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Phillies 5 @ Cubs 3
Wrigley Field
September 7, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on September 7, 1978 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs were bested by the visiting Phillies with a score of 5 to 3.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 7, 1978 
Visiting Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 5 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 3 H: 6 E: 2 LOB: 6
Runs: 3
Hits: 6
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 6
Winning Pitcher—Warren Brusstar  
Losing Pitcher—Donnie Moore  
Save—Ron Reed  
Game Winning RBI—Ted Sizemore 

Game Info

DateSeptember 7, 1978 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherLarry Christenson  
Home Starting PitcherDennis Lamp  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance11,427 
Time of Game2 hours 41 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Andy Olsen
1B: Jim Quick
2B: Jerry Crawford
3B: Doug Harvey

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bake McBride  Right Fielder 
Larry Bowa  Shortstop 
Garry Maddox  Center Fielder 
Greg Luzinski  Left Fielder 
Richie Hebner  First Baseman 
Mike Schmidt  Third Baseman 
Bob Boone  Catcher 
Ted Sizemore  Second Baseman 
Larry Christenson  Pitcher 
Danny Ozark  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Greg Gross  Center Fielder 
Rodney Scott  Third Baseman 
Larry Biittner  First Baseman 
Dave Kingman  Left Fielder 
Bobby Murcer  Right Fielder 
Manny Trillo  Second Baseman 
Dave Rader  Catcher 
Ivan De Jesus  Shortstop 
Dennis Lamp  Pitcher 
Herman Franks  Manager 

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Phillies 5 @ Cubs 3
Wrigley Field
September 7, 1978

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         Game of 9/7/1978 -- Philadelphia at Chicago (D)

  Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
McBride B, rf         3  0  1  0   Gross G, cf           3  0  0  0   
Martin J, ph-rf       2  0  0  1   Scott R, 3b           4  0  2  1   
Bowa L, ss            5  0  1  1   Biittner L, 1b        4  1  1  0   
Maddox G, cf          4  1  1  0   Kingman D, lf         4  0  0  0   
Luzinski G, lf        4  0  0  0   Murcer B, rf          3  1  1  0   
Brusstar W, p         0  0  0  0   Trillo M, 2b          4  0  1  2   
Cardenal J, ph        1  0  0  0   Rader D, c            2  0  0  0   
Reed R, p             0  0  0  0   Meoli R, pr           0  1  0  0   
Hebner R, 1b          4  0  1  0   Blackwell T, c        0  0  0  0   
Schmidt M, 3b         3  2  1  0   Vail M, ph            1  0  0  0   
Boone B, c            4  0  1  0   De Jesus I, ss        3  0  1  0   
Sizemore T, 2b        3  1  1  1   Lamp D, p             2  0  0  0   
Christenson L, p      2  0  0  0   Hernandez G, p        0  0  0  0   
McCarver T, ph        1  0  1  1   McGlothen L, p        0  0  0  0   
Smith L, pr-lf        0  1  0  0   Thompson S, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   Moore D, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Sutter B, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Buckner B, ph         1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  5  8  4                        32  3  6  3

Philadelphia     000 000 311 --  5
Chicago          000 200 100 --  3

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Christenson L         6.0  4  2  2  1  7
Brusstar W (W)        2.0  1  1  1  1  0
Reed R (S)            1.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lamp D                6.1  5  3  3  1  3
Hernandez G*          0.0  1  0  0  0  0
McGlothen L           0.2  0  0  0  1  0
Moore D (L)+          0.0  1  1  1  1  0
Sutter B              2.0  1  1  0  1  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Bowa L, Biittner L 2
DP -- Philadelphia 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- Philadelphia 10, Chicago 6
2B -- Biittner L, Bowa L, Maddox G
SB -- McBride B, Scott R, Smith L, Maddox G
SH -- De Jesus I
SF -- Sizemore T
HBP -- by Lamp D (Hebner R), by Brusstar W (Rader D)
Balk -- Christenson L
T -- 2:41
A -- 11427

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