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Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 20, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on September 20, 1978 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | September 20, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 20, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Rooker |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Krukow |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 5,269 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Terry Tata 1B: Satch Davidson 2B: Ed Vargo 3B: Paul Pryor |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Frank Taveras | Shortstop |
| Omar Moreno | Center Fielder |
| Dave Parker | Right Fielder |
| John Milner | First Baseman |
| Ed Ott | Catcher |
| Bill Robinson | Left Fielder |
| Phil Garner | Second Baseman |
| Dale Berra | Third Baseman |
| Jim Rooker | Pitcher |
| Chuck Tanner | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ivan De Jesus | Shortstop |
| Manny Trillo | Second Baseman |
| Bill Buckner | First Baseman |
| Dave Kingman | Left Fielder |
| Mike Vail | Right Fielder |
| Bobby Murcer | Center Fielder |
| Tim Blackwell | Catcher |
| Mick Kelleher | Third Baseman |
| Mike Krukow | Pitcher |
| Herman Franks | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
September 20, 1978
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Krukow
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Krukow fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Moreno vs. Krukow
Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner juggles the ball. That's an error on Buckner. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Krukow
There goes Moreno. The throw from Blackwell and he is out, Trillo applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Krukow
Parker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Milner vs. Krukow
Milner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Rooker
De Jesus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Rooker
Trillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. De Jesus moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Buckner vs. Rooker
Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. De Jesus scores. Trillo moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Kingman vs. Rooker
Kingman hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Vail vs. Rooker
Vail hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out. Trillo moves to third. Buckner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Murcer vs. Rooker
Murcer is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Blackwell vs. Rooker
Blackwell is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ott vs. Krukow
Ott strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Krukow
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Krukow
Garner hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kelleher vs. Rooker
Kelleher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Krukow vs. Rooker
Krukow hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno. Krukow reaches second base with a double. Kelleher moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
De Jesus vs. Rooker
De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kelleher scores. Krukow moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Trillo vs. Rooker
There goes De Jesus. The throw from Ott and he is safe. De Jesus steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Trillo vs. Rooker
Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Buckner vs. Rooker
Buckner is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Kingman vs. Rooker
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Milner fields it and throws to home to get Krukow. De Jesus moves to third. Buckner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Vail vs. Rooker
Vail hits a line drive towards short. Taveras reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Krukow
Berra takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Rooker vs. Krukow
Rooker bunts towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Trillo covering, for the out. Berra moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Taveras vs. Krukow
Taveras hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Berra moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moreno vs. Krukow
Moreno hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Berra tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Parker vs. Krukow
There goes Taveras. The throw from Blackwell and he is safe. Taveras steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Parker vs. Krukow
Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Rooker
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Milner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Murcer for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Blackwell vs. Rooker
Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Kelleher vs. Rooker
Kelleher hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Krukow vs. Rooker
Krukow hits a popup, foul, towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Krukow
Milner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ott vs. Krukow
Ott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kelleher fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Krukow
Robinson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Rooker
Manny Sanguillen now catching.
De Jesus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Rooker
Trillo hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. De Jesus moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Buckner vs. Rooker
Buckner hits a line drive into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. De Jesus tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Rooker
Kingman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Kingman reaches second base with a double. Trillo goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Vail vs. Reuss
Jerry Reuss now pitching.
Vail hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Murcer vs. Reuss
Murcer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Milner scoops it up and throws to first, with Reuss covering, for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Krukow
Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Berra vs. Krukow
Berra hits a popup, foul, towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Reuss vs. Krukow
Reuss hits a line drive towards left. Kingman catches it and throws to first to double up Garner. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blackwell vs. Reuss
Blackwell hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Sanguillen scoops up the ball and tags Blackwell for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kelleher vs. Reuss
Kelleher hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Krukow vs. Reuss
Krukow strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
De Jesus vs. Reuss
There goes Kelleher. The throw from Sanguillen and he is safe. Kelleher steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
De Jesus vs. Reuss
De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Krukow
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Moreno vs. Krukow
Moreno hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Krukow
Parker hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Reuss
Trillo strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Buckner vs. Reuss
Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Reuss
Kingman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Vail vs. Reuss
Vail hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Kingman moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Murcer vs. Reuss
Murcer hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Krukow
Milner hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Krukow
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Krukow
Robinson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Blackwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Blackwell vs. Reuss
Blackwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kelleher vs. Reuss
Kelleher hits a line drive into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Krukow vs. Reuss
Krukow hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Garner vs. Krukow
Garner hits a popup towards short. De Jesus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berra vs. Krukow
Berra hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Boyland vs. Krukow
Doe Boyland pinch hits for Jerry Reuss.
Boyland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Taveras vs. Krukow
Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Krukow fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Jackson
Grant Jackson now pitching.
De Jesus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Jackson
Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards second. Garner scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Jackson
Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Jackson
There goes Buckner. The throw from Sanguillen and he is safe. Buckner steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Kingman vs. Jackson
Kingman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Vail vs. Jackson
Vail hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Vail reaches second base with a double. Buckner scores. There goes Kingman trying to get to home. Robinson throws the ball in to Taveras who relays the ball to Sanguillen, who tags Kingman, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Moreno vs. Krukow
Jerry White now playing center field. Bobby Murcer now playing right field.
Moreno strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parker vs. Krukow
Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Milner vs. Krukow
Milner hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/20/1978 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Taveras F, ss 4 0 1 0 De Jesus I, ss 2 2 1 1
Moreno O, cf 3 0 0 1 Trillo M, 2b 5 1 2 0
Parker D, rf 3 0 0 0 Buckner B, 1b 3 1 2 2
Milner J, 1b 4 0 1 0 Kingman D, lf 4 0 2 1
Ott E, c 2 0 0 0 Vail M, rf 5 0 2 1
Sanguillen M, c 1 0 0 0 White J, cf 0 0 0 0
Robinson B, lf 3 0 0 0 Murcer B, cf-rf 3 0 0 0
Garner P, 2b 3 0 1 0 Blackwell T, c 4 0 1 0
Berra D, 3b 2 1 0 0 Kelleher M, 3b 4 1 2 0
Rooker J, p 0 0 0 0 Krukow M, p 4 0 1 0
Reuss J, p 1 0 0 0
Boyland D, ph 1 0 1 0
Jackson G, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
27 1 4 1 34 5 13 5
Pittsburgh 001 000 000 -- 1
Chicago 110 200 01x -- 5
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker J (L) 3.1 8 4 4 4 1
Reuss J 3.2 3 0 0 0 2
Jackson G 1.0 2 1 1 2 0
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Krukow M (W) 9.0 4 1 1 2 3
E -- Buckner B
DP -- Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 3, Chicago 12
2B -- Krukow M, Kingman D, Vail M
SB -- De Jesus I, Taveras F, Kelleher M, Buckner B
CS -- Moreno O
SH -- Rooker J
SF -- Moreno O, Buckner B
WP -- Reuss J
T -- 2:27
A -- 5269
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