Thursday May 11, 1978
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Getting two runs in the ninth, the Cubs prevailed, 4-3, over the Padres. Bobby Murcer opened the ninth with a single. After Manny Trillo struck out, Steve Ontiveros drew a walk and Dave Freisleben relieved Mark Lee on the mound for the Padres. Freisleben walked Joe Wallis to load the bases and was replaced by Dan Spillner when the count went to 3-0 on pinch-hitter Larry Biittner.

The fourth ball to Biittner forced in Murcer with the tying run. Pinch-hitter Rudy Meoli then hit a ball into short left for a single to score Ontiveros. The Padres had gone ahead in the eighth when Cub reliever Bruce Sutter walked pinch-hitter Rick Sweet with the bases loaded. [The Sporting News]

Chicago Cubs 4, San Diego Padres 3

Game Played on Thursday, May 11, 1978 (Day game) at San Diego Stadium

Cubs 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 4 7 0 Padres 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 8 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 4 1 0 0 1 0 .256 Richards 1b,lf 4 1 2 0 1 1 .247 Gross lf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Smith ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .290 Buckner 1b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .348 Gamble lf 3 1 0 0 0 0 .239 Murcer rf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .279 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Trillo 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .258 Freisleben p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ontiveros 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .141 Spillner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wallis cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .345 Baker ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Cox c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Winfield rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .280 Biittner ph 0 0 0 1 1 0 .262 Hendrick cf 5 0 1 0 0 3 .198 Rader c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Tenace c,1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .200 R. Reuschel p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Thomas 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .241 Sutter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Almon 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .317 Hernandez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perry p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Meoli ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .125 Turner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Moore p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Fingers p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sweet ph,c 0 0 0 1 1 0 .167 Totals 31 4 7 4 6 5 Totals 34 3 8 3 5 6 Time of Game: 2:53 Attendance: 14,756 Left on Base: Cubs 7, Padres 11 DP: Cubs 0, Padres 1 Doubles: Smith (3), Tenace (5) Triples: Richards (2) Stolen Bases: Murcer 2 (2) Caught Stealing: Buckner (2) Sacrifice Hits: R. Reuschel (3) Sacrifice Flies: Smith (1) GIDP: Trillo (5) Hit by Pitch: Gamble (2,by Sutter) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA R. Reuschel 6.2 5 1 1 3 3 0 28 1.92 Sutter 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 8 2.18 Hernandez W(3-1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.45 Moore SV(3) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 5.60 Totals 9 8 3 3 5 6 0 41 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry 7 5 2 2 3 4 0 27 2.23 Fingers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.72 Lee L(0-1) 0.1 1 2 2 1 1 0 3 3.38 Freisleben 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6.17 Spillner 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.11 Totals 9 7 4 4 6 5 0 38 Hit by Pitch: Sutter (1) Balks: Sutter (1), Perry 2 (3) Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Joe West, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Nick Colosi CUBS 1ST: De Jesus lined to center; Gross singled to center; Perry balked [Gross to second]; Buckner walked; Murcer walked [Gross to third, Buckner to second]; Trillo grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Gross out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (pitcher to first); Smith doubled to right; Gamble popped to shortstop; Winfield popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Padres 0. CUBS 2ND: Ontiveros lined to shortstop; Wallis grounded out (second to pitcher); Cox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Hendrick struck out; Tenace grounded out (third to first); Thomas walked; Almon singled to shortstop [Thomas to second]; Perry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Padres 0. CUBS 3RD: R. Reuschel struck out; De Jesus walked; Perry balked [De Jesus to second]; Gross grounded out (shortstop to first) [De Jesus to third]; Buckner singled to shortstop [De Jesus scored]; Buckner was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: Richards tripled to center; Smith lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Richards scored]; Gamble flied out to center; Winfield grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Padres 1. CUBS 4TH: Murcer grounded out (second to first); Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); Ontiveros lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Padres 1. PADRES 4TH: Hendrick struck out; Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Padres 1. CUBS 5TH: Wallis singled to right; Cox lined to center; R. Reuschel out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Wallis to second]; De Jesus flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Padres 1. PADRES 5TH: Almon grounded out (shortstop to first); Perry flied to right in foul territory; Richards singled to right; Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Padres 1. CUBS 6TH: Gross lined to left; Buckner singled to center; Murcer forced Buckner (second to shortstop); Murcer stole second; Trillo singled to left [Murcer scored, Trillo to second (on throw to home)]; Ontiveros lined to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Padres 1. PADRES 6TH: Gamble popped to center; Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick singled to left; Tenace walked [Hendrick to second]; Thomas forced Tenace (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 2, Padres 1. CUBS 7TH: Wallis struck out; Cox flied out to left; R. Reuschel struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Padres 1. PADRES 7TH: Almon grounded out (second to first); TURNER BATTED FOR PERRY; Turner grounded out (second to first); Richards walked; SUTTER REPLACED R. REUSCHEL (PITCHING); Sutter balked [Richards to second]; Smith lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 2, Padres 1. CUBS 8TH: FINGERS REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); De Jesus grounded out (pitcher to first); Gross grounded out (first unassisted); Buckner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 2, Padres 1. PADRES 8TH: Gamble was hit by a pitch; Rick Reuschel left with an index finger blister; Winfield singled to left [Gamble to second]; Hendrick struck out; Tenace doubled to left [Gamble scored, Winfield to third]; Thomas was walked intentionally; Almon forced Winfield (pitcher to catcher) [Tenace to third, Thomas to second]; SWEET BATTED FOR FINGERS; Sweet walked [Tenace scored, Thomas to third, Almon to second]; HERNANDEZ REPLACED SUTTER (PITCHING); Richards struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 2, Padres 3. CUBS 9TH: SWEET STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); RICHARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); LEE REPLACED GAMBLE (PITCHING); Murcer singled to right; Murcer stole second; Trillo struck out; Ontiveros walked; FREISLEBEN REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Wallis walked [Murcer to third, Ontiveros to second]; BIITTNER BATTED FOR COX; SPILLNER REPLACED FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); Biittner walked (walk was charged to Freisleben) [Murcer scored, Ontiveros to third, Wallis to second]; MEOLI BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Meoli singled to left [Ontiveros scored, Wallis to third, Biittner to second]; De Jesus forced Wallis (first to catcher) [Biittner to third, Meoli to second]; Gross flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 4, Padres 3. PADRES 9TH: RADER REPLACED BIITTNER (PLAYING C ); MOORE REPLACED MEOLI (PITCHING); Smith singled to left; BAKER BATTED FOR SPILLNER; Baker struck out; Winfield popped to second; Hendrick flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 4, Padres 3.

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