	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	5
Jerry Martin CF	4	1	2	2	1	1	0	5
Steve Dillard 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Scot Thompson PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mick Kelleher 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Hernandez P	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2
Bill Caudill P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Tidrow P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Sutter P	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Buckner PH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Miguel Dilone PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	38	8	14	8	3	4	2	26

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Willie Hernandez	3.0	5	2	2	1	1
Bill Caudill	1.2	2	2	2	3	3
Dick Tidrow	0.2	5	4	4	1	1
Bruce Sutter (L)	3.2	2	1	1	3	1
Totals	9.0	14	9	9	8	6

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More Cubs Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

8

Morel

RBI

24

Morel

AVG

.305

Suzuki

Team Pitching Leaders

W

5

Imanaga

K

43

Imanaga

ERA

1.08

Imanaga

Team Rankings

HR

40

8th

R

174

11th

SO

322

11th

ERA

3.75

13th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	21	15	.583
Cubs	22	16	.579
Reds	16	19	.457	4.5
Pirates	17	21	.447	5.0
Cardinals	15	21	.417	6.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 5/10	CHC	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Sat 5/11	CHC	@	PIT	4:05 PM
Sun 5/12	CHC	@	PIT	1:35 PM
Mon 5/13	CHC	@	ATL	7:20 PM
Tue 5/14	CHC	@	ATL	7:20 PM

Last Game

Cubs

22-16

0

Final

3

Padres

20-20

Wed 8 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

11

Ohtani

10

Henderson

10

Tucker

RBI Leaders

34

Ozuna

32

Bohm

31

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.355

Ohtani

.353

Kwan

.346

Betts

Hit Leaders

54

Ohtani

53

Betts

49

Arraez

Run Leaders

36

Jr.

32

Ohtani

32

Betts

OBP Leaders

.451

Betts

.432

Soto

.425

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.678

Ohtani

.625

O'Neill

.598

Jeffers

SB Leaders

19

Cruz

14

Turang

14

Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

6

Suárez

6

Glasnow

5

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

63

Wheeler

63

Glasnow

60

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.08

Imanaga

1.53

López

1.64

Wheeler

WHIP Leaders

0.72

Suárez

0.75

Cease

0.77

Skubal

K/9 Leaders

12.00

Flaherty

11.73

Crochet

11.64

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

10.40

Jones

10.25

Kirby

9.75

Eflin

Walk Leaders

4

Kirby

4

Eflin

5

Imanaga

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

619.9

Ohtani

586.9

Betts

566.2

Jr.

DraftKings Points Leaders

475

Ohtani

447

Betts

437

Jr.

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