Calling it the "best game" of his career, Dennis Lamp yielded only one hit while pitching the Cubs to a 5-0 victory over the Padres. Gene Richards singled with two out in sixth inning for the Padres' only safety. Dave Kingman started Lamp on the way to victory by smashing a two-run homer in the first. Lamp helped clinch his own decision by batting in two runs with a pair of singles. [The Sporting News]

Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego Padres 0

Game Played on Friday, June 9, 1978 (Day game) at Wrigley Field

Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 Cubs 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 x - 5 8 1 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Richards cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 De Jesus ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 .269 Smith ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Clines rf 3 1 2 1 0 0 .286 Gamble lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Wallis pr,cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Winfield rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Biittner 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Tenace 1b 1 0 0 0 2 0 .233 Kingman lf 4 2 2 2 0 0 .241 Ashford 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .290 D'Acquisto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ontiveros 3b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .186 Roberts c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .313 Cruz cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Almon 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Gross ph,cf,rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .308 Owchinko p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 Rader c 3 1 0 0 1 1 .254 Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .179 Lamp p 4 0 2 2 0 1 .200 Rasmussen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Sweet ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thomas 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Totals 28 0 1 0 2 2 Totals 31 5 8 5 6 5 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 15,770 Left on Base: Padres 3, Cubs 9 DP: Padres 1, Cubs 0 Errors: Smith, Trillo Doubles: Clines 2 (5) Triples: De Jesus (4) Home Runs: Kingman (13) Caught Stealing: De Jesus (5) Hit by Pitch: Clines (1,by Lee) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Owchinko L(3-6) 2 4 4 3 1 1 1 12 4.04 Rasmussen 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 4.77 Lee 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 9 5.47 D'Acquisto 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 8 1.27 Totals 8 8 5 4 6 5 1 38 Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lamp W(2-5) 9 1 0 0 2 2 0 30 3.36 Totals 9 1 0 0 2 2 0 30 Hit by Pitch: Lee (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Eric Gregg PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (pitcher to first); Smith grounded out (second to first); Gamble grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 0. CUBS 1ST: De Jesus flied out to center; Clines doubled to right; Biittner grounded out (second to first) [Clines to third]; Kingman homered [Clines scored]; Trillo struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 2. PADRES 2ND: Winfield grounded out (second to first); Tenace walked; Ashford forced Tenace (shortstop to second) [Ashford to second (error by Trillo)]; Roberts flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 2. CUBS 2ND: Ontiveros walked; Cruz reached on an error by Smith [Ontiveros to second, Cruz to first]; Rader forced Cruz (second to shortstop) [Ontiveros to third]; Lamp singled to right [Ontiveros scored, Rader to third]; De Jesus lined to shortstop; Clines doubled to center [Rader scored (unearned), Lamp to third]; Biittner lined to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 4. PADRES 3RD: Almon grounded out (third to first); GONZALEZ BATTED FOR OWCHINKO; Gonzalez struck out; Richards flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 4. CUBS 3RD: RASMUSSEN REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); Kingman grounded out (third to first); Trillo walked; Ontiveros lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Trillo out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 4. PADRES 4TH: Smith grounded out (second to first); Gamble popped to third; Winfield popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 4. CUBS 4TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader flied out to right; Lamp grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 4. PADRES 5TH: Tenace grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashford flied out to right; Roberts grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 4. CUBS 5TH: De Jesus walked; De Jesus was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Clines lined to center; Biittner grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 4. PADRES 6TH: Almon flied out to left; SWEET BATTED FOR RASMUSSEN; Sweet grounded out (first to pitcher); Richards singled to left; Smith lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 4. CUBS 6TH: LEE REPLACED SWEET (PITCHING); On a bunt Kingman singled to third; Trillo grounded out (third to first) [Kingman to second]; Ontiveros popped to third in foul territory; GROSS BATTED FOR CRUZ; Gross was walked intentionally; Rader walked [Kingman to third, Gross to second]; Lamp singled to shortstop [Kingman scored, Gross to third, Rader to second]; De Jesus flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 5. PADRES 7TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Gamble grounded out (second to first); Winfield lined to right; Tenace walked; Ashford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 5. CUBS 7TH: Clines was hit by a pitch; WALLIS RAN FOR CLINES; Biittner singled to right [Wallis to third]; D'ACQUISTO REPLACED ASHFORD (PITCHING); THOMAS REPLACED LEE (PLAYING 2B); Kingman popped to second; Trillo struck out; Ontiveros walked [Biittner to second]; Gross lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 5. PADRES 8TH: WALLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); GROSS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Roberts popped to first; Almon struck out; Thomas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 5. CUBS 8TH: Rader struck out; Lamp struck out; De Jesus tripled to center; Wallis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 5. PADRES 9TH: Richards lined to left; Smith lined to left; Gamble grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Cubs 5.

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