Expos @ Cubs
August 4, 1978

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Expos 4 6 1
Cubs 5 11 0
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Expos 4 7 1
Cubs 5 11 0

Ellis Valentine Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .300
OBP .000 .336
At Bats 3 410
Hits 0 123
• Singles 0 77
• Doubles 0 26
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 60

Lynn McGlothen Season Stats

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2 1 0
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Wrigley Field - August 4, 1978
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Single
Lynn McGlothen
Dave Rader
Larry Biittner
Manny Trillo
Mick Kelleher
Ivan De Jesus
Greg Gross
Jerry White
Bobby Murcer
Ellis Valentine
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Valentine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Dawson hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Murcer now playing right field. Mick Kelleher now playing third base. Greg Gross now playing left field. Larry Biittner now playing first baCash hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Vail strikes out.
Bottom 7 Mick Kelleher pinch runs for Bill Buckner. Gerry Pirtle now pitching. Carterdrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes Murcer. The throw to Pirtle covering the plate. The slide. Murcer is out. Kelleher moves to second.
Bottom 7 Buckner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Biittner scores. Murcer moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Bobby Murcer pinch hits for Rodney Scott. Darold Knowles now pitching. Murcer bunts towards the mound. Knowles fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gross scores. Biittner moves to third.
Bottom 7 De Jesus bunts towards first. Perez scoops it up and throws to first, with Cash covering, for the out. Gross moves to third. Biittner moves to second.
Bottom 7 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Rick Reuschel. Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash misplays the ball. That's an error on Cash. Gross moves to second.
Bottom 7 Mike Garman now pitching. Greg Gross pinch hits for Tim Blackwell. Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Del Unser pinch hits for Wayne Twitchell. Unser is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Speier hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Parrish scores. Cromartie moves to second.
Top 7 Carter is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Cromartie hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Parrish moves to third.
Top 7 Parrish hits a line drive beyond third. Putman can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Top 7 Perez hits a fly ball into right field. Vail settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Putman hits a fly ball into right field. Valentine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Trillo strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kingman hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Valentine strikes out.
Top 6 Dawson hits a popup towards third. Putman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cash hits a popup, foul, towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Vail hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Buckner hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Scott bunts towards the mound. Twitchell fields it and throws to first for the out. De Jesus moves to second.
Bottom 5 De Jesus hits a popup beyond second. Cash can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit.
Top 5 Twitchell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Putman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Speier 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 5 Carter hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Reuschel hits a line drive into left field. Cromartie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blackwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Putman hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Trillo. The throw from Carter and he is out, Speier applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Trillo hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cromartie hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards third. Putman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Putman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kingman hits a fly ball into left field. Cromartie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Vail hits a line drive into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Buckner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Parrish settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Valentine 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 3 Dawson hits a line drive towards first. Buckner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cash hits a popup, foul, towards first. Buckner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wayne Twitchell now pitching. Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Reuschel trying to get to home. Speier throws to Carter who tags Reuschel for the out. De Jesus moves to second.
Bottom 2 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Putman scores. Reuschel moves to second.
Bottom 2 Reuschel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Trillo trying to get to home. Valentine throws the ball in to Carter who tags Trillo who's trying to score from second, for the out. Putman moves to third.
Bottom 2 Blackwell bunts towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Putman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Trillo moves to second.
Bottom 2 Trillo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kingman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Vail hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cromartie. Vail reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Fryman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Putman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Speier hits a line drive into right field. Vail settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Carter tags and scores.
Top 2 Carter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Vail. Carter reaches second base with a double. Perez scores. Cromartie goes all the way around to score. Carter moves to third.
Top 2 Cromartie hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Perez moves to third.
Top 2 Parrish 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 2 Perez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Vail. Perez reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Buckner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Buckner for the out.
Bottom 1 Scott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a fly ball into right field. Valentine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Putman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Dawson strikes out.
Top 1 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.