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Cubs
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 26, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, played on May 26, 1978 at Busch Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 26, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 26, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Roberts |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Pete Falcone |
| Ballpark | Busch Stadium |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 20,068 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bob Engel 1B: Jerry Dale 2B: (none) 3B: John McSherry |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ivan De Jesus | Shortstop |
| Gene Clines | Right Fielder |
| Bill Buckner | First Baseman |
| Dave Kingman | Left Fielder |
| Manny Trillo | Second Baseman |
| Bobby Murcer | Center Fielder |
| Steve Ontiveros | Third Baseman |
| Dave Rader | Catcher |
| Dave Roberts | Pitcher |
| Herman Franks | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Garry Templeton | Shortstop |
| Jim Dwyer | Left Fielder |
| Jerry Morales | Right Fielder |
| Ted Simmons | Catcher |
| Roger Freed | First Baseman |
| Ken Reitz | Third Baseman |
| Jerry Mumphrey | Center Fielder |
| Mike Tyson | Second Baseman |
| Pete Falcone | Pitcher |
| Ken Boyer | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Cardinals
Busch Stadium
May 26, 1978
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Falcone
De Jesus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Tyson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Clines vs. Falcone
Clines strikes out. Simmons drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Clines out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Falcone
Buckner hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Falcone
Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Templeton vs. Roberts
Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dwyer vs. Roberts
Dwyer hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Morales vs. Roberts
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Falcone
Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Falcone
Murcer hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Falcone
Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Roberts
Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Freed vs. Roberts
Freed hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Roberts
Reitz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Mumphrey vs. Roberts
Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Falcone
Rader hits a popup, foul, towards third. Reitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Falcone
Roberts takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
De Jesus vs. Falcone
De Jesus hits a line drive into left field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clines vs. Falcone
Clines hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Tyson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Roberts
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Falcone vs. Roberts
Falcone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Roberts, and towards Trillo, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Templeton vs. Roberts
Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Falcone
Buckner hits a line drive into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Falcone
Kingman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Falcone
Trillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kingman moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Murcer vs. Falcone
Murcer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Morales. Murcer reaches second base with a double. Kingman scores. Trillo moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Ontiveros vs. Falcone
Ontiveros is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cubs, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rader vs. Falcone
Rader hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Trillo scores. Murcer scores. There goes Ontiveros trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Falcone
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Falcone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
De Jesus vs. Falcone
De Jesus hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dwyer vs. Roberts
Dwyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Buckner scoops it up and throws to first, with Roberts covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Roberts
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Roberts
Simmons hits a line drive into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Clines vs. Falcone
Clines hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reitz fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Falcone
Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Kingman vs. Falcone
Kingman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Freed vs. Roberts
Freed hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reitz vs. Roberts
Reitz hits a popup, foul, towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Mumphrey vs. Roberts
Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Trillo vs. Falcone
Trillo hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Falcone
Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Ontiveros vs. Falcone
Ontiveros takes first base on ball four. Murcer moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Hamilton
Dave Hamilton now pitching. Tony Scott now playing center field.
Rader hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Morales who is chasing the ball. Rader reaches third base with a triple. Murcer scores. Ontiveros goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Roberts vs. Hamilton
Roberts bunts towards the mound. Hamilton fields it and throws to first for the out. Rader scores. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
De Jesus vs. Hamilton
De Jesus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Clines vs. Hamilton
Clines hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Roberts
Tyson hits a fly ball into center field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Roberts
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Templeton vs. Roberts
Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Scott moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Dwyer vs. Roberts
Dwyer hits a line drive into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Scott moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Morales vs. Roberts
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buckner vs. Hamilton
Buckner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Kingman vs. Hamilton
Kingman strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Trillo vs. Hamilton
Trillo hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Tyson catches it and throws to first to double up Buckner. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Roberts
Joe Wallis now playing center field. Gene Clines now playing left field. Bobby Murcer now playing right field.
Simmons hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Freed vs. Roberts
Freed hits a fly ball into center field. Wallis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Reitz vs. Roberts
Reitz hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Trillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Iorg vs. Roberts
Dane Iorg pinch hits for Dave Hamilton.
Iorg 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
Top 8
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Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Murcer vs. Littell
Mark Littell now pitching.
Murcer strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ontiveros vs. Littell
Ontiveros hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Littell
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Templeton scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyson vs. Roberts
Tyson hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Roberts
Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tyson moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Templeton vs. Roberts
Templeton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields it and throws to second for the out. Tyson moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Dwyer vs. Roberts
Dwyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Littell
Roberts hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Morales. Roberts reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
De Jesus vs. Littell
De Jesus strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Clines vs. Littell
Clines takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Buckner vs. Littell
Buckner hits a fly ball into left field. Dwyer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Wallis vs. Littell
Wallis hits a fly ball into right field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Roberts
Morales hits a fly ball into left field. Clines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Simmons vs. Roberts
Simmons hits a popup, foul, towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Freed vs. Roberts
Freed hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ontiveros fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/26/1978 -- Chicago at St.Louis (N)
Chicago AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
De Jesus I, ss 4 0 0 0 Templeton G, ss 4 0 1 0
Clines G, rf-lf 4 0 0 0 Dwyer J, lf 4 0 1 0
Buckner B, 1b 5 0 2 0 Morales J, rf 4 0 0 0
Kingman D, lf 4 1 1 0 Simmons T, c 4 0 1 0
Wallis J, cf 1 0 0 0 Freed R, 1b 4 0 0 0
Trillo M, 2b 4 1 1 0 Reitz K, 3b 3 0 1 0
Murcer B, cf-rf 4 2 2 1 Mumphrey J, cf 2 0 0 0
Ontiveros S, 3b 2 1 0 0 Hamilton D, p 0 0 0 0
Rader D, c 4 1 2 4 Iorg D, ph 1 0 0 0
Roberts D, p 2 0 2 1 Littell M, p 0 0 0 0
Tyson M, 2b 3 0 1 0
Falcone P, p 1 0 0 0
Scott T, cf 2 0 2 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 6 10 6 32 0 7 0
Chicago 000 303 000 -- 6
St.Louis 000 000 000 -- 0
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts D (W) 9.0 7 0 0 0 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Falcone P (L) 5.1 7 5 5 3 2
Hamilton D 1.2 2 1 1 1 1
Littell M 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
DP -- Chicago 2, St.Louis 1
LOB -- Chicago 7, St.Louis 5
2B -- Murcer B, Roberts D
3B -- Rader D
SH -- Roberts D
T -- 2:05
A -- 20068
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