Completing the suspended contest of July 20, the Giants posted a 9-8 victory before running afoul of Dennis Lamp's pitching and losing the regularly-scheduled game to the Cubs, 1-0. The suspended game was transferred from Chicago, where it had been halted by darkness with two out in the top half of the eighth inning after the Giants had taken what proved to be the final 9-8 score.

While Lamp's victory was only his fourth against 10 defeats, the shutout was the third to the credit of the rookie. The Cubs scored their run off Bob Knepper in the seventh inning when Ivan DeJesus walked, stole second and crossed the plate on a single by Jerry White. It was the second straight game the Giants failed to score for Knepper. [The Sporting News]

Chicago Cubs 1, San Francisco Giants 0

Game Played on Friday, July 28, 1978 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 0 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 3 1 2 0 1 0 .276 Madlock 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .307 White cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .254 Whitfield lf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .313 Clines lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Clark rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .317 Kingman 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .239 Evans 3b 1 0 0 0 3 0 .256 Biittner 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Ivie 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .315 Vail rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .314 Herndon cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .295 Trillo 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Metzger ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 .267 Putman 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000 McCovey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Kelleher 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .295 LeMaster ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Blackwell c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hill c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .243 Lamp p 4 0 1 0 0 0 .217 Andrews pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Knepper p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .074 Dwyer ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Totals 32 1 6 1 4 3 Totals 33 0 7 0 4 3 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 25,908 Left on Base: Cubs 8, Giants 11 DP: Cubs 0, Giants 0 Doubles: De Jesus (15), Lamp (2), Whitfield (15), Clark (31) Stolen Bases: De Jesus 2 (18), Metzger (4) Caught Stealing: White (2) Sacrifice Hits: Dwyer (1) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lamp W(4-10) 9 7 0 0 4 3 0 38 3.55 Totals 9 7 0 0 4 3 0 38 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knepper L(11-7) 9 6 1 1 4 3 0 36 2.58 Totals 9 6 1 1 4 3 0 36 Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Eric Gregg CUBS 1ST: De Jesus doubled to left; White flied out to right; Clines grounded out (shortstop to first); Kingman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitfield singled to right; Clark flied out to center; Evans walked [Whitfield to second]; Ivie singled to shortstop [Whitfield to third, Evans to second]; Herndon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 0, Giants 0. CUBS 2ND: Vail grounded out (second to first); Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); Putman popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Metzger singled to first; Hill grounded out (third to first) [Metzger to second]; Knepper grounded out (pitcher to first); Madlock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Giants 0. CUBS 3RD: Blackwell grounded out (third to first); Lamp grounded out (third to first); De Jesus singled to center; De Jesus stole second; White walked; Clines popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: Whitfield doubled to center; On a bunt Clark grounded out (pitcher to first); Evans walked; Ivie struck out; Herndon forced Whitfield (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Giants 0. CUBS 4TH: Kingman struck out; Vail singled to left; Trillo grounded out (second to first) [Vail to second]; Putman flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Hill lined to center; Knepper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Giants 0. CUBS 5TH: Blackwell lined to center; Lamp doubled to right; De Jesus grounded out (pitcher to first); White lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Madlock grounded out (second to first); Whitfield walked; Clark doubled to right [Whitfield to third]; Evans was walked intentionally; Ivie flied out to right; Herndon grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 0, Giants 0. CUBS 6TH: Clines lined to right; Kingman grounded out (third to first); Vail singled to catcher; Trillo walked [Vail to second]; Putman walked [Vail to third, Trillo to second]; Blackwell popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Cubs 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 6TH: Metzger singled to left; Metzger stole second; Hill grounded out (pitcher to first); Knepper struck out; Madlock popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Giants 0. CUBS 7TH: Lamp popped to center; De Jesus walked; De Jesus stole second; White singled to center [De Jesus scored]; Clines popped to first; White was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 7TH: Whitfield flied out to left; Clark lined to center; Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 0. CUBS 8TH: Kingman struck out; Vail grounded out (shortstop to first); Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 8TH: BIITTNER REPLACED KINGMAN (PLAYING 1B); Ivie flied out to center; Herndon popped to first in foul territory; MCCOVEY BATTED FOR METZGER; McCovey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 0. CUBS 9TH: LEMASTER REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING SS); Putman grounded out (third to first); Blackwell popped to shortstop; Lamp grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 0. GIANTS 9TH: KELLEHER REPLACED PUTMAN (PLAYING 3B); Hill singled to right; ANDREWS RAN FOR HILL; DWYER BATTED FOR KNEPPER; Dwyer out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Andrews to second]; Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitfield lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 1, Giants 0.

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