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Cubs
@ Expos
Stade Olympique
September 8, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Montreal Expos and the Chicago Cubs, played on September 8, 1978 at Stade Olympique.
Game Summary
| Date | September 8, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Home Team |
Montreal Expos
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 8, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | Montreal Expos |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ray Burris |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Scott Sanderson |
| Ballpark | Stade Olympique |
| City | Montreal |
| State | QUE |
| Attendance | 11,621 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 46 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Weyer 1B: Dutch Rennert 2B: Harry Wendelstedt 3B: Ed Montague |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Greg Gross | Left Fielder |
| Rodney Scott | Third Baseman |
| Larry Biittner | First Baseman |
| Bobby Murcer | Right Fielder |
| Manny Trillo | Second Baseman |
| Jerry White | Center Fielder |
| Dave Rader | Catcher |
| Ivan De Jesus | Shortstop |
| Ray Burris | Pitcher |
| Herman Franks | Manager |
Montreal Expos Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dave Cash | Second Baseman |
| Andre Dawson | Center Fielder |
| Ellis Valentine | Right Fielder |
| Tony Perez | First Baseman |
| Warren Cromartie | Left Fielder |
| Gary Carter | Catcher |
| Larry Parrish | Third Baseman |
| Chris Speier | Shortstop |
| Scott Sanderson | Pitcher |
| Dick Williams | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Expos
Stade Olympique
September 8, 1978
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Sanderson
Del Unser now playing right field.
Gross hits a line drive into left field. Cromartie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Sanderson
Scott strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Biittner vs. Sanderson
Biittner hits a fly ball into right field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Burris
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Dawson vs. Burris
Dawson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Burris
Unser hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Trillo reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Sanderson
Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Sanderson
Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
White vs. Sanderson
White hits a fly ball into left field. Cromartie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Burris
Perez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Cromartie vs. Burris
Cromartie hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carter vs. Burris
Carter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Scott fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Sanderson
Rader takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
De Jesus vs. Sanderson
De Jesus takes first base on ball four. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Burris vs. Sanderson
Burris bunts towards the mound. The ball bounces off Sanderson, and towards Parrish, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Rader moves to third. De Jesus moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -23
Gross vs. Sanderson
Gross hits a line drive towards short. Speier reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -23
Scott vs. Sanderson
Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cromartie throws the ball in to Perez who tags Scott trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Rader scores. De Jesus scores. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Burris
Parrish hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Burris
Speier hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Sanderson vs. Burris
Sanderson strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Burris
Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biittner vs. Sanderson
Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Sanderson
Murcer hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Sanderson
Trillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Murcer moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Sanderson
White hits a line drive into right field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Sanderson
Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Dawson vs. Burris
Dawson 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 -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Unser vs. Burris
Unser hits a line drive into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Burris
Perez strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Sanderson
De Jesus hits a fly ball into right field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Burris vs. Sanderson
Burris hits a fly ball into right field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Sanderson
Gross hits a line drive towards short. Speier reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cromartie vs. Burris
Cromartie is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Carter vs. Burris
Carter hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Burris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carter for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Burris
Parrish hits a line drive into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Twitchell
Wayne Twitchell now pitching.
Scott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Biittner vs. Twitchell
Twitchell fires to first and has Scott trapped. There's the throw to Speier who tags Scott for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Biittner vs. Twitchell
Biittner hits a popup into left field. Cromartie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Twitchell
Murcer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Twitchell
There goes Murcer. The throw from Carter and he is safe. Murcer steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Trillo vs. Twitchell
There's a wild pitch. Murcer moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Trillo vs. Twitchell
Trillo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Burris
Speier hits a line drive into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Herrmann vs. Burris
Ed Herrmann pinch hits for Wayne Twitchell.
Herrmann is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Burris
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
White vs. Bahnsen
Stan Bahnsen now pitching. Jerry Fry now catching.
