Expos @ Cubs
August 6, 1978

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Ellis Valentine Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .298
OBP .250 .335
At Bats 4 423
Hits 1 126
• Singles 1 79
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 19
Walks 0 24
RBI’s 0 60

Bruce Sutter Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 3 20
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Wrigley Field - August 6, 1978
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Single
Bruce Sutter
Ed Putman
Larry Biittner
Manny Trillo
Rodney Scott
Ivan De Jesus
Dave Kingman
Jerry White
Greg Gross
Ellis Valentine
Andre Dawson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Valentine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dawson scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Dawson hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Dawson reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Papi hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bruce Sutter now pitching. Ed Putman now catching. Tom Hutton pinch hits for Darold Knowles. Hutton bunts towards the mound. Sutter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Ed Putman pinch hits for Lynn McGlothen. Putman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gross scores. Trillo moves to third.
Bottom 8 Darold Knowles now pitching. Mike Vail pinch hits for Dave Rader. Vail hits a fly ball into right field. Valentine settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores. Gross tags and moves to third.
Bottom 8 Trillo is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Gross hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Dawson. Gross reaches second base with a double. Biittner scores. White moves to third.
Bottom 8 Kingman bunts in front of the plate. Carter scoops up the ball and tags Kingman for the out.
Bottom 8 White takes first base on ball four. Biittner moves to second.
Bottom 8 Biittner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Speier strikes out.
Top 8 Unser is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Carter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kingman. Carter reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Cromartie 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 Lynn McGlothen now pitching. Parrish strikes out.
Bottom 7 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 De Jesus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gene Clines pinch hits for Ray Burris. Clines hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Valentine strikes out.
Top 7 Dawson takes first base on ball four. Papi moves to second.
Top 7 Papi hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Garman strikes out.
Top 7 Dave Rader now catching. Jerry White now playing center field. Greg Gross now playing right field. Speier strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bill Buckner pinch hits for Tim Blackwell. Buckner hits a fly ball into left field. Cromartie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mike Garman now pitching. Trillo hits a fly ball into left field. Cromartie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Gross hits a line drive into right field. Valentine picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Valentine. White moves to third. Gross moves to second.
Bottom 6 Jerry White pinch runs for Bobby Murcer. Kingman hits a line drive into left field. Cromartie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Murcer hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Unser hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Carter hits a fly ball into right field. Murcer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cromartie hits a line drive beyond first. Biittner can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Valentine scores. Parrish moves to second.
Top 6 Parrish takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There goes Valentine. The throw from Blackwell and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Papi scores.
Top 6 Valentine hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Papi moves to third.
Top 6 Dawson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Papi takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Biittner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Papi scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Scott. The throw from Carter and he is out, Papi applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 De Jesus hits a fly ball into left field. Cromartie settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sanderson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Speier moves to second.
Top 5 Speier takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Carter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Burris strikes out.
Bottom 4 Blackwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Trillo hits a popup into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gross hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Carter fields it and throws to first for the out.
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. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Valentine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Scott fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Dawson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Murcer who is chasing the ball. Dawson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Kingman hits a fly ball into center field. Dawson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Murcer hits a popup towards short. Speier settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Biittner is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Scott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes De Jesus. The throw from Carter and he is safe. De Jesus steals second.
Bottom 3 De Jesus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Papi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Sanderson hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 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.
Bottom 2 Burris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Parrish fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Blackwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Trillo strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Speier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Unser strikes out.
Top 2 Carter strikes out.
Top 2 Cromartie hits a fly ball into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kingman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Papi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Murcer hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Biittner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Biittner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 1 De Jesus hits a popup, foul, towards first. Unser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Parrish hits a ball on the ground towards third. Scott fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 Valentine hits a popup into left field. Kingman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dawson strikes out.
Top 1 Papi hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gross. Papi reaches second base with a double.