Reds @ Cubs
June 7, 1978

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Bottom 8	R	H	E
Reds	9	13	2
Cubs	5	11	0

Bottom 8	R	H	E
Reds	9	13	2
Cubs	6	12	0

Larry Biittner Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.667	.260
OBP	.750	.337
At Bats	3	77
Hits	2	20
• Singles	2	14
• Doubles	0	3
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	1	10
RBI’s	0	15

Dave Tomlin Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
4	1	1

FIRST PREVIOUS PLAY/PAUSE REPLAY NEXT LAST/BOX

Wrigley Field - June 7, 1978

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Single

Dave Tomlin

Don Werner

Dan Driessen

Joe Morgan

Ray Knight

Dave Concepcion

George Foster

Mike Lum

Ken Griffey

Larry Biittner

Ivan De Jesus

Count: - , 1 Out

Biittner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. De Jesus scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 8 Hector Cruz pinch hits for Greg Gross. Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Clines scores. De Jesus moves to third. That run is unearned.

Bottom 8 De Jesus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. De Jesus reaches second base with a double. Clines moves to third.

Bottom 8 Gene Clines pinch hits for Guillermo Hernandez. Clines hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Knight.

Top 8 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Foster moves to third.

Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Foster moves to second.

Top 8 Foster hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Rader strikes out.

Bottom 7 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Murcer scores. Trillo moves to second.

Bottom 7 Trillo takes first base on ball four. Murcer moves to second.

Bottom 7 Murcer hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Kingman strikes out.

Bottom 7 Ray Knight now playing third base. Dave Tomlin now pitching. Biittner hits a line drive into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Griffey strikes out.

Top 7 Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 7 Ray Knight pinch hits for Bill Bonham. Knight is called out on strikes.

Top 7 Guillermo Hernandez now pitching. Werner hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Trillo reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 De Jesus strikes out.

Bottom 6 Rudy Meoli pinch hits for Paul Reuschel. Meoli hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Lum hits a popup into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Driessen takes first base on ball four. Foster moves to second.

Top 6 Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Morgan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Rader hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Ontiveros hits a fly ball into center field. Lum settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Murcer moves to third.

Bottom 5 Trillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Murcer moves to second.

Bottom 5 Murcer takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Kingman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 5 Biittner hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Gross hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Griffey hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Rose strikes out.

Top 5 Bonham hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Bonham reaches second base with a double. Concepcion scores. Lum scores.

Top 5 Werner hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Lum hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gross. Lum reaches second base with a double. Concepcion moves to third.

Top 5 Paul Reuschel now pitching. Concepcion hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 De Jesus hits a line drive towards third. Rose reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Bill Buckner pinch hits for Woodie Fryman. Buckner is called out on strikes.

Bottom 4 Rader hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Ontiveros hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Murcer moves to third. Trillo moves to second.

Bottom 4 Trillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Murcer moves to second.

Bottom 4 Murcer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 4 Driessen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Ontiveros settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Foster hits a line drive into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Morgan takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Biittner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Bonham bunts towards the mound. Fryman fields it and throws to first for the out. Werner moves to second.

Top 3 Werner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Concepcion scores.

Top 3 Lum hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Concepcion hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gross who is chasing the ball. Concepcion reaches third base with a triple.

Bottom 2 Fryman strikes out.

Bottom 2 Rader hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Rader reaches second base with a double. Ontiveros goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 2 Ontiveros takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Murcer bunts towards the mound. Bonham fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Biittner scoops it up and throws to first, with Fryman covering, for the out.

Top 2 Foster hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rose tags and scores.

Top 2 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bonham tags and scores. Rose tags and moves to third.

Top 2 Woodie Fryman now pitching. Griffey takes first base on ball four. Bonham moves to third. Rose moves to second.

Top 2 Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bonham moves to second.

Top 2 Bonham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Kingman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 1 Biittner takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Bonham fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Bonham. Gross moves to second.

Bottom 1 Gross takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 De Jesus strikes out.

Top 1 Werner strikes out.

Top 1 Lum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Driessen scores. Concepcion scores.

Top 1 Concepcion hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer. Concepcion reaches second base with a double. Foster scores. Driessen moves to third.

Top 1 Driessen takes first base on ball four. Foster moves to second.

Top 1 Foster is hit by the pitch.

Top 1 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Griffey tags and scores.

Top 1 Griffey hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman who is chasing the ball. Griffey reaches third base with a triple.

Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. De Jesus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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Larry Biittner Season Stats

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Biittner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. De Jesus scores.

Reds @ Cubs
June 7, 1978