White hits a line drive into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Bahnsen
Rader hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Bahnsen
De Jesus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Burris vs. Bahnsen
Burris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dawson vs. Burris
Dawson hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Unser vs. Burris
Unser is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Burris
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Bahnsen
Gross hits a line drive into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Bahnsen
Scott hits a line drive into left field. Cromartie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Biittner vs. Bahnsen
Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Cromartie vs. Burris
Cromartie hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cromartie for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Fry vs. Burris
Fry is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Parrish vs. Burris
Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Bahnsen
Murcer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Bahnsen
Trillo strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
White vs. Bahnsen
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Speier vs. Burris
Speier hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Speier reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Hutton vs. Burris
Tom Hutton pinch hits for Stan Bahnsen.
Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cash vs. Burris
Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Speier scores. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Dawson vs. Burris
Dawson strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Unser vs. Burris
Unser hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cash moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Perez vs. Burris
Sam Mejias pinch runs for Del Unser.
Perez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cash scores. Mejias moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Cromartie vs. Sutter
Bruce Sutter now pitching. Mick Kelleher now playing second base.
Cromartie hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Cubs, 2 - Expos, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Garman
Sam Mejias now playing right field. Tom Hutton now playing left field. Mike Garman now pitching.
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Garman
De Jesus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kelleher vs. Garman
Kelleher strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Garman
There goes De Jesus. The throw from Fry and he is safe. De Jesus steals second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Garman
Gross is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Expos, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Scott vs. Garman
Scott hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hutton. Scott reaches second base with a double. De Jesus scores. Gross goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Expos, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Biittner vs. Garman
Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Cubs, 4 - Expos, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Fry vs. Sutter
Fry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Expos, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Parrish vs. Sutter
Parrish hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Fry moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Expos, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Speier vs. Sutter
Speier bunts in front of the plate. Rader fields it and throws to third for the out. Parrish moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Expos, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Hutton vs. Sutter
Hutton hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Parrish moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 4 - Expos, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Cash vs. Sutter
Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/8/1978 -- Chicago at Montreal (N)
Chicago AB R H RBI Montreal AB R H RBI
Gross G, lf 4 1 0 0 Cash D, 2b 5 1 1 1
Scott R, 3b 4 0 2 4 Dawson A, cf 4 0 1 0
Biittner L, 1b 5 0 0 0 Valentine E, rf 0 0 0 0
Murcer B, rf 3 0 2 0 Unser D, rf 4 0 1 0
Trillo M, 2b 4 0 1 0 Mejias S, pr-rf 0 0 0 0
Sutter B, p 0 0 0 0 Perez T, 1b 4 0 2 1
White J, cf 4 0 0 0 Cromartie W, lf 4 0 0 0
Rader D, c 3 1 0 0 Garman M, p 0 0 0 0
De Jesus I, ss 3 2 2 0 Carter G, c 2 0 0 0
Burris R, p 2 0 0 0 Fry J, c 1 0 0 0
Kelleher M, 2b 1 0 0 0 Parrish L, 3b 4 0 1 0
Speier C, ss 4 1 2 0
Sanderson S, p 1 0 0 0
Twitchell W, p 0 0 0 0
Herrmann E, ph 1 0 0 0
Bahnsen S, p 0 0 0 0
Hutton T, ph-lf 2 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 4 7 4 36 2 8 2
Chicago 002 000 000 2 -- 4
Montreal 000 000 002 0 -- 2
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Burris R 8.2 7 2 2 0 7
Sutter B (W) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
Montreal IP H R ER BB SO
Sanderson S 5.0 3 2 2 2 1
Twitchell W 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Bahnsen S 3.0 2 0 0 0 1
Garman M (L) 1.0 2 2 2 1 1
DP -- Chicago 2, Montreal 1
LOB -- Chicago 5, Montreal 5
2B -- Speier C, Scott R
SB -- Murcer B, De Jesus I
CS -- Scott R
SH -- Burris R
WP -- Twitchell W
T -- 2:46
A -- 11621
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